Jeonbuk Motors favourites for feisty fight facing Seoul

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

Jeonbuk Motors are placed 4th, while Seoul are lagging 4 points behind in the league table. Will they cut the gap?

Insights:
  • Jeonbuk Motors have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Seoul have scored at least twice as many goals away as Jeonbuk Motors have scored home.

It's no vacation for neither Jeonbuk Motors nor Seoul 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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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Jeonbuk Motors have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games. Jeonbuk Motors have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Jeonbuk Motors, as their goalkeeper Bum-Soo Lee has completely shut out the opponents for 197 minutes in the K-League 1.

The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Seoul last time out and are looking for a win here. Choi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Choi won 3 of 5 duels.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Jeonbuk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won one time, drawn three and lost two.

Jeonbuk Motors aren't scoring a lot here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 4 games. From these home matches, Jeonbuk Motors have conceded only 3 goals.

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Seoul form and stats

There's been little loot from Seoul's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the K-League 1. Seoul only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws. Visiting Seoul has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Seoul has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Jeonbuk Motors for a 0-0 draw. Kang, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Kang won 6 of 8 duels.

We have checked recent matches where Seoul have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, zero draws and four defeats.

The attacking power of Seoul when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Jeonbuk Motors victories, one draw and zero Seoul wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SeoulS. Na
S. Na
4 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsB. Kim
B. Kim
3 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsG. da Silva Sousa
G. da Silva Sousa
2 goals

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Seoul missing players

Jeonbuk Motors Seoul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 3 7 10
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 1 Drew D 2 4 5
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 3
10 2 1 Scored S 3 5 10
7 3 1 Conceded C 4 6 10
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 80%
50% 20% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 80%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 14% 30%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 20% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 50%
40% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 40%
40% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 30%
 
3.6 4.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 4.5
4.2 3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.3 3.4
2.2 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.7 8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.4 9.4
3.1 2.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.6 3.9
32% 14% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 20% 26%
 
8.4 8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10 7.7 7.8
3.3 3.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.4 3.7
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeonbuk Motors have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Seoul have scored at least twice as many goals away as Jeonbuk Motors have scored 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 9 7 2 0 15 5 5 4 1 0 9 3 4 3 1 0 6 2 10 23
2 Incheon United 9 5 3 1 10 6 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 3 0 0 4 1 4 18
3 Pohang Steelers 9 4 3 2 12 8 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 3 2 2 9 7 4 15
4 Jeonbuk Motors 9 4 2 3 10 7 4 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 14
5 Jeju United 9 3 4 2 8 8 6 1 3 2 3 5 3 2 1 0 5 3 0 13
6 Sangju Sangmu 9 3 3 3 12 9 3 2 1 0 6 3 6 1 2 3 6 6 3 12
7 Gangwon 9 2 4 3 10 10 6 2 1 3 6 6 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 10
8 Seoul 9 2 4 3 10 10 3 1 1 1 5 4 6 1 3 2 5 6 0 10
9 Suwon 9 3 1 5 13 15 3 2 0 1 10 9 6 1 1 4 3 6 -2 10
10 Daegu 9 2 2 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 0 1 3 4 9 -5 8
11 Suwon Bluewings 9 1 4 4 7 11 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 0 2 2 3 6 -4 7
12 Seongnam 9 1 2 6 7 20 6 0 2 4 2 12 3 1 0 2 5 8 -13 5

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.