K League 2 match preview and statistics: Seoul E. fight Daejeon Citizen

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Competition: Korea Republic K League 2
Competition: Sat 13.June
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Seoul Olympic Stadium (69950 seats)

It's still early in the K League 2 season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Seoul E. - Daejeon Citizen preview!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Seoul E. form and stats

Seoul E. have played three K League 2 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Seoul's previous game was a FA Cup match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Changwon City. The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Asan Mugunghwa and winning 1-0.

Seoul have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Seoul's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Daejeon Citizen form and stats

Daejeon Citizen are happy with their away performances in the K League 2 so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.

Daejeon are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the FA Cup against Chuncheon. A 2-2 draw at Gyeongnam's stadium before that.

The Daejeon Citizen manager S. Hwang has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. As for defending, Daejeon rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Seoul victories, four draws and four Daejeon Citizen wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Daejeon CitizenA. da Costa Alfredo
A. da Costa Alfredo
6 goals
Seoul E.L. Joaquim Ribeiro
L. Joaquim Ribeiro
2 goals
Daejeon CitizenJ. Park
J. Park
2 goals

Seoul E. missing players

Daejeon Citizen missing players

Seoul E. Daejeon Citizen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 0 3 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 2 3
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 0 7 10
5 4 0 Conceded C 0 5 7
80% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
20% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
20% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 20%
40% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 80%
40% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
40% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.3 3.4
3.2 2.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.7 4.2
1.4 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
58 36 0 Total Shots T S 0 37 52
25 16 0 Shots on Target S O 0 15 22
16% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 47% 45%
Key stats in K League 2 this season:
  • All of Daejeon Citizen's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Daejeon Citizen has the most points from losing position (8)
  • Daejeon Citizen have not yet lost a game.
  • Daejeon Citizen have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Daejeon Citizen have scored more than double the goals of Seoul E..
  • Daejeon Citizen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Seoul E. have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Seoul E. have yet to win a game at home.
Seoul E. Last season Daejeon Citizen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
5 4   Won W   5 8
10 7   Drew D   7 11
21 7   Lost L   6 17
43 25   Scored S   19 31
71 30   Conceded C   20 47
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 83%
83% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 64%
53% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 39%
44% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 22%
22% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
69% 67%   BTTS BTTS   50% 44%
11% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 28%
22% 22%   Failed to Score F T   39% 44%
 
4.3 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.1
4.7 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.6
1.6 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
394 201   Total Shots T S   158 355
139 71   Shots on Target S O   57 122
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bucheon 1995 5 4 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 4 12
2 Daejeon Citizen 5 3 2 0 10 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 7 5 3 11
3 Suwon 5 3 0 2 12 5 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 7 0 7 9
4 Jeonnam Dragons 5 1 4 0 3 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 7
5 Jeju United 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 7
6 Gyeongnam 5 1 3 1 8 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 6 7 -1 6
7 Seoul E. 5 1 3 1 4 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 6
8 Anyang 5 1 1 3 6 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 -1 4
9 Ansan Greeners 5 1 0 4 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 -5 3
10 Asan Mugunghwa 5 0 2 3 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 -7 2

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.