K-League 1 preview and statistics: Ulsan - Gwangju at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium (44466 seats)

K-League 1: Ulsan receive Gwangju in what promises to be an action-packed football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Ulsan is in the best form (4-1-1) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the most clean sheets (4) in K-League 1

Gwangju could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a K-League 1 game only four sleeps ago.

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Ulsan form and stats

3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Ulsan so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Ulsan, who won 1-0 against Incheon United (placed 10th).

Before that, Ulsan drew at home versus Pohang Steelers.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ulsan's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

The Ulsan manager Hong has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league.

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Gwangju form and stats

2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gwangju in their K-League 1 matches away.

The attacking players of Gwangju have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 183 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Gwangju in their previous game as they lost hosting Jeju United, 0-1.

A draw for Gwangju before that, at their own venue hosting Gangwon (0-0).

Gwangju have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Gwangju have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent games featuring these sides have all ended as Ulsan victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

Top Goalscorers

UlsanG. Ludwigson
G. Ludwigson
5 goals
UlsanM. Joo
M. Joo
4 goals
GwangjuJ. Asani
J. Asani
4 goals

Ulsan missing players

Gwangju missing players

Ulsan Gwangju
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 4 9
7 3 2 Won W 0 2 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
17 9 5 Scored S 0 5 12
8 4 1 Conceded C 2 7 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 67%
78% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 22%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
67% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 11%
33% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 56%
 
5 5.5 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 5.1
3.8 4.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 3.9
1.6 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.8 13.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6 10.5 13.6
5.2 5.5 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.2 5.1
36% 41% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 26%
 
12.2 14.2 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.5 11.8
3.7 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.2 4.3
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • All of Ulsan's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the most clean sheets (4) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gwangju haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ulsan have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ulsan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ulsan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ulsan have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+9) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ulsan is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 9 7 1 1 17 8 4 3 1 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 8 4 9 22
2 Pohang Steelers 9 5 4 0 14 8 5 3 2 0 8 4 4 2 2 0 6 4 6 19
3 Daejeon Citizen 9 5 2 2 18 14 4 3 1 0 7 3 5 2 1 2 11 11 4 17
4 Seoul 9 5 1 3 18 12 4 3 0 1 9 4 5 2 1 2 9 8 6 16
5 Gwangju 9 4 1 4 12 10 5 2 1 2 7 3 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 13
6 Suwon 9 3 3 3 12 14 5 3 1 1 10 7 4 0 2 2 2 7 -2 12
7 Jeju United 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 3 1 1 6 4 -3 11
8 Jeonbuk Motors 9 3 1 5 10 10 5 2 1 2 7 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 0 10
9 Daegu 9 2 4 3 11 13 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 0 3 2 4 8 -2 10
10 Incheon United 9 2 3 4 9 15 5 1 3 1 6 6 4 1 0 3 3 9 -6 9
11 Gangwon 9 1 4 4 6 11 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 0 3 1 2 4 -5 7
12 Suwon Bluewings 9 0 2 7 8 17 4 0 1 3 4 8 5 0 1 4 4 9 -9 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.