Gwangju vs Ulsan betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangju World Cup Stadium (44118 seats)

Gwangju and Ulsan are both successful in the K-League 1 with their 3rd and 1st places respectively. Let's hope for a top fixture!

Insights:
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (30) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most scored goals (56) in K-League 1

Gwangju and Ulsan should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gwangju form and stats

The story so far in the K-League 1 for Gwangju at their home stadium (Gwangju World Cup Stadium) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Gwangju's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Gangwon. The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Jeju United.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 16 league games, 12 have seen zero, one or two goals.

A decent goal production from Gwangju in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league matches. Gwangju are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ulsan form and stats

Playing away, Ulsan, who have the most scored goals (56) in K-League 1, have won 10 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the K-League 1 this season.

Ulsan have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 189 minutes ago. Ju was the goal scorer. 192 minutes! That's how long the Ulsan goalkeeper Hyun-Woo Cho and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

There were no winners in Ulsan's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Incheon United. Jo (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.64. Jo topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat, in the AFC Champions League away at Kawasaki Frontale, before that.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ulsan are hosting Johor Darul Ta'zim in the AFC Champions League only three days away.

The visiting Ulsan have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 25 goals from 17 games. As opposed to that, Ulsan have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head game ended Ulsan - Gwangju 0-2, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Gwangju won one, Ulsan triumphed in six and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

UlsanV. Qazaishvili
V. Qazaishvili
11 goals
GwangjuJ. Asani
J. Asani
7 goals

Gwangju missing players

Ulsan missing players

Gwangju Ulsan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 3 17 33
15 8 2 Won W 1 10 20
9 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
9 5 1 Lost L 1 4 6
45 24 6 Scored S 1 25 56
30 11 3 Conceded C 2 18 36
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 91%
70% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 65% 73%
30% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 53% 61%
18% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 35% 33%
9% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 15%
36% 19% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 47% 58%
42% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 41% 33%
30% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 24% 18%
 
4.4 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.6 5.7
4 3.1 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 2.6 3.3
2 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 13.8 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6 11.8 12.7
4.9 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 5.2 5.6
28% 27% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 28% 30%
 
11.8 10.3 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 11.7 12.1
4.1 3.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 4.2
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gwangju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (30) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju is in the best form (5-0-1) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most clean sheets (7) away in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most points (33) away in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most points from losing position (16) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most scored goals (56) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+20) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+7) away in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ulsan 33 20 7 6 56 36 16 10 4 2 31 18 17 10 3 4 25 18 20 67
2 Pohang Steelers 33 15 13 5 48 35 17 11 4 2 30 18 16 4 9 3 18 17 13 58
3 Gwangju 33 15 9 9 45 30 16 8 3 5 24 11 17 7 6 4 21 19 15 54
4 Jeonbuk Motors 33 14 7 12 39 31 17 9 3 5 24 16 16 5 4 7 15 15 8 49
5 Daegu 33 12 13 8 38 36 16 6 8 2 19 15 17 6 5 6 19 21 2 49
6 Incheon United 33 12 12 9 38 37 17 6 7 4 20 16 16 6 5 5 18 21 1 48
7 Seoul 33 12 11 10 55 42 17 6 7 4 29 20 16 6 4 6 26 22 13 47
8 Daejeon Citizen 33 11 12 10 49 52 16 8 4 4 24 21 17 3 8 6 25 31 -3 45
9 Jeju United 33 9 8 16 39 45 16 4 6 6 18 20 17 5 2 10 21 25 -6 35
10 Suwon 33 8 7 18 37 65 16 4 4 8 20 30 17 4 3 10 17 35 -28 31
11 Gangwon 33 4 14 15 25 38 17 2 7 8 15 22 16 2 7 7 10 16 -13 26
12 Suwon Bluewings 33 6 7 20 29 51 17 3 3 11 13 24 16 3 4 9 16 27 -22 25

Read more about K-League 1

The K League 1 is the top level of the South Korean football league pyramid. It was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League, later renamed K League Classic and in 2018 renamed K League 1. It currently has twelve teams playing 33 fixtures each, then enter championship and relegation rounds.