Gwangyang Stadium: Jeonnam Dragons vs Daejeon Citizen K League 2 preview

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Competition: Korea Republic K League 2
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangyang Stadium (20009 seats)

Jeonnam Dragons will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Daejeon Citizen.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Jeonnam Dragons form and stats

3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the K League 2 numbers at home for Jeonnam Dragons, who have the most clean sheets (9) in K League 2, so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Jeonnam, as their goalkeeper Jun-Hyuk Park has completely shut out the opponents for 193 minutes in the K League 2.

A good away victory last time out for Jeonnam, who won 2-0 against Asan Mugunghwa (placed 10th). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Ansan Greeners the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Jeonnam handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

The Jeonnam Dragons fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Jeonnam Dragons have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Daejeon Citizen form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the K League 2.

Andre Luis was the last player to score for the away team. Daejeon haven't scored a league goal in the last 238 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Daejeon goalkeeper Jin-Young Kim is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Anyang (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The K League 2 match ended in a draw 0-0. A draw for Daejeon before that, at their own venue hosting Seoul E. (0-0).

Daejeon Citizen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

Daejeon find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Daejeon have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Jeonnam and Daejeon Citizen have met before this season: Daejeon Citizen - Jeonnam Dragons 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Jeonnam won five, Daejeon Citizen won three and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Daejeon CitizenA. da Costa Alfredo
A. da Costa Alfredo
11 goals
JeonnamJ. Kristoffersen
J. Kristoffersen
3 goals
Daejeon CitizenJ. Park
J. Park
3 goals

Jeonnam Dragons missing players

Daejeon Citizen missing players

Jeonnam Dragons Daejeon Citizen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
5 3 1 Won W 0 4 7
8 3 0 Drew D 1 2 5
3 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
16 12 2 Scored S 2 11 24
10 7 2 Conceded C 4 9 22
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
62% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
19% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 56%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 25%
38% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
56% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 31%
31% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 25%
 
4.1 4.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 3.4
3.8 3.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5 4.6
1.8 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
149 90 14 Total Shots T S 25 83 157
54 32 5 Shots on Target S O 11 35 67
30% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 31% 36%
Key stats in K League 2 this season:
  • Daejeon Citizen has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
  • Daejeon Citizen has the most matches over the total-line (9)
  • Jeonnam Dragons has the fewest conceded goals (10)
  • Jeonnam Dragons has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
  • Jeonnam Dragons has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
  • Jeonnam Dragons has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
  • Jeonnam Dragons has the most clean sheets (9)
  • Jeonnam Dragons have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jeonnam Dragons have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Jeonnam Dragons haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jeju United 16 9 4 3 26 15 8 4 3 1 15 8 8 5 1 2 11 7 11 31
2 Suwon 16 9 2 5 31 16 8 3 2 3 13 11 8 6 0 2 18 5 15 29
3 Daejeon Citizen 16 7 5 4 24 22 8 3 3 2 13 13 8 4 2 2 11 9 2 26
4 Gyeongnam 16 6 7 3 22 19 7 3 3 1 9 6 9 3 4 2 13 13 3 25
5 Jeonnam Dragons 16 5 8 3 16 10 8 3 3 2 12 7 8 2 5 1 4 3 6 23
6 Seoul E. 16 6 4 6 18 20 9 2 2 5 9 13 7 4 2 1 9 7 -2 22
7 Bucheon 1995 16 6 2 8 14 20 8 3 1 4 7 7 8 3 1 4 7 13 -6 20
8 Anyang 16 4 5 7 18 20 8 1 3 4 6 10 8 3 2 3 12 10 -2 17
9 Ansan Greeners 16 3 4 9 9 21 8 0 3 5 2 10 8 3 1 4 7 11 -12 13
10 Asan Mugunghwa 16 2 5 9 12 27 8 1 0 7 3 16 8 1 5 2 9 11 -15 11

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.