It's the second chance for points this season as Seoul and Gwangju battle it out at Seoul World Cup Stadium.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Seoul form and stats
The fans are hoping that Seoul will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the K-League Classic game against Gangwon (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match, Seoul won a home game hosting Melbourne Victory (1-0).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Seoul have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost one.
Last season, Seoul's league statistics were 15 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the K-League Classic. Over these 33 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Seoul managed 8-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 20 conceded.
Gwangju form and stats
It's a growing despair in Gwangju as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Gwangju have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 409 minutes ago. Song Seung-Min was the goal scorer.
The manager J. Park was unhappy after their last game, a K-League Classic match played at their home ground Gwangju World Cup Stadium. Gwangju suffered a 0-2 loss to Seongnam (placed 4th). It was a K League 2 defeat before that one as the away game against Daejeon Citizen wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
Gwangju are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of three matches.
Let's have a look at how Gwangju performed last season in the K League 2: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 10 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 23/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Seoul won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Gwangju has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  D. Park 1 goals |
Seoul missing players
Gwangju missing players
| Seoul | Gwangju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Seoul | Last season | Gwangju | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 59 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 87% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 79% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 26% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 66% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 11% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 393 | 217 | Total Shots | T S | 215 | 411 | ||
| 150 | 80 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 160 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ulsan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Gangwon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Seongnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Jeonbuk Motors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Daegu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Incheon United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Suwon Bluewings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Seoul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Busan I'Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Gwangju | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Sangju Sangmu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Motors | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 79 |
| 2 | Ulsan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 79 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 56 |
| 4 | Seoul | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 56 |
| 5 | Daegu | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 55 |
| 6 | Gangwon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 50 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 73 |
| 2 | Busan I'Park | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 25 | 67 |
| 3 | Anyang | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Bucheon 1995 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 51 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | -2 | 51 |
| 5 | Ansan Greeners | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Jeonnam Dragons | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 48 |
| 7 | Asan Mugunghwa | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 56 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -14 | 44 |
| 8 | Suwon | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | Daejeon Citizen | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -16 | 35 |
| 10 | Seoul E. | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 71 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 41 | -28 | 25 |