National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Daejeon Citizen or Hwaseong that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Daejeon Citizen form and stats
Last season, Daejeon Citizen's Korean Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Daejeon shared the glory with Busan I'Park in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Heartbreak before that as Daejeon Citizen lost 0-2 at Gwangju's place.The match schedule is unforgiving for Daejeon Citizen as they have a new game in only three days, a K League 2 match thankfully also at home. Anyang are visiting.
Hwaseong form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hyochang in order to reach 2nd round of Korean Cup. Last season their Korean Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Hwaseong had fun at their own home (Daejeon World Cup Stadium) last time out, beating Changwon City 2-1. Carlinhos and Gyeong-Min scored.
The game before that, in the K2-League, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Gimhae City.Hwaseong are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The K2-League trip to Mokpo City.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ishida 1 goals |  C. De Oliveira Junior 1 goals | D. Hur 1 goals |
Daejeon Citizen missing players
Hwaseong missing players
| Daejeon Citizen | Hwaseong | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 10.2 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 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 | Bucheon 1995 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Anyang | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Gimpo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Seoul E. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Gyeongnam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Gwangju | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Busan I'Park | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 8 | Asan Mugunghwa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Ansan Greeners | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Daejeon Citizen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Jeonnam Dragons | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Busan Transportation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Dangjin Citizen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Paju Citizen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Gangneung City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Gimhae City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Pocheon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Cheongju | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Siheung Citizen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Hwaseong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Daejeon Korail | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Mokpo City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Cheonan City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Changwon City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Ulsan Citize | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Gyeongju HNP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Yangju Citizen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
