Seoul vs Jeonbuk Motors betting preview: Even match expected

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

Seoul are pursuing the top table places while Jeonbuk Motors are more concerned with avoiding relegation. May the best team win!

Insights:
  • Seoul have the most scored goals (21) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in K-League 1

Seoul and Jeonbuk Motors 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

Seoul, who have the most scored goals (21) in K-League 1, have collected 9 points from their K-League 1 home games so far after 3-0-1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Seoul World Cup Stadium.

A good away victory last time out for Seoul, who won 3-0 against Suwon (placed 9th). Midfield player Na got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Na scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gangwon (2-3).

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 17 games. Seoul has won 6 of these, drawn 7 and lost 4.

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this side has seen three goals or more.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the K-League 1 game versus Gwangju in only four days. This game is also played here at Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Goals decide football matches and Seoul are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches.

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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.

Jeonbuk's previous game was their home loss versus Gangwon (0-1). Jeonbuk Motors were so close to getting something from the game against Gangwon, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal six minutes into overtime.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Daejeon Citizen.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jeonbuk Motors playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Jeonbuk Motors win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Jeonbuk as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Jeonbuk Motors have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Jeonbuk Motors have pulled off a streak of 21 consecutive matches without defeat (16-5-0) when playing Seoul.

Top Goalscorers

SeoulS. Na
S. Na
7 goals
SeoulA. Paločević
A. Paločević
3 goals
SeoulS. Lim
S. Lim
3 goals

Seoul missing players

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Seoul Jeonbuk Motors
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 4 10
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
21 9 3 Scored S 1 3 10
12 4 1 Conceded C 2 5 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 25% 30%
30% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 40%
30% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 30%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 30%
 
4 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 3.9
5.8 6.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.8 4.2
2.1 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.4 13 17 Shots (avg) S ( 16 11.8 11.5
4.2 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.6
50% 43% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 17% 22%
 
12 14.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.8 11.9
3.1 4.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.8 4.4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • All of Seoul's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Seoul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Seoul have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Seoul have scored more than double the goals of Jeonbuk Motors.
  • Seoul have the most scored goals (21) in K-League 1
  • Seoul have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in K-League 1
  • Seoul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 8 1 1 19 9 5 4 1 0 11 5 5 4 0 1 8 4 10 25
2 Seoul 10 6 1 3 21 12 4 3 0 1 9 4 6 3 1 2 12 8 9 19
3 Pohang Steelers 10 5 4 1 14 10 6 3 2 1 8 6 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 19
4 Daejeon Citizen 10 5 2 3 18 17 5 3 1 1 7 6 5 2 1 2 11 11 1 17
5 Jeju United 10 4 2 4 11 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 6 4 1 1 9 4 0 14
6 Gwangju 10 4 1 5 13 12 5 2 1 2 7 3 5 2 0 3 6 9 1 13
7 Daegu 10 3 4 3 12 13 4 2 1 1 7 5 6 1 3 2 5 8 -1 13
8 Incheon United 10 3 3 4 11 15 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 2 0 3 5 9 -4 12
9 Suwon 10 3 3 4 12 17 6 3 1 2 10 10 4 0 2 2 2 7 -5 12
10 Jeonbuk Motors 10 3 1 6 10 11 6 2 1 3 7 6 4 1 0 3 3 5 -1 10
11 Gangwon 10 2 4 4 7 11 5 1 1 3 4 7 5 1 3 1 3 4 -4 10
12 Suwon Bluewings 10 0 2 8 8 18 5 0 1 4 4 9 5 0 1 4 4 9 -10 2

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.