Match preview K-League 1: Sangju Sangmu - Busan I'Park at Sangju Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 09.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sangju Stadium (15042 seats)

Sangju Sangmu perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Busan I'Park can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Sangju Sangmu and Busan I'Park should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sangju Sangmu form and stats

Sangju Sangmu, who have the most clean sheets (7) in K-League 1, are steadily winning K-League 1 games and points here at Sangju Stadium. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

Sangju Sangmu manager T. Kim and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Gangwon (placed 6th) in the K-League 1. Ahead of that match, Sangju Sangmu lost 1-5 at home to Ulsan.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sangju Sangmu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sangju Sangmu as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Sangju Sangmu has won eight of these, drawn four and lost one.

The Sangju fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Sangju's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Busan I'Park form and stats

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Busan I'Park in their K-League 1 matches away.

The manager D. Cho was unhappy after their last game, a K-League 1 match played at their home ground Busan Gudeok Stadium. I'Park suffered a 1-2 loss to Ulsan (placed 1st). A 1-5 loss hosting Jeonbuk Motors before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Busan I'Park in our archives, and the results are: one win for I'Park, two draws and zero defeats.

The visiting I'Park have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as I'Park have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Sangju and Busan I'Park have met before this season: Busan I'Park - Sangju Sangmu 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sangju one win, five draws and Busan I'Park four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sangju SangmuS. Kang
S. Kang
7 goals
SangjuS. Oh
S. Oh
4 goals
Busan I'ParkR. Pacheco da Silva
R. Pacheco da Silva
4 goals

Sangju Sangmu missing players

Busan I'Park missing players

Sangju Sangmu Busan I'Park
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 6 14
7 5 1 Won W 0 2 3
4 0 0 Drew D 1 1 6
3 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
17 10 4 Scored S 1 7 15
18 9 4 Conceded C 4 11 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
64% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 79%
29% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 43%
29% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 21%
14% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 7%
43% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
50% 71% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 29%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 29%
 
4.7 4.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 5.4
4.1 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.7 4.6
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
142 78 22 Total Shots T S 12 50 121
60 36 9 Shots on Target S O 4 19 42
28% 28% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 37% 36%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Busan I'Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Busan I'Park have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Busan I'Park haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sangju Sangmu has the most clean sheets (7)
  • Sangju Sangmu have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sangju Sangmu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 11 2 1 34 10 6 4 1 1 11 4 8 7 1 0 23 6 24 35
2 Jeonbuk Motors 14 10 2 2 23 9 7 6 1 0 12 3 7 4 1 2 11 6 14 32
3 Daegu 14 7 4 3 26 16 7 4 2 1 17 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 10 25
4 Sangju Sangmu 14 7 4 3 17 18 7 5 0 2 10 9 7 2 4 1 7 9 -1 25
5 Pohang Steelers 14 7 3 4 27 17 7 2 2 3 8 10 7 5 1 1 19 7 10 24
6 Gangwon 14 4 4 6 18 22 7 3 2 2 13 12 7 1 2 4 5 10 -4 16
7 Busan I'Park 14 3 6 5 15 19 8 1 5 2 8 8 6 2 1 3 7 11 -4 15
8 Seongnam 14 3 5 6 10 16 7 0 2 5 2 11 7 3 3 1 8 5 -6 14
9 Gwangju 14 4 2 8 13 20 7 2 1 4 8 12 7 2 1 4 5 8 -7 14
10 Suwon Bluewings 14 3 4 7 13 17 8 1 2 5 8 12 6 2 2 2 5 5 -4 13
11 Seoul 14 4 1 9 12 30 6 2 0 4 4 10 8 2 1 5 8 20 -18 13
12 Incheon United 14 0 5 9 8 22 7 0 3 4 5 12 7 0 2 5 3 10 -14 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.