K-League 1: Seoul believed to overwhelm Seongnam

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium (66080 seats)

Seoul have claimed 15 of their 33 in total here at their own stadium. Will they claim the win against Seongnam?

Insights:
  • Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals (51) in K-League 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Seoul form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Seoul have to build on here at Seoul World Cup Stadium in the K-League 1.

Seoul are returning here after visiting Sangju Sangmu and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Paločević and Wook scored the goal(s). Paločević (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.45/10. Paločević scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Jeju United that was lost 0-2.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 10 most recent league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Seoul has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, Seoul have conceded 15 goals.

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Seongnam form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Seongnam so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-8 (win-draw-lose).

Seongnam play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Suwon Bluewings (placed 9th). Midfield player Park was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.22/10. Park scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).

A loss against Sangju Sangmu was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Seongnam when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Observe! Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's latest 11 league games.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Seongnam have scored 14 goals in 13 league games away. Seongnam struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head game ended Seoul - Seongnam 0-1, played this season. Wan-Gyu (Seongnam) was given a red card by the ref when these teams met earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Seoul three wins, three draws and Seongnam four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SeoulS. Na
S. Na
7 goals
SeongnamF. Mulić
F. Mulić
5 goals

Seoul missing players

Seongnam missing players

Seoul Seongnam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 13 26
8 4 2 Won W 2 3 4
9 3 1 Drew D 0 2 6
9 5 0 Lost L 2 8 16
32 15 6 Scored S 8 14 25
32 15 3 Conceded C 9 23 51
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
77% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 73%
42% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 46% 54%
19% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 42%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 31% 23%
62% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 54%
19% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 12%
23% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 42%
 
5 6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.7 4.2
3.7 3.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.9 5.2
1.5 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.6 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.9 12.2 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.3 9.5
4.5 4.9 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 3.5 4
28% 25% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 24%
 
8.3 7.3 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 13.1 11.2
4 3.9 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.8 4.1
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Seongnam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Seongnam have the fewest clean sheets (3) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest points from losing position (1) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals (51) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-26) in K-League 1
  • 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 26 16 7 3 41 22 14 9 4 1 24 12 12 7 3 2 17 10 19 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 27 14 7 6 34 25 13 4 6 3 14 14 14 10 1 3 20 11 9 49
3 Pohang Steelers 27 12 8 7 36 28 14 7 5 2 19 10 13 5 3 5 17 18 8 44
4 Incheon United 27 10 11 6 35 30 13 5 5 3 17 12 14 5 6 3 18 18 5 41
5 Jeju United 27 11 7 9 37 32 14 5 5 4 20 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 5 40
6 Suwon 27 10 6 11 43 44 14 6 2 6 31 30 13 4 4 5 12 14 -1 36
7 Seoul 26 8 9 9 32 32 12 4 3 5 15 15 14 4 6 4 17 17 0 33
8 Gangwon 27 9 6 12 37 42 14 7 2 5 21 18 13 2 4 7 16 24 -5 33
9 Suwon Bluewings 27 7 9 11 25 33 13 5 5 3 13 9 14 2 4 8 12 24 -8 30
10 Daegu 27 5 12 10 33 39 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 0 8 6 14 25 -6 27
11 Sangju Sangmu 26 6 8 12 32 32 13 4 3 6 15 14 13 2 5 6 17 18 0 26
12 Seongnam 26 4 6 16 25 51 13 1 4 8 11 28 13 3 2 8 14 23 -26 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.