Soccer betting preview: Sangju Sangmu welcomes Jeju United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 10.September
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gimcheon Stadium

Sangju Sangmu are putting faith in their home following to aid them in this meeting with Jeju United. Who will win at Gimcheon Stadium?

Insights:
  • Sangju Sangmu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Jeju United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It's no vacation for neither Sangju Sangmu nor Jeju United 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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Sangju Sangmu form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the K-League 1 this season. Sangju Sangmu have only managed 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Gimcheon Stadium.

The Sangju Sangmu followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Gimcheon Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Jeju United (placed 5th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league rounds. Sangju's goalkeeper Hwang was extremely busy against Jeju United, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. The versatile forward Kim outdid all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Kim scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Gangwon.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sangju Sangmu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 4 and lost 0.

Sangju Sangmu has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Jeju United form and stats

The visitors are W7-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.

Jeju play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Sangju Sangmu (placed 10th). That win felt sweet as this club had gone four league matches without winning. Ring came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sangju Sangmu last time out, making the manager Nam feel like a tactical genius.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Incheon United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jeju United playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Jeju United wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The visiting Jeju United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 15 games. 20 goals have been conceded by Jeju in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sangju Sangmu and Jeju United have duelled previously this season: Sangju Sangmu - Jeju United 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sangju six wins, two draws and Jeju United two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jeju UnitedM. Joo
M. Joo
15 goals
Jeju UnitedG. Fernandes
G. Fernandes
8 goals
Jeju UnitedJ. Ring
J. Ring
5 goals

Sangju Sangmu missing players

Jeju United missing players

Sangju Sangmu Jeju United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 3 15 31
7 4 2 Won W 2 7 12
10 4 0 Drew D 0 3 9
14 8 2 Lost L 1 5 10
37 19 4 Scored S 3 21 42
38 20 3 Conceded C 2 20 37
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
68% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 73% 71%
45% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 55%
26% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
13% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
55% 56% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 52%
26% 19% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 29%
29% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 32%
 
3.9 3.7 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 4.9
5.3 5.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.6 3
1.4 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.3 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 10.7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.5 11.5
4.3 4.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.7 4.4
28% 25% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 30% 31%
 
11.9 11.7 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 9.3 8.8
4.5 5.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 4.1
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeju United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sangju Sangmu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 30 18 8 4 45 26 15 10 4 1 25 12 15 8 4 3 20 14 19 62
2 Jeonbuk Motors 31 15 10 6 43 29 15 4 8 3 16 16 16 11 2 3 27 13 14 55
3 Pohang Steelers 30 13 9 8 42 32 15 8 5 2 23 11 15 5 4 6 19 21 10 48
4 Incheon United 30 12 11 7 38 31 15 6 5 4 19 13 15 6 6 3 19 18 7 47
5 Jeju United 31 12 9 10 42 37 16 5 6 5 21 17 15 7 3 5 21 20 5 45
6 Suwon 30 11 7 12 47 48 16 7 3 6 34 32 14 4 4 6 13 16 -1 40
7 Gangwon 30 11 6 13 41 45 15 7 2 6 21 19 15 4 4 7 20 26 -4 39
8 Seoul 30 9 10 11 35 37 14 5 3 6 18 18 16 4 7 5 17 19 -2 37
9 Suwon Bluewings 30 8 9 13 30 38 14 5 5 4 15 12 16 3 4 9 15 26 -8 33
10 Sangju Sangmu 31 7 10 14 37 38 16 4 4 8 19 20 15 3 6 6 18 18 -1 31
11 Daegu 31 6 13 12 35 48 16 6 5 5 20 19 15 0 8 7 15 29 -13 31
12 Seongnam 30 6 6 18 29 55 15 3 4 8 15 29 15 3 2 10 14 26 -26 24

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.