K-League 1 match prediction and preview for Seongnam vs Jeonbuk Motors clash

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 06.June
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tancheon Sports Complex

Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for Seongnam, but Jeonbuk Motors are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (14) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals in the second half (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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Seongnam form and stats

Seongnam, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in K-League 1, have collected 10 points from their K-League 1 home games so far after 3-1-4. Game days at Tancheon Sports Complex have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Seongnam as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The Seongnam crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Suwon here at Tancheon Sports Complex in a K-League 1 match. Fejsal Mulić, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.83 (out of 10). Mulić scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A FA Cup defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Sangju Sangmu (after extra-time).

Seongnam has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Seongnam's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in K-League 1, on their K-League 1 travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Jeonbuk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Incheon United (placed 8th). Defender Yong Lee was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Lee hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels. The draw against Incheon United came from a losing position. The Jeonbuk manager S. Kim brought on Takahiro Kunimoto as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Yangju Citizen (after extra-time, 9-10 on penalties).

Jeonbuk find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Jeonbuk Motors are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Jeonbuk Motors - Seongnam 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Seongnam won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Jeonbuk Motors has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Jeonbuk MotorsS. Iljutcenko
S. Iljutcenko
10 goals
SeongnamF. Mulić
F. Mulić
7 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsK. Han
K. Han
6 goals

Seongnam missing players

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Seongnam Jeonbuk Motors
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 8
5 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
6 4 2 Lost L 0 1 3
14 8 0 Scored S 3 11 29
16 9 2 Conceded C 1 6 18
80% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
47% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 82%
40% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 41%
27% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 35%
7% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
40% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 65%
33% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 29%
47% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
3.6 4 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 4.2
3.3 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0.5 2.6 3.1
2.2 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 10.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 7.6 9.7
3.1 3.6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.9 4.2
30% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 48% 40%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeonbuk Motors have scored more than double the goals of Seongnam.
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Seongnam have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (14) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 18 10 6 2 28 15 8 5 3 0 15 4 10 5 3 2 13 11 13 36
2 Suwon Bluewings 19 9 6 4 29 18 9 4 3 2 13 10 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 33
3 Daegu 18 9 5 4 23 19 9 5 3 1 11 7 9 4 2 3 12 12 4 32
4 Jeonbuk Motors 17 8 6 3 29 18 9 5 2 2 18 12 8 3 4 1 11 6 11 30
5 Pohang Steelers 18 7 6 5 20 20 9 3 4 2 7 9 9 4 2 3 13 11 0 27
6 Jeju United 19 4 10 5 21 21 10 3 4 3 13 14 9 1 6 2 8 7 0 22
7 Suwon 19 5 6 8 24 32 10 3 3 4 15 17 9 2 3 4 9 15 -8 21
8 Incheon United 18 5 5 8 19 29 10 4 4 2 11 9 8 1 1 6 8 20 -10 20
9 Seongnam 15 4 5 6 14 16 8 3 1 4 8 9 7 1 4 2 6 7 -2 17
10 Gangwon 18 3 8 7 15 21 9 2 5 2 9 7 9 1 3 5 6 14 -6 17
11 Seoul 15 4 3 8 15 20 7 2 1 4 8 10 8 2 2 4 7 10 -5 15
12 Gwangju 18 4 2 12 16 24 8 2 1 5 7 10 10 2 1 7 9 14 -8 14

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.