A important fixture in K-League 1 as both contenders are battling for the top league positions. With Ulsan in 1st position and Incheon United placed 4th, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting fight. Read on to find out more!
- Ulsan have the most scored goals (18) in K-League 1
- Incheon United have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in K-League 1
Ulsan and Incheon United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ulsan form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Ulsan have to build on here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium in the K-League 1. Ulsan has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium. We remember; it was Sangju Sangmu.
Ulsan are returning here after visiting Gangwon and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Leonardo (2) and Eom scored the goal(s). Midfielder Eom was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.14 (out of ten) in that game. Eom scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Suwon Bluewings.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Ulsan matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 6 games).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ulsan, as the K-League 1 home game vs Jeju United is only four days away.
Ulsan have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Ulsan have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Incheon United form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.
The manager Cho was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Sungui Arena Park. Incheon United suffered a 0-1 loss to Jeonbuk Motors (placed 5th). Delbridge was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Delbridge won 6 of 12 duels.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Suwon.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Incheon when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 2 and winning 2 games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Daegu in just three days.
Incheon United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. It's not easy to score on Incheon United as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the contenders met earlier this season; Incheon United - Ulsan 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Ulsan wins - draws - Incheon United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mugoša 8 goals |   W. Eom 5 goals | L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 5 goals |
Ulsan missing players
Incheon United missing players
| Ulsan | Incheon United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 3.2 | 2.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.2 | 12.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8.3 |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 37% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 9 | 7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.2 | 9.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
- Incheon United have not yet lost a game away.
- Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Incheon United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Incheon United have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in K-League 1
- Incheon United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (7) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the most points (13) at home in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the most points from losing position (12) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the most scored goals (18) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+11) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in K-League 1
- Ulsan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Ulsan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Jeonbuk Motors | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Seoul | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Daegu | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Suwon | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
