K-League 1 forecast and preview: Jeonbuk Motors modest betting favourite to subdue Jeju United

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jeonju World Cup Stadium (42477 seats)

Jeonbuk Motors have played great football so far this season, being 1st spot in the table. Jeju United can look both up and down the table from their 6th spot.

Insights:
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals (58) in K-League 1
  • Jeju United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in K-League 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

Jeonbuk Motors are steadily winning K-League 1 games and points here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium. 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 17 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Jeonbuk, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

It's back home for Jeonbuk Motors, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Daegu away with the result 2-0. Jeong-ho Hong and Seon-min Mun found the net in that victory. Midfield player Takahiro Kunimoto got a match rating of 8.53 in that game, the max score being 10. Kunimoto hit four key passes and had 49 successful passes (of 58 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Suwon.

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

The Jeonbuk fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 17 league matches. Jeonbuk Motors's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Jeju United form and stats

Playing away, Jeju United have won 4 games, drawn 10 and suffered 3 defeats in the K-League 1 this season.

The supporters enjoyed Jeju's previous game versus Suwon, a K-League 1 1-0 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Suwon, was very satisfying as Min-kyu Ju scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Lee Chang-Geun (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.04. Chang-Geun stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Jeju United manager K. Nam faced defeat when travelling to Ulsan and losing 1-3.

Jeju are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of five matches.

Jeju United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 20 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Jeju as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met previously this season: Jeju United - Jeonbuk Motors 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Jeonbuk victories, five draws and zero Jeju United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jeju UnitedM. Joo
M. Joo
22 goals
JeonbukS. Iljutcenko
S. Iljutcenko
16 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsG. da Silva Sousa
G. da Silva Sousa
15 goals

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Jeju United missing players

Jeonbuk Motors Jeju United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 19 37
21 12 3 Won W 1 5 12
10 3 2 Drew D 3 10 16
6 3 1 Lost L 2 4 9
69 36 12 Scored S 9 26 50
37 20 4 Conceded C 7 19 43
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 74% 86%
76% 83% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 63% 70%
49% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 51%
38% 39% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 32% 30%
22% 28% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 16% 11%
54% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 62%
38% 39% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 32%
16% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 32% 19%
 
4.6 5.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.2 4.8
3.4 3.6 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.6 3.6
1.5 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.6 11.4 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.5 11.4
4.9 5.6 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.6 4.5
38% 36% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 30% 30%
 
9.9 10.6 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 11.3 10
3.7 4.4 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 3.8
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeju United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in K-League 1
  • Jeju United have the most clean sheets (8) away in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (32) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (21) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most clean sheets (14) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most points (36) at home in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals (33) at home in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals (58) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals in the second half (49) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the the best goal difference (+26) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Jeonbuk Motors is in the best form (5-0-1) in K-League 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jeonbuk Motors 33 18 10 5 58 32 17 11 3 3 33 18 16 7 7 2 25 14 26 64
2 Ulsan 33 18 10 5 54 35 16 10 5 1 30 16 17 8 5 4 24 19 19 64
3 Daegu 33 13 10 10 37 37 16 7 6 3 19 15 17 6 4 7 18 22 0 49
4 Suwon Bluewings 33 12 9 12 41 40 17 5 5 7 21 25 16 7 4 5 20 15 1 45
5 Suwon 33 12 9 12 45 49 16 7 3 6 22 24 17 5 6 6 23 25 -4 45
6 Jeju United 33 9 16 8 41 40 16 5 6 5 21 24 17 4 10 3 20 16 1 43
7 Pohang Steelers 33 11 9 13 35 40 17 5 5 7 15 20 16 6 4 6 20 20 -5 42
8 Incheon United 33 11 7 15 33 42 17 6 5 6 15 14 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 40
9 Seoul 33 9 10 14 37 40 17 4 5 8 18 22 16 5 5 6 19 18 -3 37
10 Gangwon 33 9 10 14 35 43 17 6 7 4 22 17 16 3 3 10 13 26 -8 37
11 Seongnam 33 9 10 14 30 40 16 6 4 6 16 18 17 3 6 8 14 22 -10 37
12 Gwangju 33 9 6 18 35 43 16 5 4 7 18 18 17 4 2 11 17 25 -8 33

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.