It's only fixture two of the K-League 1 for these sides. And fresh optimism here at Sungui Arena Park as Incheon United host Daejeon Citizen. Don't miss this preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Incheon United form and stats
Last season, Incheon United's league stats were 12 wins, 13 draws and 8 losses, providing 4th spot in the K-League 1. In these 33 matches they scored {41 goals} and let in 35. Appearing as the home side in the last season Incheon United delivered 6-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 13 conceded.
Incheon United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Seoul.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Jeonbuk Motors (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Incheon United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Incheon United as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Incheon United has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Daejeon Citizen form and stats
Let's have a look at how Daejeon Citizen performed last season in the K League 2: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 11 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 70 and conceded {45 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 26/21 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing from Orobó and Ribeiro secured the home win 2-0 against Gangwon in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sangju Sangmu at their stadium, the result 4-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Daejeon Citizen in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Daejeon, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Head 2 Head
The 6 latest games featuring these teams have all finished as Incheon United victories. Another one?Top Goalscorers
![]() B. Oh 1 goals | ![]() T. Pereira da Silva 1 goals | ![]() L. Joaquim Ribeiro 1 goals |
Incheon United missing players
Daejeon Citizen missing players
| Incheon United | Daejeon Citizen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Incheon United | Last season | Daejeon Citizen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 26 | 70 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 61% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | ||
| 39% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 25% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 65% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | ||
| 26% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Daejeon Citizen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Seoul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ulsan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Gwangju | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Suwon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jeju United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Daegu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Jeonbuk Motors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Gangwon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 76 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 73 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 60 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 52 |
| 6 | Gangwon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 49 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gwangju | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 36 | 86 |
| 2 | Daejeon Citizen | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 70 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 74 |
| 3 | Anyang | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 69 |
| 4 | Bucheon 1995 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 61 |
| 5 | Gyeongnam | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 60 | 61 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 36 | -1 | 56 |
| 6 | Asan Mugunghwa | 40 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 39 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -5 | 52 |
| 7 | Seoul E. | 40 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -1 | 48 |
| 8 | Gimpo | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 65 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -26 | 41 |
| 9 | Ansan Greeners | 40 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 49 | 67 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 32 | -18 | 37 |
| 10 | Busan I'Park | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 52 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -18 | 36 |
| 11 | Jeonnam Dragons | 40 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 58 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 33 | -11 | 35 |