A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 7th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gangneung City and Gimhae City.
Gangneung City form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Gangneung City, who have the most points (10) at home in K2-League, are 3-1-0 (wins-draw-losses).Gangneung City's previous game was a K2-League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Daejeon Korail. The home side are looking to build on that result. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Busan Transportation the opponent.
Gangneung City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gangneung Stadium with 7 goals in 4 matches. Defensively Gangneung City have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gimhae City form and stats
Gimhae City are doing rather OK so far in their away games, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).This game can not go any worse than the last one, a K2-League home defeat versus Mokpo City with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cheonan City at their stadium, the result 2-0.
It's early days yet, but Gimhae City has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Gangneung City and Gimhae City have met before this season: Gimhae City - Gangneung City 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gangneung City 3 wins, 3 draws and Gimhae City 4 victories.Gangneung City missing players
Gimhae City missing players
| Gangneung City | Gimhae City | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Scored | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 86% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 100% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05-04-19 | | Gangneung City | 0 - 0 | Gyeongju HNP |
| 12-04-19 | | Gangneung City | 3 - 0 | Changwon City |
| 17-04-19 | | Gangneung City | 1 - 1 | Jeju United |
| 20-04-19 | | Busan Transportation | 1 - 1 | Gangneung City |
| 24-04-19 | | Gangneung City | 2 - 1 | Daejeon Korail |
| 27-04-19 | | Gangneung City | 06:00 | Gimhae City |
| 04-05-19 | | Cheonan City | 06:00 | Gangneung City |
| 08-05-19 | | Gangneung City | 10:00 | Mokpo City |
| 11-05-19 | | Gyeongju HNP | 06:00 | Gangneung City |
| 06-07-19 | | Changwon City | 10:00 | Gangneung City |
| 31-03-19 | | Busan Transportation | 2 - 1 | Gimhae City |
| 05-04-19 | | Gimhae City | 1 - 2 | Daejeon Korail |
| 12-04-19 | | Gimhae City | 1 - 1 | Gyeongju HNP |
| 20-04-19 | | Cheonan City | 0 - 2 | Gimhae City |
| 24-04-19 | | Gimhae City | 0 - 1 | Mokpo City |
| 27-04-19 | | Gangneung City | 06:00 | Gimhae City |
| 03-05-19 | | Changwon City | 10:00 | Gimhae City |
| 08-05-19 | | Gimhae City | 10:30 | Busan Transportation |
| 11-05-19 | | Daejeon Korail | 06:00 | Gimhae City |
| 06-07-19 | | Gyeongju HNP | 08:00 | Gimhae City |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Gangneung City | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Busan Transportation | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Daejeon Korail | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Mokpo City | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 5 | Cheonan City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 6 | Gyeongju HNP | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Gimhae City | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Changwon City | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 6 |