K League 2 preview and statistics: Sangju Sangmu - Bucheon 1995 at Gimcheon Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K League 2
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gimcheon Stadium

The league table in K League 2 tells a story about these teams so far, with Sangju Sangmu leading Bucheon 1995 by 20 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Sangju Sangmu is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Bucheon 1995 have the fewest scored goals (13) in K League 2

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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Sangju Sangmu form and stats

Overall K League 2 stats at home this season for Sangju Sangmu, who have the most points (18) at home in K League 2, are 5-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Sangju Sangmu are confident in defense, having played 205 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Sangju Sangmu enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ansan Greeners's place. The match ended 1-0 with Park Sang-Hyeok scoring. Manager T. Kim felt very clever after Park Sang-Hyeok scored the winning goal against Ansan Greeners, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Seoul E. the opponent.

The Sangju fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Sangju have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Bucheon 1995 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bucheon 1995 so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Bucheon as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The manager Y. Lee was unhappy after their last game, a K League 2 match played at their home ground Bucheon Stadium. Bucheon suffered a 1-2 loss to Jeonnam Dragons (placed 2nd).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gyeongnam wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bucheon 1995 when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing zero and winning two games.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Bucheon rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Bucheon 1995 - Sangju 0-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Sangju, one draw and zero wins for Bucheon 1995. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Bucheon 1995C. Park
C. Park
6 goals
SangjuH. Oh
H. Oh
5 goals
Sangju SangmuY. Heo
Y. Heo
5 goals

Sangju Sangmu missing players

Bucheon 1995 missing players

Sangju Sangmu Bucheon 1995
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 2 11 22
10 5 2 Won W 1 2 3
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 8
5 2 1 Lost L 1 7 11
29 15 6 Scored S 2 7 13
22 9 3 Conceded C 2 20 30
82% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
68% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 64%
50% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 27%
18% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 14%
9% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
55% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 36%
41% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 27%
23% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 50%
 
6.1 5.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 3.5
3.7 4.1 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.9 5
1.7 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10 9 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.8 8.5
4.5 4.7 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 3.2
30% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 18%
Key stats in K League 2 this season:
  • Bucheon 1995 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bucheon 1995 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bucheon 1995 have the fewest points (8) away in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 have the fewest points from losing position (2) in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 have the fewest scored goals (13) in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 have the most conceded goals (20) away in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 have the the worst goal difference (-17) in K League 2
  • Bucheon 1995 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Bucheon 1995 is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Sangju Sangmu have scored more than double the goals of Bucheon 1995.
  • Sangju Sangmu have the most points (18) at home in K League 2
  • Sangju Sangmu have the most points from losing position (8) in K League 2
  • Sangju Sangmu have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in K League 2
  • Sangju Sangmu have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in K League 2
  • Sangju Sangmu is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 22 10 7 5 29 22 10 5 3 2 15 9 12 5 4 3 14 13 7 37
2 Jeonnam Dragons 22 10 7 5 22 16 11 4 2 5 10 11 11 6 5 0 12 5 6 37
3 Anyang 21 10 6 5 29 22 11 4 3 4 9 8 10 6 3 1 20 14 7 36
4 Daejeon Citizen 22 10 4 8 30 31 12 4 3 5 17 18 10 6 1 3 13 13 -1 34
5 Busan I'Park 22 9 4 9 32 32 11 3 3 5 18 17 11 6 1 4 14 15 0 31
6 Ansan Greeners 22 7 7 8 22 27 11 4 3 4 15 14 11 3 4 4 7 13 -5 28
7 Asan Mugunghwa 22 7 5 10 23 22 11 5 2 4 15 11 11 2 3 6 8 11 1 26
8 Gyeongnam 22 7 5 10 26 28 10 3 2 5 12 12 12 4 3 5 14 16 -2 26
9 Seoul E. 21 5 9 7 20 16 11 3 4 4 12 7 10 2 5 3 8 9 4 24
10 Bucheon 1995 22 3 8 11 13 30 11 1 6 4 6 10 11 2 2 7 7 20 -17 17

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.