Can Sangju Sangmu beat Gyeongnam in Gimcheon Stadium clash?

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Competition: Korea Republic K League 2
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gimcheon Stadium

It's advantage Sangju Sangmu so far with their 1st position in the K League 2 table, welcoming Gyeongnam who are placed 6th.

Insights:
  • Sangju Sangmu is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Gyeongnam have the most matches over the total-line (14) 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 the best goal difference (+9) in K League 2, are 6-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).

The Sangju goalkeeper Sung-Yun Gu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 295 minutes without conceding a goal in the K League 2.

Sangju Sangmu's last game was hosting Bucheon 1995 (placed 10th) and winning 2-0.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ansan Greeners.

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 Sangju Sangmu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won eleven, drawn five and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sangju Sangmu as they are travelling to their away game against Daegu in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Sangju have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gimcheon Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Sangju Sangmu are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gimcheon Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Gyeongnam form and stats

4-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gyeongnam in their K League 2 matches away. Gyeongnam has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Gyeongnam are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the K League 2 against Anyang (placed 4th).

Prior to that match, the Gyeongnam manager K. Seol faced defeat when travelling to Asan Mugunghwa and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Gyeongnam in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Gyeongnam, five draws and four defeats.

Gyeongnam find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Gyeongnam in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gyeongnam - Sangju 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sangju four wins, two draws and Gyeongnam four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GyeongnamW. Da Silva Barbosa
W. Da Silva Barbosa
7 goals
GyeongnamH. Rodrigues da Silva
H. Rodrigues da Silva
6 goals
Sangju SangmuH. Oh
H. Oh
5 goals

Sangju Sangmu missing players

Gyeongnam missing players

Sangju Sangmu Gyeongnam
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 12 23
11 6 1 Won W 0 4 8
7 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
5 2 1 Lost L 2 5 10
31 17 3 Scored S 1 14 28
22 9 4 Conceded C 3 16 29
83% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 91%
70% 73% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 83%
48% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 61%
17% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 9%
9% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
52% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 75% 70%
43% 55% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 22%
22% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 17% 17%
 
6 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.2 5.1
3.6 3.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.9
1.7 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10 8.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.1 8.9
4.4 4.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 3.4
30% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 36% 35%
Key stats in K League 2 this season:
  • Gyeongnam have the most matches over the total-line (14) in K League 2
  • Sangju Sangmu have the most clean sheets (6) at home in K League 2
  • Sangju Sangmu have the most points (21) 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 (+8) at home in K League 2
  • Sangju Sangmu have the the best goal difference (+9) 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 23 11 7 5 31 22 11 6 3 2 17 9 12 5 4 3 14 13 9 40
2 Jeonnam Dragons 23 10 8 5 23 17 11 4 2 5 10 11 12 6 6 0 13 6 6 38
3 Daejeon Citizen 23 11 4 8 31 31 13 5 3 5 18 18 10 6 1 3 13 13 0 37
4 Anyang 22 10 6 6 30 24 11 4 3 4 9 8 11 6 3 2 21 16 6 36
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 Gyeongnam 23 8 5 10 28 29 11 4 2 5 14 13 12 4 3 5 14 16 -1 29
7 Ansan Greeners 23 7 8 8 23 28 12 4 4 4 16 15 11 3 4 4 7 13 -5 29
8 Asan Mugunghwa 23 7 5 11 23 23 11 5 2 4 15 11 12 2 3 7 8 12 0 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 23 3 8 12 13 32 11 1 6 4 6 10 12 2 2 8 7 22 -19 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.