Soccer betting preview: Seoul welcomes Incheon United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium (66080 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Seoul fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Incheon United.

Seoul and Incheon United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Seoul form and stats

5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Seoul, who have the most conceded goals (37) in K-League 1, so far this season.

Seoul drew their last game, also a home match. Gangwon was the opponent, 1-1 the score. In the game before, an away victory match versus Seongnam with a 1-0 scoreline.

Park Chu-Young was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Gangwon after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

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 nine games. Seoul has won four of these, drawn two and lost three.

The Seoul fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. Seoul's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Incheon United form and stats

There's been little loot from Incheon United's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the K-League 1. Incheon United, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in K-League 1, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Kim Dae-Jung (2) scored in Incheon's previous match, the home game against Busan I'Park that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Gangwon's place.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager S. Cho when Kim Dae-Jung scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Incheon United playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were one Incheon United win, four draws and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Incheon as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Incheon in these games.

Head 2 Head

Seoul and Incheon United have met before this season: Incheon United - Seoul 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Seoul wins - draws - Incheon United wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Incheon UnitedS. Mugoša
S. Mugoša
12 goals
SeoulC. Park
C. Park
4 goals
SeoulY. Cho
Y. Cho
3 goals

Seoul missing players

Incheon United missing players

Seoul Incheon United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
8 5 1 Won W 2 3 6
5 3 1 Drew D 0 3 6
13 5 2 Lost L 2 7 14
23 13 4 Scored S 6 15 24
43 16 5 Conceded C 7 18 35
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
69% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 54% 54%
50% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 46% 38%
23% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 27%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 15%
46% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 46% 46%
23% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 27%
38% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
221 128 46 Total Shots T S 45 117 214
84 51 19 Shots on Target S O 18 43 75
27% 25% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 32%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Incheon United has the fewest scored goals (15) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Seoul has the most conceded goals (37) in K-League 1
  • Seoul has the the worst goal difference (-18) 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 22 15 5 2 45 15 11 6 4 1 18 6 11 9 1 1 27 9 30 50
2 Jeonbuk Motors 22 15 3 4 38 19 11 9 1 1 19 7 11 6 2 3 19 12 19 48
3 Pohang Steelers 22 11 5 6 41 28 11 5 3 3 18 17 11 6 2 3 23 11 13 38
4 Sangju Sangmu 22 11 5 6 29 27 11 8 1 2 16 10 11 3 4 4 13 17 2 38
5 Daegu 22 8 7 7 36 31 11 5 2 4 24 18 11 3 5 3 12 13 5 31
6 Gwangju 22 6 7 9 28 32 11 2 4 5 13 18 11 4 3 4 15 14 -4 25
7 Seoul 22 7 4 11 19 37 11 5 2 4 11 13 11 2 2 7 8 24 -18 25
8 Gangwon 22 6 6 10 27 36 11 3 3 5 16 20 11 3 3 5 11 16 -9 24
9 Seongnam 22 5 7 10 19 26 11 1 3 7 6 16 11 4 4 3 13 10 -7 22
10 Suwon Bluewings 22 5 6 11 20 26 11 2 3 6 12 16 11 3 3 5 8 10 -6 21
11 Busan I'Park 22 4 9 9 21 31 11 2 6 3 11 11 11 2 3 6 10 20 -10 21
12 Incheon United 22 4 6 12 15 30 11 2 3 6 7 15 11 2 3 6 8 15 -15 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.