Football match preview: Incheon United vs Seoul

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sungui Arena Park (20891 seats)

The home side, Incheon United, should be expected winners in this fixture, but Seoul have revealed both ability and courage. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Incheon United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Seoul have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Incheon United form and stats

Incheon United have played 13 K-League 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Sungui Arena Park after drawing with Pohang Steelers (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Song, a striker, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Song scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Jeonbuk Motors in a game that was won 3-1.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.

The Incheon United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. Incheon are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sungui Arena Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Seoul form and stats

As the visiting team in K-League 1 matches, Seoul have produced an overall stat of 4-6-4 so far.

Seoul won their last game, 2-0 versus Seongnam played at home. Attacker Iljutcenko got a player rating of 8.24 in the game. "Man of the match" Iljutcenko scored two goals.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sangju Sangmu.

Seoul are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). 17 goals have been conceded by Seoul in these games.

Head 2 Head

Incheon United have won at least one point in the last 5 games (2-3-0) against Seoul.

The most recent logged match featuring both these squads is the Seoul - Incheon 1-1 played previously this season. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SeoulS. Na
S. Na
7 goals
Incheon UnitedM. Lee
M. Lee
4 goals

Incheon United missing players

Seoul missing players

Incheon United Seoul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 14 27
10 5 1 Won W 1 4 9
11 5 2 Drew D 3 6 9
6 3 1 Lost L 1 4 9
35 17 7 Scored S 6 17 34
30 12 5 Conceded C 6 17 32
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
63% 54% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 78%
41% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 41%
33% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 19%
7% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
59% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 59%
26% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 22%
19% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 22%
 
4.1 4.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 4.1 5.1
4.3 3.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 3.7
1.6 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.6
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 9.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 9.7 11
3.9 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.1 4.5
34% 32% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 28%
 
11.6 10.3 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 9.1 8.3
4.6 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.1 4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Incheon United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Seoul have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 27 17 7 3 43 23 14 9 4 1 24 12 13 8 3 2 19 11 20 58
2 Jeonbuk Motors 27 14 7 6 34 25 13 4 6 3 14 14 14 10 1 3 20 11 9 49
3 Pohang Steelers 27 12 8 7 36 28 14 7 5 2 19 10 13 5 3 5 17 18 8 44
4 Incheon United 27 10 11 6 35 30 13 5 5 3 17 12 14 5 6 3 18 18 5 41
5 Jeju United 27 11 7 9 37 32 14 5 5 4 20 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 5 40
6 Seoul 27 9 9 9 34 32 13 5 3 5 17 15 14 4 6 4 17 17 2 36
7 Suwon 27 10 6 11 43 44 14 6 2 6 31 30 13 4 4 5 12 14 -1 36
8 Gangwon 27 9 6 12 37 42 14 7 2 5 21 18 13 2 4 7 16 24 -5 33
9 Suwon Bluewings 27 7 9 11 25 33 13 5 5 3 13 9 14 2 4 8 12 24 -8 30
10 Daegu 27 5 12 10 33 39 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 0 8 6 14 25 -6 27
11 Sangju Sangmu 27 6 8 13 33 34 14 4 3 7 16 16 13 2 5 6 17 18 -1 26
12 Seongnam 27 4 6 17 25 53 13 1 4 8 11 28 14 3 2 9 14 25 -28 18

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.