K-League 1 preview: Can Sangju Sangmu edge out victory against Seongnam?

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Tue 21.June
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gimcheon Stadium

Sangju Sangmu are yearning to get the points at home in this soon-to-be-played game against Seongnam.

Insights:
  • Sangju Sangmu is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Seongnam have the fewest clean sheets (2) in K-League 1

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sangju and Seongnam.

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Sangju Sangmu form and stats

Overall K-League 1 statistics at home this season for Sangju Sangmu are 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Sangju Sangmu hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Suwon, Gangwon and Sangju Sangmu), they have won 1 of 2 matches! We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sangju Sangmu, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Sangju crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Suwon here at Gimcheon Stadium. Goalkeeper Gu got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.8 out of ten. Gu saved a penalty.

2-2 away at Seoul before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sangju Sangmu handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Sangju Sangmu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Sangju Sangmu has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Seongnam form and stats

Seongnam have only collected 6 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 2-0-5 (7 played).

Seongnam delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Daegu (placed 7th) in their previous game. Midfielder Ku was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.33. Ku scored one goal.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Incheon United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Seongnam have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

The attacking power of Seongnam when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Seongnam have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved met each other before this campaign: Seongnam - Sangju Sangmu 0-3. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Sangju Sangmu won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Seongnam managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

SangjuK. Cho
K. Cho
10 goals
Sangju SangmuI. Yu
I. Yu
2 goals

Sangju Sangmu missing players

Seongnam missing players

Sangju Sangmu Seongnam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 7 16
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 2
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 4
7 2 1 Lost L 1 5 10
18 8 1 Scored S 4 6 12
20 7 1 Conceded C 5 11 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 43% 62%
38% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 44%
25% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 31%
12% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 6%
50% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 38%
25% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 12%
31% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 56%
 
3.9 3.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.2
4.9 3.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 5.6 4.7
1.7 1.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.7 9.7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 9.1 8.2
3.8 4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.3 3.2
30% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 26% 23%
 
11 10.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.6 10.5
4.2 4.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 3.8
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Sangju Sangmu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sangju Sangmu is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Seongnam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Seongnam have the fewest clean sheets (2) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-16) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 16 11 3 2 26 13 8 5 2 1 13 8 8 6 1 1 13 5 13 36
2 Jeju United 16 8 5 3 20 13 9 3 4 2 8 7 7 5 1 1 12 6 7 29
3 Jeonbuk Motors 16 8 4 4 18 12 7 1 3 3 4 7 9 7 1 1 14 5 6 28
4 Pohang Steelers 16 7 5 4 21 14 7 4 2 1 10 4 9 3 3 3 11 10 7 26
5 Incheon United 16 6 6 4 18 17 9 3 4 2 9 8 7 3 2 2 9 9 1 24
6 Seoul 16 5 6 5 18 16 7 3 2 2 11 8 9 2 4 3 7 8 2 21
7 Daegu 16 4 7 5 23 22 8 4 2 2 14 8 8 0 5 3 9 14 1 19
8 Suwon Bluewings 16 4 6 6 12 17 9 4 2 3 8 7 7 0 4 3 4 10 -5 18
9 Sangju Sangmu 16 4 5 7 18 20 7 3 2 2 8 7 9 1 3 5 10 13 -2 17
10 Suwon 16 4 3 9 21 28 7 2 1 4 14 17 9 2 2 5 7 11 -7 15
11 Gangwon 16 3 6 7 15 22 9 3 2 4 9 10 7 0 4 3 6 12 -7 15
12 Seongnam 16 2 4 10 12 28 9 0 4 5 6 17 7 2 0 5 6 11 -16 10

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.