Betting preview: Sangju Sangmu faced with a tough challenge when Ulsan visits

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

Greeting visitors in their own stadium is relaxed and nice for Sangju Sangmu, but Ulsan are fully determined and capable to get all three points. What happens?

Insights:
  • Sangju Sangmu have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals (22) in K-League 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sangju Sangmu form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Sangju Sangmu have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games. Three consecutive losses here at Gimcheon Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

The Sangju Sangmu crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Seoul here at Gimcheon Stadium. The striker Kim outperformed all the other footballers in that match and managed a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Kim scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that match, a win away at Seongnam.

The Sangju Sangmu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sangju's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ulsan form and stats

Ulsan have an excellent away record in the K-League 1 so far with 7-3-2 from 12 games. Two points from the last two away games for Ulsan, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Ulsan had fun at their own home (Gimcheon Stadium) last time out, beating Daegu 4-0. Leonardo, Amano, Ádám and Qazaishvili scored. As mentioned above, Ulsan was the only team on the pitch versus Daegu in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. The attacker Ádám got a match rating of 8.41 in that game. Ádám scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that, Ulsan travelled to Jeonbuk Motors and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Take note! Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

Ulsan have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ulsan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Ulsan have pulled off a streak of 10 consecutive matches without defeat (8-2-0) when playing Sangju Sangmu.

The most up to date logged history featuring both these sides is the Sangju - Ulsan 0-2 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Sangju SangmuK. Cho
K. Cho
13 goals
UlsanW. Eom
W. Eom
11 goals
UlsanL. Nascimento Lopes de Souza
L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza
10 goals

Sangju Sangmu missing players

Ulsan missing players

Sangju Sangmu Ulsan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 12 26
6 4 1 Won W 1 7 16
8 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
12 6 3 Lost L 1 2 3
32 15 4 Scored S 3 17 41
32 14 6 Conceded C 2 10 22
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
69% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 81%
42% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
27% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
15% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 62%
23% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 31%
31% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 15%
 
3.8 3.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.8 4.8
5.3 5.1 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 2.8 2.6
1.5 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.3 11 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.7 11.5
4.3 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 4.8
29% 24% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 38% 33%
 
11.8 11.5 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 9.8 8.6
4.3 4.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.6
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Sangju Sangmu have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in K-League 1
  • Sangju Sangmu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals (22) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most points from losing position (20) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+19) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ulsan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ulsan is in the best form (3-3-0) in K-League 1

  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 26 16 7 3 41 22 14 9 4 1 24 12 12 7 3 2 17 10 19 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 27 14 7 6 34 25 13 4 6 3 14 14 14 10 1 3 20 11 9 49
3 Pohang Steelers 27 12 8 7 36 28 14 7 5 2 19 10 13 5 3 5 17 18 8 44
4 Incheon United 27 10 11 6 35 30 13 5 5 3 17 12 14 5 6 3 18 18 5 41
5 Jeju United 27 11 7 9 37 32 14 5 5 4 20 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 5 40
6 Suwon 27 10 6 11 43 44 14 6 2 6 31 30 13 4 4 5 12 14 -1 36
7 Seoul 26 8 9 9 32 32 12 4 3 5 15 15 14 4 6 4 17 17 0 33
8 Gangwon 27 9 6 12 37 42 14 7 2 5 21 18 13 2 4 7 16 24 -5 33
9 Suwon Bluewings 27 7 9 11 25 33 13 5 5 3 13 9 14 2 4 8 12 24 -8 30
10 Daegu 27 5 12 10 33 39 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 0 8 6 14 25 -6 27
11 Sangju Sangmu 26 6 8 12 32 32 13 4 3 6 15 14 13 2 5 6 17 18 0 26
12 Seongnam 26 4 6 16 25 51 13 1 4 8 11 28 13 3 2 8 14 23 -26 18

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.