Busan I'Park vs Daejeon Citizen match preview: Even contest expected at Busan Gudeok Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K League 2
Competition: Sat 04.September
Match begins: 04:30 (UTC)
Venue: Busan Gudeok Stadium (24363 seats)

The visiting Daejeon Citizen side are thought to be front runners at Busan I'Park, as the guests own a 12 point edge from their 27 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Busan I'Park have the most conceded goals (43) in K League 2

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an energetic match!

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Busan I'Park form and stats

Busan I'Park's struggle is real here at Busan Gudeok Stadium with only 12 points collected from 12 K League 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-6. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Busan I'Park to get some points in this home game.

I'Park are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Asan Mugunghwa. The defeat against Asan Mugunghwa was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Kim Kang-Guk).

Preceding that match was the home game against Sangju Sangmu that was lost 0-6.

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 I'Park have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost one.

A decent goal production from I'Park in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Daejeon Citizen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their K League 2 travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Daejeon play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Bucheon 1995 (placed 10th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Bucheon 1995 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Gyeongnam.

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 15 relevant matches. Results were seven Daejeon Citizen wins, six draws and two defeats.

Daejeon Citizen have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Daejeon Citizen in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met earlier this season: Daejeon Citizen - I'Park 3-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): I'Park won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Daejeon Citizen got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Busan I'ParkB. An
B. An
16 goals
Daejeon CitizenI. Park
I. Park
6 goals
Busan I'ParkJ. Kim
J. Kim
3 goals

Busan I'Park missing players

Daejeon Citizen missing players

Busan I'Park Daejeon Citizen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 5 13 27
9 3 1 Won W 3 7 13
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
12 6 2 Lost L 2 4 9
35 18 6 Scored S 7 17 36
43 23 12 Conceded C 6 17 35
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 74%
58% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 54% 56%
35% 42% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 22%
23% 33% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 15%
54% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 67%
19% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 26%
35% 42% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 15% 15%
 
4 4.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.9 4.6
5.1 6.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.8 4.3
1.7 1.4 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.5 9.1 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 12.6 11.5
4.5 4.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4 4.1
30% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 33% 32%
Key stats in K League 2 this season:
  • Busan I'Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Busan I'Park have the fewest clean sheets (5) in K League 2
  • Busan I'Park have the fewest points (12) at home in K League 2
  • Busan I'Park have the most conceded goals (23) at home in K League 2
  • Busan I'Park have the most conceded goals (43) in K League 2
  • Busan I'Park have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in K League 2
  • Busan I'Park have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in K League 2
  • Busan I'Park have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home 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 Sangju Sangmu 27 13 9 5 41 25 12 6 4 2 17 9 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 48
2 Anyang 27 13 8 6 36 27 13 4 5 4 11 10 14 9 3 2 25 17 9 47
3 Daejeon Citizen 27 13 5 9 36 35 14 6 3 5 19 18 13 7 2 4 17 17 1 44
4 Jeonnam Dragons 27 10 11 6 27 22 14 4 4 6 13 15 13 6 7 0 14 7 5 41
5 Asan Mugunghwa 27 10 5 12 31 28 13 6 2 5 19 15 14 4 3 7 12 13 3 35
6 Gyeongnam 27 9 7 11 32 33 13 5 3 5 18 16 14 4 4 6 14 17 -1 34
7 Busan I'Park 26 9 5 12 35 43 12 3 3 6 18 23 14 6 2 6 17 20 -8 32
8 Ansan Greeners 27 7 9 11 27 36 14 4 4 6 16 18 13 3 5 5 11 18 -9 30
9 Seoul E. 26 5 11 10 26 26 15 3 5 7 15 14 11 2 6 3 11 12 0 26
10 Bucheon 1995 27 6 8 13 23 39 14 3 6 5 14 16 13 3 2 8 9 23 -16 26

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.