Seoul vs Jeonbuk Motors preview

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 05.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium (66080 seats)

Seoul saw a 0-1 score versus Jeju United last fixture, a match to learn from. The next task is this resolute Jeonbuk Motors side.

Insights:
  • Seoul have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (26) in K-League 1

The visiting Jeonbuk Motors played their last game only four days ago, a K-League 1 match.

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Seoul form and stats

Seoul's struggle is real here at Seoul World Cup Stadium with only 12 points collected from 13 K-League 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-7.

In their previous game, the manager J. Park led his Seoul to a defeat in the K-League 1 match away at Jeju United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Osmar Barba (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Barba hit two key passes and had 72 successful passes (of 83 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Ulsan with the scoreline 1-2.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Seoul here at Seoul World Cup Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). Seoul's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (26) in K-League 1, on their K-League 1 travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Jeonbuk's previous game was their home loss versus Pohang Steelers (0-1). Midfield player Seung-Ho Paik was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Paik had 42 successful passes (of 45 total).

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Suwon.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Jeonbuk have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Jeonbuk Motors - Seoul 3-2 was the product when these crews formerly met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - one - nine (Seoul wins - draws - Jeonbuk Motors wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jeonbuk MotorsS. Iljutcenko
S. Iljutcenko
12 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsG. da Silva Sousa
G. da Silva Sousa
11 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsK. Han
K. Han
8 goals

Seoul missing players

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Seoul Jeonbuk Motors
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 11 26
6 3 1 Won W 2 4 13
7 3 2 Drew D 2 5 8
13 7 2 Lost L 0 2 5
24 12 7 Scored S 8 16 46
32 16 6 Conceded C 2 8 26
92% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 92%
58% 54% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 77%
42% 54% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 46%
15% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 35%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 19%
46% 38% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 58%
23% 23% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 31%
38% 46% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 19%
 
4.3 4.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.9 4.7
4.3 3.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 1.2 2.5 2.9
1.4 1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 11.8 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.4 10.2
3.8 3.9 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4.7
24% 24% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 38%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (26) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the the best goal difference (+20) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the the best goal difference (+8) away in K-League 1
  • Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Seoul have the fewest points (12) at home in K-League 1
  • Seoul have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) 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 27 15 9 3 46 30 14 9 4 1 29 16 13 6 5 2 17 14 16 54
2 Jeonbuk Motors 26 13 8 5 46 26 15 9 3 3 30 18 11 4 5 2 16 8 20 47
3 Pohang Steelers 27 10 9 8 28 28 13 5 5 3 11 11 14 5 4 5 17 17 0 39
4 Suwon 27 10 8 9 39 40 12 5 3 4 17 17 15 5 5 5 22 23 -1 38
5 Daegu 26 10 7 9 31 32 13 6 5 2 17 12 13 4 2 7 14 20 -1 37
6 Incheon United 26 10 6 10 31 35 13 6 5 2 14 9 13 4 1 8 17 26 -4 36
7 Suwon Bluewings 27 9 8 10 33 33 14 4 4 6 16 19 13 5 4 4 17 14 0 35
8 Jeju United 26 6 13 7 28 30 13 4 5 4 17 20 13 2 8 3 11 10 -2 31
9 Gwangju 26 8 4 14 25 31 13 5 3 5 14 12 13 3 1 9 11 19 -6 28
10 Gangwon 24 6 9 9 26 29 12 4 6 2 16 9 12 2 3 7 10 20 -3 27
11 Seongnam 26 6 8 12 22 33 12 4 2 6 11 16 14 2 6 6 11 17 -11 26
12 Seoul 26 6 7 13 24 32 13 3 3 7 12 16 13 3 4 6 12 16 -8 25

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.