National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Daegu or Gimhae City that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Daegu saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the K-League Classic. This match was also played here at DGB Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gimhae City have had more rest.
Daegu form and stats
Daegu participated in Korean Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Daegu have to build on here at DGB Arena in the K-League Classic. Daegu are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Daegu's previous game was a K-League Classic match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Jeonbuk Motors. The home side are looking to build on that result. Edgar Silva, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.73 (out of 10). Silva hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Suwon Bluewings that finished 1-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Daegu as they have a new game in only four days, a K-League Classic match thankfully also at home. Gangwon are visiting.
Daegu has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Daegu have conceded only 7 goals.
Gimhae City form and stats
They also participated in Korean Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Gimhae delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Busan Transportation in their previous match; a National League game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Changwon City at their stadium, the result 2-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gimhae City manager S. Yoon as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Gangneung City.
The attacking power of Gimhae when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Gimhae have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Silva dos Santos 5 goals | J. Kim 5 goals |  E. Bruno da Silva 4 goals |
Daegu missing players
Gimhae City missing players
| Daegu | Gimhae City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 225% | 59% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Suwon Bluewings | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Motors | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Daegu | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 6 | Jeju United | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Incheon United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 8 | Suwon | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 9 | Seongnam | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Seoul | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gyeongju HNP | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Busan Transportation | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Cheonan City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Ulsan Citize | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Gimpo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Mokpo City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Hwaseong | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Cheongju | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | Daejeon Korail | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Gimhae City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Paju Citizen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Yangju Citizen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 11 |
| 13 | Changwon City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Gangneung City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Pyeongtaek Citizen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 5 |