Anyang vs Daejeon Citizen match preview: Even contest expected at Anyang Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K League 2
Competition: Wed 21.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anyang Stadium (17143 seats)

K League 2: Anyang are ready for the visit of Daejeon Citizen in what should be an engaging football match. Here's all you should know!

Insights:
  • Anyang have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Daejeon Citizen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Anyang form and stats

The overall K League 2 stats at home this season for Anyang are 9-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Anyang coach Lee and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Asan Mugunghwa (placed 5th).

Ahead of that match, Anyang lost 1-2 at home to Gwangju.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Anyang have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 8 and lost 4.

Anyang are traveling soon after this match as the K League 2 match at Seoul E. awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Anyang in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 17 league matches. Anyang are not conceding a lot of goals here at Anyang Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 17 matches.

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Daejeon Citizen form and stats

Playing away, Daejeon Citizen have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the K League 2 this season.

Daejeon Citizen has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Jeonnam Dragons for a 1-1 draw. The draw against Jeonnam Dragons came from a losing position. The Daejeon Citizen manager Lee brought on In-Gyun as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Busan I'Park with the score of 3-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Daejeon Citizen playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were 5 Daejeon wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 11 league matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Daejeon Citizen are hosting Gyeongnam in the K League 2 only four days away.

Daejeon have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. 20 goals have been conceded by Daejeon Citizen in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the participants met previously this campaign; Daejeon Citizen - Anyang 2-3. Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Anyang, three draws and five wins for Daejeon Citizen. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

AnyangJ. Moya Aguilar
J. Moya Aguilar
9 goals
AnyangA. Oliveira de Araújo
A. Oliveira de Araújo
7 goals
AnyangB. Acosty
B. Acosty
7 goals

Anyang missing players

Daejeon Citizen missing players

Anyang Daejeon Citizen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 4 17 34
17 9 3 Won W 0 6 16
12 6 2 Drew D 0 4 10
6 2 1 Lost L 4 7 8
47 26 7 Scored S 1 20 57
36 16 4 Conceded C 7 20 41
86% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
63% 59% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 76% 82%
37% 41% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 53%
31% 35% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 26%
17% 18% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
46% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 59% 68%
43% 47% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 21%
26% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 75% 24% 15%
 
4.6 4.9 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5 5.2
4.7 4.6 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.6 3.2
1.8 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.1 9.5 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.1 10.8
4.2 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4.7
32% 35% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 32% 37%
 
9.7 9.9 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 9.7 8.8
4 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.7
Key stats in K League 2 this season:
  • Anyang have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Daejeon Citizen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Gwangju 36 23 9 4 59 30 18 14 2 2 28 13 18 9 7 2 31 17 29 78
2 Anyang 35 17 12 6 47 36 17 9 6 2 26 16 18 8 6 4 21 20 11 63
3 Bucheon 1995 36 17 9 10 50 37 18 11 5 2 27 13 18 6 4 8 23 24 13 60
4 Daejeon Citizen 34 16 10 8 57 41 17 10 6 1 37 21 17 6 4 7 20 20 16 58
5 Asan Mugunghwa 36 12 12 12 37 38 18 8 5 5 18 16 18 4 7 7 19 22 -1 48
6 Gyeongnam 35 13 8 14 56 54 18 8 3 7 29 25 17 5 5 7 27 29 2 47
7 Seoul E. 34 9 15 10 39 38 16 5 8 3 24 20 18 4 7 7 15 18 1 42
8 Ansan Greeners 37 8 13 16 48 60 19 4 6 9 26 33 18 4 7 7 22 27 -12 37
9 Gimpo 37 8 11 18 37 62 18 3 7 8 15 29 19 5 4 10 22 33 -25 35
10 Jeonnam Dragons 35 5 16 14 41 51 18 2 10 6 19 24 17 3 6 8 22 27 -10 31
11 Busan I'Park 37 6 9 22 28 52 19 5 4 10 15 25 18 1 5 12 13 27 -24 27

Read more about K League 2

The K League 2 is the second highest level of football in South Korea. It currently has ten clubs playing 36 fixtures each in the regular season, meeting each other four times. The top team in the league table is promoted while places two to four enter a promotion play-off.