Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Busan Transportation & Seoul face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Korean Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Busan Transportation form and stats
Busan Transportation was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Korean Cup.Busan Transportation have collected 17 points from their K2-League home games so far after 4-5-3.
In their previous game, the manager Kim led his Transportation to a defeat away at Gyeongju HNP. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Before that, Busan Transportation had a K2-League home game versus Cheongju which ended with a victory 2-0.Busan Transportation are traveling soon after this match as the K2-League match at Hwaseong awaits in four days.
Busan Transportation has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Transportation have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Seoul form and stats
Seoul's mission in Korean Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.2 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Seoul playing as the away team in the K-League Classic this season.
Seoul played 1-1 against Incheon United in their previous match. Seoul coach Ahn could be heard cursing the gods after the 1-1 draw against Incheon United, as the team hit the posts three times. Wook, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Wook scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
A loss against Ulsan was the result prior to that, in a K-League Classic home game.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Seoul manager Ahn as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Jeju United.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Seoul as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Shin 8 goals |   S. Na 5 goals | M. Lee 4 goals |
Busan Transportation missing players
Seoul missing players
| Busan Transportation | Seoul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 31 | 22 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| 11.4 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Changwon City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | Hwaseong | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Siheung Citizen | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Paju Citizen | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Yangju Citizen | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Gyeongju HNP | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Busan Transportation | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Gangneung City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Pocheon | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Ulsan Citize | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Gimhae City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Mokpo City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Daejeon Korail | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Cheongju | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Cheonan City | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Dangjin Citizen | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -17 | 8 |
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Daegu | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Seoul | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Suwon | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sangju Sangmu | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -16 | 12 |
