Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Daejeon Korail & Daegu 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.
Daejeon Korail form and stats
Last season, Daejeon's Korean Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the K2-League numbers at home for Daejeon Korail so far this season.
A strong away win for Daejeon Korail against Cheonan City the last match, as Sang-Min and Ji-Hyeon were on target. Dong-Hyun was on the receiving end of a red card in the Daejeon Korail-Cheonan City match, being sent off in the 39th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory.
Preceding that match was the home K2-League game against Siheung Citizen that was lost 0-2.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Daejeon, as the K2-League home game vs Paju Citizen is only two days away.
Daejeon Korail aren't scoring a lot here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 5 games. From these home matches, Daejeon have conceded only 4 goals.
Daegu form and stats
Daegu's mission in Korean Cup last season failed in the final against Jeonnam Dragons.There's been little loot from Daegu's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the K-League Classic. Daegu only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws.
Lamas and Jeong scored in Daegu's previous match, the home game against Gangwon that ended 3-0. Jeong, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.1. Jeong scored one goal and won 6 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Incheon United.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Daegu given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 4 matches with 4 wins as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 3 of these games by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Daegu are hosting Pohang Steelers in the K-League Classic only four days away.
Daegu have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Daegu have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Silva dos Santos 5 goals | J. Ko 5 goals |  S. Song 4 goals |
Daejeon Korail missing players
Daegu missing players
| Daejeon Korail | Daegu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Siheung Citizen | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Hwaseong | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Paju Citizen | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Gyeongju HNP | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Busan Transportation | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Yangju Citizen | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Gimhae City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Gangneung City | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Daejeon Korail | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Cheongju | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Ulsan Citize | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Mokpo City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Pocheon | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Cheonan City | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Dangjin Citizen | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Incheon United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Daegu | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Seoul | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Suwon Bluewings | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Sangju Sangmu | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Suwon | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -15 | 9 |
