National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Jeonbuk Motors or Paju Citizen that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Jeonbuk Motors and Paju Citizen.
Jeonbuk Motors form and stats
When playing at home in the K-League Classic, Jeonbuk Motors have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
Jeonbuk Motors's last game was hosting Suwon and winning 3-1. The striker Cho bested all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Cho hit two key passes.
A 0-0 draw away in the K-League Classic before that, with Incheon United the opponent.Jeonbuk has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches.
Paju Citizen form and stats
Paju Citizen was sent out of Korean Cup in the 2nd round last season.The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the K2-League.
Citizen go into this game after a win, the home game against Daejeon Korail that ended 1-0.
A loss against Chuncheon was the result prior to that, in a K2-League home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Yangpyeong in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Paju Citizen's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 6 matches. The Citizen defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({1 goals} in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Lee 4 goals |   S. Paik 3 goals |  M. Song 3 goals |
Jeonbuk Motors missing players
Paju Citizen missing players
| Jeonbuk Motors | Paju Citizen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 10.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | Seoul | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Daejeon Citizen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Daegu | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Gwangju | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Suwon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 15 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 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 | Hwaseong | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Ulsan Citize | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Paju Citizen | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Chuncheon | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Mokpo City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Gimhae City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Pocheon | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Siheung Citizen | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Daejeon Korail | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Changwon City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Busan Transportation | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Yangju Citizen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 13 | Gangneung City | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Gyeongju HNP | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Yangpyeong | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Goyang KH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
