Three points for the home side is expected from this game if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The Ulsan regulars are optimistic that the gap between 1st and Gwangju's 10th position in the table will show on the arena.
- Ulsan have the most clean sheets (11) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gwangju have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ulsan and Gwangju.
Ulsan form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 15 K-League 1 games here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium for Ulsan. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.
It's back home for Ulsan, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Pohang Steelers away with the result 2-1. Se-hun Oh and Valeri Qazaishvili found the net in that victory. Young-woo Seol was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Seol hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Ulsan lost 1-2 at Daegu's place.Ulsan have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium with 29 goals in 15 league matches. Ulsan have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Gwangju form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gwangju so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-9 (win-draw-lose).
Gwangju's previous game was their home loss versus Jeonbuk Motors (1-2). Late heartbreak for Gwangju in the Jeonbuk Motors match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Aleksandar Andrejević, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.14. Andrejević won 7 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Jeju United.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gwangju as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. Gwangju's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Ulsan - Gwangju 2-0 was the product when these two contenders formerly played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ulsan five wins, five draws and Gwangju zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Lee 9 goals |  V. Qazaishvili 7 goals | Kim Min-Jun 5 goals |
Ulsan missing players
Gwangju missing players
| Ulsan | Gwangju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 49 | 29 | 12 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 36 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 70% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 66% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 33% | 47% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| 17% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 7% |
| 60% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 45% |
| 37% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 41% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.9 | 13 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7 | 9.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 37% | 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | 25% |
- Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gwangju haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Ulsan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gwangju have scored away.
- Ulsan have the most clean sheets (11) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the most matches over the total-line (18) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the most scored goals in the first half (21) 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 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 58 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 53 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 23 | 57 |
| 3 | Daegu | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 47 |
| 4 | Suwon | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -1 | 41 |
| 5 | Suwon Bluewings | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 39 |
| 6 | Pohang Steelers | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -2 | 39 |
| 7 | Incheon United | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 36 |
| 8 | Jeju United | 29 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 35 |
| 9 | Seongnam | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 31 |
| 10 | Gwangju | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 30 |
| 11 | Seoul | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Gangwon | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 27 |