It's still early in the K-League 1 season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Sangju Sangmu - Gwangju preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sangju Sangmu form and stats
The hosts won their first K-League 1 game here at Sangju Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sangju Sangmu last season were 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from 3 games.
The Sangju Sangmu supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Gangwon in K-League 1 and win 2-0. Heartbreak before that as Sangju lost 0-4 at Ulsan's place.
Sangju Sangmu has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Gwangju form and stats
Gwangju have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the K-League 1 were 9 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 18 fixtures. It's looking increasingly bleak for Gwangju who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Suwon was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Gwangju have lost on their last two travels.
Gwangju aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 499 league minutes without a goal. Song Seung-Min was the last player to find the net.
Gwangju are travelling again after losing away to Seoul in their previous match (0-1). A 0-2 loss hosting Seongnam before that.
It's early days yet, but Gwangju has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sangju three wins, zero draws and Gwangju seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Kang 1 goals | S. Moon 1 goals |
Sangju Sangmu missing players
Gwangju missing players
| Sangju Sangmu | Gwangju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Sangju Sangmu | Last season | Gwangju | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 23 | 59 | ||
| 53 | 23 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 79% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 55% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 50% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 11% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 363 | 203 | Total Shots | T S | 215 | 411 | ||
| 137 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 160 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Seongnam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Gangwon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Seoul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sangju Sangmu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Daegu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Incheon United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Suwon Bluewings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Busan I'Park | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sangju Sangmu | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| 2 | Suwon Bluewings | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 48 |
| 3 | Seongnam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 34 |
| 5 | Gyeongnam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 33 |
| 6 | Jeju United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 27 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gwangju | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 73 |
| 2 | Busan I'Park | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 25 | 67 |
| 3 | Anyang | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Bucheon 1995 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 51 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | -2 | 51 |
| 5 | Ansan Greeners | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Jeonnam Dragons | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 48 |
| 7 | Asan Mugunghwa | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 56 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -14 | 44 |
| 8 | Suwon | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | Daejeon Citizen | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -16 | 35 |
| 10 | Seoul E. | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 71 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 41 | -28 | 25 |