Evenly matched teams: Daejeon Citizen vs Gwangju match preview

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Competition: Korea Republic K League 2
Competition: Tue 21.June
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Daejeon World Cup Stadium (41295 seats)

Daejeon Citizen and Gwangju are both thriving in the K League 2 with their 2nd and 1st places respectively. This could be a great match!

Insights:
  • Daejeon Citizen have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in K League 2
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (15) in K League 2

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Daejeon Citizen and Gwangju.

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Daejeon Citizen form and stats

Daejeon Citizen have performed here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 K League 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. It’s been three wins in a row for Daejeon here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Daejeon Citizen drew their last game, 2-2 away at Anyang (placed 5th). A disappointing finish for Daejeon Citizen in their match versus Anyang as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Min-Hyun was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Anyang after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Asan Mugunghwa (0-1).

The Daejeon Citizen manager Lee has got the team scoring with 19 from 8 home games in the league. Daejeon have conceded 12 from these games.

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Gwangju form and stats

Playing away, Gwangju, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in K League 2, have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the K League 2 this season.

Gwangju 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. As mentioned above, Gwangju drew the match against Jeonnam Dragons. Manager Lee brought on Jong-Woo to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Anyang.

Gwangju has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Gwangju have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Gwangju - Daejeon Citizen 2-0 was the story when this pair of participants previously played each other, earlier this season. Stats for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Daejeon, three draws and three wins for Gwangju. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

GwangjuI. Reis Silva Morais
I. Reis Silva Morais
8 goals
Daejeon CitizenM. Ishida
M. Ishida
7 goals
Daejeon CitizenY. Cho
Y. Cho
5 goals

Daejeon Citizen missing players

Gwangju missing players

Daejeon Citizen Gwangju
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 8 1 Played P 1 8 19
10 5 1 Won W 0 4 14
6 3 0 Drew D 0 3 3
3 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
33 19 1 Scored S 0 14 34
23 12 0 Conceded C 2 9 15
95% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
53% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 53%
26% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 21%
21% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
63% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 47%
26% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 47%
16% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 12% 5%
 
5.5 6.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.1 4.7
3.4 2.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.8 3.6
1.9 1.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 14.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.8 10.5
5.2 6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.8
35% 40% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 37%
 
9.4 9.2 16 Shots against (avg) S A 4 6.5 6.5
3.7 4.4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.3
Key stats in K League 2 this season:
  • All of Gwangju's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Daejeon Citizen have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Daejeon Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Daejeon Citizen have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in K League 2
  • Daejeon Citizen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Daejeon Citizen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gwangju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (15) in K League 2
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in K League 2
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in K League 2
  • Gwangju have the the best goal difference (+19) in K League 2
  • Gwangju have the the best goal difference (+5) away in K League 2
  • Gwangju haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gwangju is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 19 14 3 2 34 15 11 10 0 1 20 6 8 4 3 1 14 9 19 45
2 Daejeon Citizen 19 10 6 3 33 23 8 5 3 0 19 12 11 5 3 3 14 11 10 36
3 Bucheon 1995 19 9 4 6 21 17 10 7 2 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 7 12 4 31
4 Asan Mugunghwa 19 7 7 5 18 16 10 5 4 1 9 6 9 2 3 4 9 10 2 28
5 Anyang 19 7 7 5 20 23 10 5 4 1 15 10 9 2 3 4 5 13 -3 28
6 Gyeongnam 19 6 6 7 35 33 9 3 2 4 19 15 10 3 4 3 16 18 2 24
7 Seoul E. 19 4 10 5 17 18 7 1 5 1 7 6 12 3 5 4 10 12 -1 22
8 Jeonnam Dragons 19 4 7 8 20 23 10 2 5 3 11 12 9 2 2 5 9 11 -3 19
9 Gimpo 19 5 4 10 24 37 9 3 2 4 10 14 10 2 2 6 14 23 -13 19
10 Busan I'Park 20 3 6 11 21 30 11 3 4 4 12 13 9 0 2 7 9 17 -9 15
11 Ansan Greeners 19 2 8 9 18 26 10 1 3 6 11 15 9 1 5 3 7 11 -8 14

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.