It's game two of the K-League 1 season and important points to play for. Check out our in-depth preview of Incheon United-Seoul!
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.
Incheon United form and stats
The season before, Incheon United's league statistics were 11 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses, ending with 8th place in the K-League 1. During these 33 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 42. Performing at home in the last season Incheon United delivered 6-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 14 conceded. Incheon United have only played one K-League 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 2 matches.
Incheon United's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Suwon Bluewings (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The versatile forward Kim outdid all others in that match and managed a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Kim hit two key passes.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Gwangju the opponent.There will be little rest for Incheon United after this match as they are travelling to Gangwon for a K-League 1 game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Incheon United at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Seoul form and stats
Let's have a look at how Seoul performed last season in the K-League 1: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 10 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 19/18 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the K-League 1 so far for Seoul and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 loss from 3 travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Seoul, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Daegu (placed 10th) last time out. Barba, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Barba won 8 of 12 duels.
Prior to that result Seoul won their away game at Pohang Steelers. The scoreline was 2-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Seoul manager Ahn as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Seongnam.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Seoul has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Incheon United four wins, two draws and Seoul four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Incheon United missing players
Seoul missing players
| Incheon United | Seoul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Incheon United | Last season | Seoul | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 46 | ||
| 45 | 14 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 87% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 89% | ||
| 63% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 66% | ||
| 39% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 45% | ||
| 18% | 5% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 13% | ||
| 45% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 26% | ||
| 39% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 34% | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Gangwon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Seoul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Jeonbuk Motors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ulsan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Suwon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Suwon Bluewings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Daegu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Seongnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Jeju United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Seoul | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 47 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 47 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| 4 | Seongnam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 44 |
| 5 | Gangwon | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 43 |
| 6 | Gwangju | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 37 |
