Football preview: Ulsan odds-on when Seongnam arrive

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 26.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium (44466 seats)

Ulsan are chasing the top table places while Seongnam are more concerned with escaping relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Ulsan have the most scored goals (28) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest clean sheets (2) in K-League 1

Only a few days to rest for the team playing at home, as they performed in a K-League 1 fixture only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Seoul.

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Ulsan form and stats

Ulsan have performed here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 K-League 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Happy days for Ulsan in their previous game, a fixture away at Seoul (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The victory against Seoul came after Eom's winning goal. The Ulsan manager Hong was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 27th minute. Midfield player Eom got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Eom scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Jeonbuk Motors with the scoreline 1-3.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ulsan home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bucheon 1995 are coming to town in three days.

The Ulsan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches.

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Seongnam form and stats

Seongnam have only collected 7 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 2-1-5 (8 played).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sangju Sangmu (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Mulić, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Mulić scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Daegu.

The attacking power of Seongnam when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. In the opposite end, Seongnam have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Seongnam - Ulsan 0-2 was the product when these two teams previously did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Ulsan wins - draws - Seongnam wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

UlsanW. Eom
W. Eom
8 goals
UlsanL. Nascimento Lopes de Souza
L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza
7 goals
UlsanJ. Amano
J. Amano
6 goals

Ulsan missing players

Seongnam missing players

Ulsan Seongnam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 1 8 17
12 5 1 Won W 0 2 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
2 1 0 Lost L 1 5 10
28 13 2 Scored S 0 7 13
14 8 1 Conceded C 1 12 29
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 65%
53% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 41%
24% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
59% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 41%
35% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 53%
 
4.9 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.1
2.8 2.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.4 4.6
1.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.1 14 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.2 8.3
4.6 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.2
35% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 24%
 
8.8 7.1 5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13 10.8
3.5 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.8 3.9
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Seongnam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Seongnam have the fewest clean sheets (2) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-16) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ulsan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ulsan have scored more than double the goals of Seongnam.
  • Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most points from losing position (19) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most scored goals (28) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+14) 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 17 12 3 2 28 14 8 5 2 1 13 8 9 7 1 1 15 6 14 39
2 Jeonbuk Motors 17 9 4 4 20 13 8 2 3 3 6 8 9 7 1 1 14 5 7 31
3 Jeju United 17 8 5 4 20 14 9 3 4 2 8 7 8 5 1 2 12 7 6 29
4 Incheon United 17 7 6 4 22 18 10 4 4 2 13 9 7 3 2 2 9 9 4 27
5 Pohang Steelers 17 7 5 5 22 16 7 4 2 1 10 4 10 3 3 4 12 12 6 26
6 Daegu 17 5 7 5 24 22 9 5 2 2 15 8 8 0 5 3 9 14 2 22
7 Seoul 17 5 6 6 19 18 8 3 2 3 12 10 9 2 4 3 7 8 1 21
8 Sangju Sangmu 17 4 6 7 19 21 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 1 3 5 10 13 -2 18
9 Suwon 17 5 3 9 23 29 8 3 1 4 16 18 9 2 2 5 7 11 -6 18
10 Suwon Bluewings 17 4 6 7 13 19 9 4 2 3 8 7 8 0 4 4 5 12 -6 18
11 Gangwon 17 3 6 8 16 26 9 3 2 4 9 10 8 0 4 4 7 16 -10 15
12 Seongnam 17 2 5 10 13 29 9 0 4 5 6 17 8 2 1 5 7 12 -16 11

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.