Seoul fights Seongnam in K-League 1 battle

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 31.May
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium (66080 seats)

The K-League 1 league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Seoul and Seongnam are placed 3rd and 5th respectively.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Seoul form and stats

The hosts won their first K-League 1 game here at Seoul World Cup Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Seoul last season were 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses from 2 games.

A strong away win for Seoul against Pohang Steelers the last match, as Hwang Hyun-Soo and Osmar were on target. Ahead of that match, Seoul won a home game hosting Gwangju (1-0).

Seoul has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Seongnam form and stats

Four points from two away games for Seongnam, meaning one draw and one victory in the K-League 1 so far.

Seongnam has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Gangwon for a K-League 1 game that ended a draw (1-1). A draw for Seongnam before that, at their own venue hosting Incheon United (0-0).

3 goals so far away for Seongnam, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Seoul, two draws and three wins for Seongnam. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

SeongnamD. Yang
D. Yang
2 goals
SeoulH. Hwang
H. Hwang
1 goals
SeoulO. Ibáñez Barba
O. Ibáñez Barba
1 goals

Seoul missing players

Seongnam missing players

Seoul Seongnam
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 0 Scored S 0 3 3
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5.7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.5 6.7
2.3 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 5.3
1.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
26 11 0 Total Shots T S 0 28 37
6 2 0 Shots on Target S O 0 11 11
67% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 27%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Seongnam has the most points (4) away
  • Seongnam has the the best goal difference (+2) away
Seoul Last season Seongnam
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 8   Won W   5 12
11 6   Drew D   4 9
12 5   Lost L   10 17
53 28   Scored S   13 30
49 24   Conceded C   23 40
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 87%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 50%
58% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 34%
26% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 11%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
66% 58%   BTTS BTTS   42% 42%
24% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 34%
24% 32%   Failed to Score F T   42% 37%
 
3.8 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4
4.4 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.1
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
4 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
393 217   Total Shots T S   158 351
150 80   Shots on Target S O   56 136
35% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 22%

  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 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 5 6
2 Jeonbuk Motors 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Seoul 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
4 Sangju Sangmu 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -1 6
5 Seongnam 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 5
6 Pohang Steelers 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Gangwon 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
8 Suwon Bluewings 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
9 Daegu 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
10 Incheon United 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 2
11 Busan I'Park 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
12 Gwangju 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jeonbuk Motors 5 3 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 6 79
2 Ulsan 5 3 1 1 7 7 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 79
3 Pohang Steelers 5 2 2 1 9 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 56
4 Seoul 5 0 2 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 -5 56
5 Daegu 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 -1 55
6 Gangwon 5 1 1 3 8 11 2 1 0 1 5 6 3 0 1 2 3 5 -3 50

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.