National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Changwon City or Seoul that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Changwon City saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the K2-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Daejeon Korail, was also a home game here at Changwon Civil Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Changwon City form and stats
Changwon City have reached this Korean Cup stage through battling and winning against Seoul E. and Jinju Citizen. Changwon was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Korean Cup.The story so far in the K2-League for Changwon City at their home stadium (Changwon Civil Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Daejeon Korail last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that match, a K2-League win away at Cheonan City.Changwon City are traveling soon after this match as the K2-League match at Dangjin Citizen awaits in four days.
The Changwon City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Changwon City have only let in 1 goal at home.
Seoul form and stats
Seoul was sent out of Korean Cup in the 3rd round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Seoul so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).
Seoul go into this game after a win, the home game against Suwon Bluewings that ended 2-0. Na has scored for the away team three games in a row. The smartness! Paločević got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Paločević scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Gangwon.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Seoul as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Na 4 goals |   H. Tae 3 goals | K. Lee 3 goals |
Changwon City missing players
Seoul missing players
| Changwon City | Seoul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| 8.7 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Changwon City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Gyeongju HNP | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Siheung Citizen | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Paju Citizen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Daejeon Korail | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 6 | Ulsan Citize | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Gangneung City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Busan Transportation | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Cheongju | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Yangju Citizen | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Hwaseong | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Gimhae City | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Pocheon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Mokpo City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Cheonan City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Dangjin Citizen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Jeonbuk Motors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Gangwon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Seoul | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Suwon | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Daegu | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 5 |
