K-League 1 preview: Can Jeonbuk Motors edge out victory against Incheon United?

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jeonju World Cup Stadium (42477 seats)

Incheon United have travelled here for an entertaining game versus the hosting Jeonbuk Motors. Read up on the fixture with this thorough K-League 1 preview!

Insights:
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United have the most conceded goals (10) in K-League 1

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!

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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Jeonbuk Motors have to build on here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in the K-League 1.

The Jeonbuk Motors followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Pohang Steelers (placed 3rd). Heartbreak for Jeonbuk in their last match as Pohang Steelers's Zeca scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Min-Hyeok (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Min-Hyeok dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Daegu.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Jeonbuk Motors handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

The Jeonbuk Motors fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.

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Incheon United form and stats

No K-League 1 points yet away for Incheon United, from their first 2 matches.

Fernandes was the last player to score for the away team. Incheon haven't scored a league goal in the last 250 minutes.

There were no winners in Incheon United's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Daegu (placed 6th). Delbridge was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Delbridge hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.

A 0-5 defeat away at Gwangju before that.

Incheon United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Incheon United has managed {1 goals} and let in 7 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Jeonbuk wins - draws - Incheon United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jeonbuk MotorsS. Moon
S. Moon
2 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsJ. Ryu
J. Ryu
1 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsM. Song
M. Song
1 goals

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Incheon United missing players

Jeonbuk Motors Incheon United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
5 4 0 Scored S 1 1 5
7 3 0 Conceded C 2 7 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 60%
40% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
60% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 40%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
3.6 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6 6.2
4.8 5.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.8
2.4 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.8 12.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 20 17 16
4.2 4.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6 6.4
24% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 8% 16%
 
13 14.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 16 11.2
4.6 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 9.5 5.6
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • All of Incheon United's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Jeonbuk Motors's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Incheon United have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Incheon United have the most conceded goals (10) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United have the most conceded goals (7) away in K-League 1
  • Incheon United have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Jeonbuk Motors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Jeonbuk Motors Last season Incheon United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
21 8   Won W   6 13
10 8   Drew D   8 15
7 3   Lost L   5 10
56 23   Scored S   23 46
36 18   Conceded C   24 42
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
66% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 61%
45% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 39%
26% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 29%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   58% 53%
34% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 29%
13% 21%   Failed to Score F T   21% 26%
 
4.2 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.1
4.8 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.9
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
10.1 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   9 9
4.3 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 3.8
34% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
10.6 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.5 11.8
3.8 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.7

  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 5 5 0 0 11 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 3 0 0 6 2 8 15
2 Daejeon Citizen 5 3 2 0 11 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 6 4 5 11
3 Pohang Steelers 5 3 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 11
4 Gwangju 5 3 0 2 8 4 3 2 0 1 7 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 9
5 Seoul 5 3 0 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 9
6 Daegu 5 1 3 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 6
7 Incheon United 5 1 2 2 5 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 7 -5 5
8 Jeonbuk Motors 5 1 1 3 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
9 Suwon 5 1 1 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 5 -5 4
10 Gangwon 5 0 3 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 -3 3
11 Suwon Bluewings 5 0 2 3 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 2
12 Jeju United 5 0 2 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 2

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.