With the edgy opening fixture done it’s time for the second K-League 1 clash of the season. Seongnam are eager to welcome Ulsan in front of their stadium regulars.
This promises to be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Seongnam form and stats
In the previous season, Seongnam's league statistics were 9 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses, ending with 11th spot in the K-League 1. In these 33 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 40. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Seongnam generated 6-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 18 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager Kim led his Seongnam to a defeat away at Gangwon. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex. Defender Kwon got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.03/10. Kwon won 7 of 10 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gangwon (1-2).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Seoul are coming to town in three days.
Ulsan form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ulsan performed last season in the K-League 1: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 10 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 24/19 goals scored/conceded.
284 minutes! That's how long the Ulsan goalkeeper Hyun-Woo Cho and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Ulsan's last game was the home draw against Sangju Sangmu (0-0). Seol was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Seol hit four key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that, Ulsan secured a home win against Daegu with the score 2-0.A new game in only three days for Ulsan, the K-League 1 home match versus Suwon. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Seongnam victories, one draw and seven Ulsan wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Seongnam missing players
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| Seongnam | Ulsan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seongnam | Last season | Ulsan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 26 | 64 | ||
| 46 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 84% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 84% | ||
| 55% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 71% | ||
| 42% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 61% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 34% | ||
| 5% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 18% | ||
| 45% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 58% | ||
| 34% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 39% | ||
| 37% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 18% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 36% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Gangwon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Seoul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Jeonbuk Motors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ulsan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Suwon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Suwon Bluewings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Daegu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Seongnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Jeju United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | Seoul | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 47 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 47 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| 4 | Seongnam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 44 |
| 5 | Gangwon | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 43 |
| 6 | Gwangju | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 37 |
