K-League 1 preview: Can Jeju United edge out victory against Daejeon Citizen?

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 24.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jeju World Cup Stadium

Jeju United have layed the groundwork for another game after their 1-5 result vs Ulsan, a match that gave some clarity. How will they do against Daejeon Citizen?

Insights:
  • Jeju United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Daejeon Citizen have the most scored goals (18) away in K-League 1

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Jeju United form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Jeju United so far this season.

No payout for Jeju in their previous match, an away game at Ulsan that ended in defeat 1-5. Jeju United were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Heartbreak before that as Jeju lost 1-2 at Pohang Steelers's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Jeju United handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 9 draws and 4 defeats.

Both teams to score: YES! That has been the case in 5 league games in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

The manager Nam will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ulsan in only four days.

Jeju United has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Jeju have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Daejeon Citizen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (18) away in K-League 1, on their K-League 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Daejeon Citizen played 1-1 against Gwangju in their previous match. The draw against Gwangju came from a losing position. The Daejeon manager Lee brought on Kim as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Attacker Kim got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Kim scored one goal.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Gangwon at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Daejeon Citizen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

It's early days yet, but Daejeon Citizen has scored 18 and conceded 18 goals from their travels in the league so far (9 games).

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the sides met earlier this campaign; Daejeon Citizen - Jeju United 0-3. Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: six wins for Jeju, one draw and three wins for Daejeon Citizen. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Jeju UnitedY. Vitor Coelho
Y. Vitor Coelho
6 goals
Daejeon CitizenT. Pereira da Silva
T. Pereira da Silva
6 goals
Jeju UnitedJ. Seo
J. Seo
5 goals

Jeju United missing players

Daejeon Citizen missing players

Jeju United Daejeon Citizen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 2 9 18
8 3 0 Won W 0 3 7
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
6 3 1 Lost L 1 3 6
27 10 0 Scored S 5 18 29
23 11 2 Conceded C 6 18 30
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
78% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 78%
56% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 67%
28% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 56% 39%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 44% 28%
56% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 67%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 17%
17% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 28%
 
4.7 4.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 4.4
4.2 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.7 5.7
1.9 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.2 13.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.7 11.4
5.6 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.4
27% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 36%
 
13.1 12.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 16.2 13.9
5 4.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.5 8 6.2
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Daejeon Citizen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Daejeon Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Daejeon Citizen have the most conceded goals (18) away in K-League 1
  • Daejeon Citizen have the most scored goals (18) away in K-League 1
  • Daejeon Citizen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Jeju United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 18 14 2 2 40 20 9 7 2 0 23 11 9 7 0 2 17 9 20 44
2 Pohang Steelers 18 8 7 3 25 21 9 6 2 1 14 9 9 2 5 2 11 12 4 31
3 Seoul 18 8 5 5 31 21 9 5 3 1 16 8 9 3 2 4 15 13 10 29
4 Jeju United 18 8 4 6 27 23 8 3 2 3 10 11 10 5 2 3 17 12 4 28
5 Jeonbuk Motors 18 8 3 7 22 15 9 5 1 3 13 7 9 3 2 4 9 8 7 27
6 Daegu 18 7 6 5 22 21 9 4 3 2 14 12 9 3 3 3 8 9 1 27
7 Daejeon Citizen 18 7 5 6 29 30 9 4 2 3 11 12 9 3 3 3 18 18 -1 26
8 Gwangju 18 7 4 7 24 22 9 4 2 3 13 8 9 3 2 4 11 14 2 25
9 Incheon United 18 4 8 6 18 23 9 1 6 2 8 9 9 3 2 4 10 14 -5 20
10 Suwon 18 5 3 10 20 36 10 4 1 5 13 20 8 1 2 5 7 16 -16 18
11 Gangwon 18 2 6 10 11 23 9 1 2 6 6 13 9 1 4 4 5 10 -12 12
12 Suwon Bluewings 18 2 3 13 16 30 9 0 2 7 7 17 9 2 1 6 9 13 -14 9

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.