National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gimhae City or Gyeongju HNP 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.
Gimhae City form and stats
Gimhae have not come this way in the Korean Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Cheonan City and Busan Transportation. Gimhae City participated in Korean Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Gimhae City have to build on here at Gimhae Civil Stadium in the K2-League. Ever since the Cheonan City game Gimhae has been unbeatable here at Gimhae Civil Stadium producing four straight wins. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gimhae, as the K2-League home game vs Mokpo City is only three days away.
Gimhae City are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (10 goals in 4 games). Gimhae have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gyeongju HNP form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated SMCE in order to reach 3rd Round of Korean Cup. Last season their Korean Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Gyeongju HNP are still undefeated on their travels in the K2-League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Gyeongju HNP won their last game, 2-1 versus Jeonju played at home.
A quick return to home after this game, as Gyeongju are hosting Yangju Citizen in the K2-League only three days away.
Gyeongju HNP have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gimhae three wins, four draws and Gyeongju HNP three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Seo 17 goals |   H. Joo 4 goals |
Gimhae City missing players
Gyeongju HNP missing players
| Gimhae City | Gyeongju HNP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 16% | ||
| 1.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 0.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 38 | ||
| 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 15 | ||
| 79% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 1100% | 160% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gimhae City | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Gangneung City | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Gyeongju HNP | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Busan Transportation | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Hwaseong | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Daejeon Korail | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Cheonan City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Mokpo City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Cheongju | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Gimpo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Yangju Citizen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 12 | Changwon City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 13 | Gyeongju Citizen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -9 | 4 |
| 14 | Pyeongtaek Citizen | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | Jeonju | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 1 |
| 16 | Chuncheon | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -11 | 1 |