K-League 1 match prediction: Little separates Ulsan and Jeonbuk Motors in quality

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 25.October
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium (44102 seats)

Ulsan and Jeonbuk Motors are both riding high in the K-League 1 with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Ulsan and Jeonbuk Motors 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.

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Ulsan form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 11 K-League 1 games here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium for Ulsan. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

Ulsan are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Pohang Steelers. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sangju Sangmu in a game that was won 4-1.

Ulsan were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

A decent goal production from Ulsan in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Ulsan have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

As the visiting team in K-League 1 matches, Jeonbuk Motors have produced an overall stat of 6-2-3 so far.

T. Kunimoto, Han Kyo-Won, Son Jun-Ho and Kim Bo-Kyung scored in Jeonbuk's previous match, the home game against Gwangju that ended 4-1. A 0-1 loss hosting Pohang Steelers before that.

Jeonbuk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. 12 goals have been conceded by Jeonbuk in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Jeonbuk Motors - Ulsan 2-1, played this season. Ulsan-Jeonbuk Motors H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ulsan one win, Jeonbuk Motors six wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

UlsanG. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior
G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior
25 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsK. Han
K. Han
10 goals
UlsanB. Johnsen
B. Johnsen
5 goals

Ulsan missing players

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Ulsan Jeonbuk Motors
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
16 7 3 Won W 2 7 17
6 4 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
51 22 10 Scored S 3 20 43
22 7 1 Conceded C 2 12 21
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 72%
56% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 48%
36% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 20%
16% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
52% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 48%
40% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 36%
12% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.4 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
262 137 34 Total Shots T S 24 137 346
118 55 18 Shots on Target S O 8 47 118
43% 40% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 36%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeonbuk Motors has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors has the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Jeonbuk Motors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ulsan has the fewest conceded goals (15) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in K-League 1
  • Ulsan has the most scored goals (45) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan has the the best goal difference (+30) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 22 15 5 2 45 15 11 6 4 1 18 6 11 9 1 1 27 9 30 50
2 Jeonbuk Motors 22 15 3 4 38 19 11 9 1 1 19 7 11 6 2 3 19 12 19 48
3 Pohang Steelers 22 11 5 6 41 28 11 5 3 3 18 17 11 6 2 3 23 11 13 38
4 Sangju Sangmu 22 11 5 6 29 27 11 8 1 2 16 10 11 3 4 4 13 17 2 38
5 Daegu 22 8 7 7 36 31 11 5 2 4 24 18 11 3 5 3 12 13 5 31
6 Gwangju 22 6 7 9 28 32 11 2 4 5 13 18 11 4 3 4 15 14 -4 25
7 Seoul 22 7 4 11 19 37 11 5 2 4 11 13 11 2 2 7 8 24 -18 25
8 Gangwon 22 6 6 10 27 36 11 3 3 5 16 20 11 3 3 5 11 16 -9 24
9 Seongnam 22 5 7 10 19 26 11 1 3 7 6 16 11 4 4 3 13 10 -7 22
10 Suwon Bluewings 22 5 6 11 20 26 11 2 3 6 12 16 11 3 3 5 8 10 -6 21
11 Busan I'Park 22 4 9 9 21 31 11 2 6 3 11 11 11 2 3 6 10 20 -10 21
12 Incheon United 22 4 6 12 15 30 11 2 3 6 7 15 11 2 3 6 8 15 -15 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.