Seoul will want to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The hosts are currently 6 points behind Incheon United.
- Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Seoul nor Incheon United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Seoul form and stats
Seoul have played 8 K-League 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Seoul club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Seoul World Cup Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Ulsan (placed 1st). Midfielder Paločević was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Paločević scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Suwon Bluewings.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Seoul have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Seoul as they are travelling to their away game against Busan Transportation in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.
The Seoul fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Incheon United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Incheon have lost on their last two travels.
Incheon United won their last game, 4-1 versus Gangwon played at home. It's hard not to mention Mugoša's lethal finishing against Gangwon. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Mugoša, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.43. Mugoša scored three goals.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jeju United wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Incheon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Incheon United find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Incheon United have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Incheon United - Seoul 1-1 was the outcome when these teams previously did battle, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Seoul won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Incheon United have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mugoša 14 goals |   S. Na 5 goals |  A. Paločević 3 goals |
Seoul missing players
Incheon United missing players
| Seoul | Incheon United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 59% |
| 35% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 41% |
| 18% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 53% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 18% |
| 5.6 | 6.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 11.4 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 30% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 36% |
| 7.5 | 7.1 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.6 | 11.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Incheon United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Seoul haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Daegu | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Seoul | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Sangju Sangmu | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | Suwon | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Suwon Bluewings | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -16 | 11 |
