The league table in K-League 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Jeonbuk Motors leading Gwangju by 17 points. Match preview to follow:
- Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (21) in K-League 1
- Gwangju have the fewest points (7) away in K-League 1
It's no vacation for neither Jeonbuk Motors nor Gwangju 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.
Jeonbuk Motors form and stats
Jeonbuk Motors are steadily winning K-League 1 games and points here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
A nice win for Jeonbuk Motors last time playing, versus Daegu. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Gustavo and Seon-min Mun scoring for the victors. The attacker Gustavo was "man of the match" for Jeonbuk Motors with a rating of 8.45/10. Gustavo scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Suwon.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Jeonbuk, as the K-League 1 home game vs Seoul is only four days away.
Goals decide football matches and Jeonbuk are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Jeonbuk have conceded 13 goals. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Gwangju form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gwangju so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Gwangju, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
The attacking players of Gwangju have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 197 minutes.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Gwangju, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Seoul (placed 9th). The attacker Reis got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Reis hit two key passes.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Seongnam.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Incheon United in just four days.
The attacking power of Gwangju when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Gwangju in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Gwangju - Jeonbuk 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Jeonbuk wins - draws - Gwangju wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Iljutcenko 10 goals |  K. Han 6 goals |  G. da Silva Sousa 6 goals |
Jeonbuk Motors missing players
Gwangju missing players
| Jeonbuk Motors | Gwangju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 36 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 21 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 80% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 59% |
| 45% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 32% |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 14% |
| 20% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 9% |
| 65% | 70% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 41% |
| 25% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 11.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.9 | 10.1 |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 41% | 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 26% | 22% |
- Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gwangju have the fewest points (7) away in K-League 1
- Gwangju have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gwangju haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Jeonbuk Motors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jeonbuk Motors have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gwangju have scored away.
- Jeonbuk Motors have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (21) in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors have the the best goal difference (+15) in K-League 1
- Jeonbuk Motors haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 44 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Suwon Bluewings | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Daegu | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Suwon | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 7 | Incheon United | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Jeju United | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | Seoul | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 24 |
| 11 | Seongnam | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 19 |