Seoul vs Gwangju pre-match betting guide

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium (66080 seats)

A total of 29 sets of fixtures are finished and both Seoul and Gwangju are at the right end of the league table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Seoul have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1

Both sides have had enough days rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an active fixture!

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Seoul form and stats

Overall K-League 1 results playing at home this season for Seoul are 6-7-2 (wins-draws-losses). Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Seoul World Cup Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Seoul.

A good away victory last time out for Seoul, who won 1-0 against Suwon Bluewings (placed 11th). A big relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, six matches in a row. Choi loved the game against Suwon Bluewings. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Ulsan.

This is expected to be a close game, with Seoul perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Seoul as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Seoul has won 7 of these, drawn 9 and lost 2.

A decent goal production from Seoul in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 league matches. Seoul's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gwangju form and stats

5-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gwangju in their K-League 1 matches away. Gwangju are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

Gwangju have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Kyung-Min Kim. It's been 210 minutes since they last conceded in K-League 1.

Gwangju play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Ulsan (placed 1st). Goalkeeper Kim got the top player rating of the team with 8.13/10. Kim topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Suwon Bluewings.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gwangju playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Gwangju wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's latest 12 league matches have seen two or less goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gwangju have scored 18 goals in 15 league games away. Gwangju have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Seoul have won every one of the 4 most recent duels against this team. Another win today?

The fixture history shows this score when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Seoul - Gwangju 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

SeoulS. Na
S. Na
11 goals
SeoulW. Da Silva Barbosa
W. Da Silva Barbosa
7 goals
GwangjuJ. Asani
J. Asani
7 goals

Seoul missing players

Gwangju missing players

Seoul Gwangju
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 4 15 29
11 6 0 Won W 1 5 12
10 7 3 Drew D 1 6 9
8 2 1 Lost L 2 4 8
51 29 6 Scored S 4 18 41
37 17 7 Conceded C 5 18 28
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
79% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
55% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 31%
34% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 21%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
69% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 38%
24% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 41%
10% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 31%
 
5 5.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 4.5
4.9 5.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.7 4
1.7 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.2 13.9 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 11.4 12.7
4.8 5.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.3 5.1
36% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 28%
 
11.3 10.7 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.8 11.6
4 3.9 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 4.1
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1
  • Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Seoul have the most scored goals in the second half (32) 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 29 19 4 6 52 33 14 10 2 2 30 17 15 9 2 4 22 16 19 61
2 Pohang Steelers 29 14 11 4 46 34 15 10 3 2 28 18 14 4 8 2 18 16 12 53
3 Gwangju 29 12 9 8 41 28 14 7 3 4 23 10 15 5 6 4 18 18 13 45
4 Seoul 29 11 10 8 51 37 15 6 7 2 29 17 14 5 3 6 22 20 14 43
5 Jeonbuk Motors 29 12 7 10 34 25 15 9 3 3 22 10 14 3 4 7 12 15 9 43
6 Daegu 29 10 11 8 32 33 14 6 6 2 17 13 15 4 5 6 15 20 -1 41
7 Incheon United 29 10 10 9 33 35 15 4 7 4 16 15 14 6 3 5 17 20 -2 40
8 Daejeon Citizen 29 9 10 10 43 49 14 6 4 4 20 20 15 3 6 6 23 29 -6 37
9 Jeju United 29 9 8 12 36 37 14 4 6 4 16 15 15 5 2 8 20 22 -1 35
10 Suwon 29 8 5 16 32 57 14 4 3 7 17 26 15 4 2 9 15 31 -25 29
11 Suwon Bluewings 29 5 7 17 27 45 15 2 3 10 12 23 14 3 4 7 15 22 -18 22
12 Gangwon 29 3 12 14 20 34 15 2 5 8 13 20 14 1 7 6 7 14 -14 21

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.