K League 2 preview: Can Asan Mugunghwa edge out victory against Ansan Greeners?

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Competition: Korea Republic K League 2
Competition: Sat 25.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yishunsin Stadium (19283 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Asan Mugunghwa in this match versus Ansan Greeners, but the away team will fight to the bitter end. Here's our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Asan Mugunghwa have the fewest scored goals (18) in K League 2

It's no vacation for neither Mugunghwa nor Ansan Greeners as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Asan Mugunghwa form and stats

Asan Mugunghwa, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in K League 2, have played 10 K League 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 233 minutes without scoring a league goal. Se-Jik was the last player to find the net. Asan Mugunghwa are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Asan Mugunghwa, facing Gyeongnam in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that, Mugunghwa drew at home versus Seoul E..

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Asan Mugunghwa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Mugunghwa have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Asan Mugunghwa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Yishunsin Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ansan Greeners form and stats

Playing away, Ansan Greeners have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the K League 2 this season.

Two trips in a row for Greeners, whose manager Cho could celebrate last time after the win against Seoul E.. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Cho when Róbson scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.

Before that, Ansan Greeners secured a home win against Bucheon 1995 with the score 3-0.

Greeners are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

As opposed to that, Ansan Greeners have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the result Ansan Greeners - Mugunghwa 0-1 written in the official records. Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Asan Mugunghwa won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Ansan Greeners have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / ten

Top Goalscorers

MugunghwaK. Yu
K. Yu
8 goals
Ansan GreenersChoi Geon-Joo
Choi Geon-Joo
4 goals
Asan MugunghwaK. Kim
K. Kim
3 goals

Asan Mugunghwa missing players

Ansan Greeners missing players

Asan Mugunghwa Ansan Greeners
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
7 5 3 Won W 1 2 3
8 4 0 Drew D 1 5 8
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 9
18 9 4 Scored S 4 10 21
16 6 1 Conceded C 3 13 28
65% 70% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
45% 40% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
35% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 40%
20% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 20%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 15%
25% 20% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 60%
65% 70% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 15%
45% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 35%
 
5.1 5.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.4 3.8
3 3.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.5 5.5
1.4 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.6 9.7 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 6.5 7.7
4.2 4 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 3.5
21% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 30%
 
7.8 5.4 4.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.1 12.8
3 1.9 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 4.9 4.8
Key stats in K League 2 this season:
  • Asan Mugunghwa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in K League 2
  • Asan Mugunghwa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in K League 2
  • Asan Mugunghwa have the fewest scored goals (18) in K League 2
  • Asan Mugunghwa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in K League 2
  • Asan Mugunghwa have the most clean sheets (13) in K League 2

  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 20 14 4 2 35 16 11 10 0 1 20 6 9 4 4 1 15 10 19 46
2 Daejeon Citizen 20 10 7 3 34 24 9 5 4 0 20 13 11 5 3 3 14 11 10 37
3 Bucheon 1995 20 9 4 7 21 18 11 7 2 2 14 6 9 2 2 5 7 12 3 31
4 Anyang 20 8 7 5 21 23 10 5 4 1 15 10 10 3 3 4 6 13 -2 31
5 Asan Mugunghwa 20 7 8 5 18 16 10 5 4 1 9 6 10 2 4 4 9 10 2 29
6 Gyeongnam 20 6 7 7 35 33 10 3 3 4 19 15 10 3 4 3 16 18 2 25
7 Seoul E. 20 4 10 6 19 21 8 1 5 2 9 9 12 3 5 4 10 12 -2 22
8 Jeonnam Dragons 20 4 8 8 22 25 10 2 5 3 11 12 10 2 3 5 11 13 -3 20
9 Gimpo 20 5 5 10 26 39 10 3 3 4 12 16 10 2 2 6 14 23 -13 20
10 Ansan Greeners 20 3 8 9 21 28 10 1 3 6 11 15 10 2 5 3 10 13 -7 17
11 Busan I'Park 20 3 6 11 21 30 11 3 4 4 12 13 9 0 2 7 9 17 -9 15

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.