K-League 1 match preview: Incheon United versus Seongnam

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 09.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sungui Arena Park (20891 seats)

Incheon United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 12th position in the K-League 1 table. Visiting Seongnam holds 8th place with 14 pts.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Incheon United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the K-League 1 this season. Incheon United have only managed 0 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Sungui Arena Park. All in all it has been a very rough period for Incheon who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Daegu, 92 days ago. Incheon are slowly digging their own grave here at Sungui Arena Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Daegu match.

The Incheon crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Gwangju here at Sungui Arena Park in a K-League 1 match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Pohang Steelers that finished 1-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Incheon here at Sungui Arena Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). Incheon United have conceded 12 from these games.

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Seongnam form and stats

Playing away, Seongnam have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the K-League 1 this season.

Seongnam might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Seoul proved too strong as Seongnam slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Suwon Bluewings.

The visiting Seongnam have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Seongnam - Incheon 0-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Incheon United two wins, five draws and Seongnam three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Incheon UnitedS. Mugoša
S. Mugoša
3 goals
SeongnamD. Yang
D. Yang
3 goals
IncheonE. Ji
E. Ji
2 goals

Incheon United missing players

Seongnam missing players

Incheon United Seongnam
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 3 7 14
0 0 0 Won W 3 3 3
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 5
9 4 3 Lost L 0 1 6
8 5 2 Scored S 4 8 10
22 12 7 Conceded C 0 5 16
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
57% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 57%
36% 43% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 29%
21% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
14% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 36%
14% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 36%
43% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 43%
 
3.1 3.1 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.3 3.9
5.6 6.1 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7 5
1.7 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
104 50 24 Total Shots T S 24 59 109
35 17 6 Shots on Target S O 15 26 41
23% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 24%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Incheon United has the fewest scored goals (8)
  • Incheon United has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2)
  • Incheon United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Incheon United have yet to win a game.
  • Incheon United is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Seongnam haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 14 11 2 1 34 10 6 4 1 1 11 4 8 7 1 0 23 6 24 35
2 Jeonbuk Motors 14 10 2 2 23 9 7 6 1 0 12 3 7 4 1 2 11 6 14 32
3 Daegu 14 7 4 3 26 16 7 4 2 1 17 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 10 25
4 Sangju Sangmu 14 7 4 3 17 18 7 5 0 2 10 9 7 2 4 1 7 9 -1 25
5 Pohang Steelers 14 7 3 4 27 17 7 2 2 3 8 10 7 5 1 1 19 7 10 24
6 Gangwon 14 4 4 6 18 22 7 3 2 2 13 12 7 1 2 4 5 10 -4 16
7 Busan I'Park 14 3 6 5 15 19 8 1 5 2 8 8 6 2 1 3 7 11 -4 15
8 Seongnam 14 3 5 6 10 16 7 0 2 5 2 11 7 3 3 1 8 5 -6 14
9 Gwangju 14 4 2 8 13 20 7 2 1 4 8 12 7 2 1 4 5 8 -7 14
10 Suwon Bluewings 14 3 4 7 13 17 8 1 2 5 8 12 6 2 2 2 5 5 -4 13
11 Seoul 14 4 1 9 12 30 6 2 0 4 4 10 8 2 1 5 8 20 -18 13
12 Incheon United 14 0 5 9 8 22 7 0 3 4 5 12 7 0 2 5 3 10 -14 5

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.