K-League 1 news and guide: Jeju United odds-on front runner to overpower Incheon United

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Tue 06.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jeju World Cup Stadium

Big-shot Incheon United land at Jeju United after their 0-1-result vs Gangwon. Get out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Jeju United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Incheon United have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in K-League 1

It's no vacation for neither Jeju United nor Incheon United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Jeju United form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Jeju United have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

The Jeju coach Nam and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Suwon (placed 7th). The goalie Kim was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Kim saved a penalty.

In the match before that, Jeju United hosted Ulsan and drew the game 1-1.

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 7 wins, 8 draws and 2 defeats.

There will be little rest for Jeju after this match as they are travelling to Sangju Sangmu for a K-League 1 game in only four days.

Jeju United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. Jeju United have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Incheon United form and stats

5-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Incheon United in their K-League 1 matches away.

Incheon United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Gangwon proved too strong as Incheon slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Sungui Arena Park. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points. Aguilar got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Aguilar hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 61 successful passes (of 70 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Seoul.

We have checked recent matches where Incheon United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 6 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Incheon have scored 18 goals in 14 league games away. As opposed to that, Incheon United have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Jeju United - Incheon United 2-1 was the story when these two squads last played each other, also in this season. Jeju United-Incheon United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Jeju four wins, Incheon United two wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Jeju UnitedM. Joo
M. Joo
15 goals
Jeju UnitedG. Fernandes
G. Fernandes
8 goals
Jeju UnitedJ. Kim
J. Kim
4 goals

Jeju United missing players

Incheon United missing players

Jeju United Incheon United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 3 14 29
11 5 2 Won W 1 5 11
9 6 1 Drew D 2 6 11
9 4 2 Lost L 0 3 7
40 21 9 Scored S 4 18 37
35 16 6 Conceded C 3 18 31
86% 73% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
72% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 62%
55% 60% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 38%
31% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 31%
10% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
52% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 55%
31% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 28%
31% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 21%
 
4.9 5.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.9 4.1
3.1 2.5 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.2 4.5
1.6 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.2 11.2 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.4 8.9
4.2 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 3.6 3.8
33% 36% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 35% 34%
 
8.7 8.4 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 12.8 11.3
4.1 4 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.9 4.4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Incheon United have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United have the most matches under the total-line (11) in K-League 1
  • Jeju United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jeju United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 29 17 8 4 44 26 14 9 4 1 24 12 15 8 4 3 20 14 18 59
2 Jeonbuk Motors 29 14 9 6 38 29 14 4 7 3 16 16 15 10 2 3 22 13 9 51
3 Pohang Steelers 29 13 9 7 42 31 15 8 5 2 23 11 14 5 4 5 19 20 11 48
4 Incheon United 29 11 11 7 37 31 15 6 5 4 19 13 14 5 6 3 18 18 6 44
5 Jeju United 29 11 9 9 40 35 15 5 6 4 21 16 14 6 3 5 19 19 5 42
6 Gangwon 29 11 6 12 41 44 14 7 2 5 21 18 15 4 4 7 20 26 -3 39
7 Suwon 29 10 7 12 46 48 15 6 3 6 33 32 14 4 4 6 13 16 -2 37
8 Seoul 29 9 9 11 35 37 14 5 3 6 18 18 15 4 6 5 17 19 -2 36
9 Suwon Bluewings 29 8 9 12 30 37 14 5 5 4 15 12 15 3 4 8 15 25 -7 33
10 Sangju Sangmu 29 6 10 13 35 36 15 4 4 7 18 18 14 2 6 6 17 18 -1 28
11 Daegu 29 5 13 11 34 43 14 5 5 4 19 14 15 0 8 7 15 29 -9 28
12 Seongnam 29 6 6 17 29 54 15 3 4 8 15 29 14 3 2 9 14 25 -25 24

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.