Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Jeonbuk Motors & Ulsan Citize 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.
Jeonbuk Motors form and stats
Last season, Jeonbuk Motors's Korean Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the K-League Classic this season. Jeonbuk Motors have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium.
Jeonbuk Motors are confident in defense, having played 186 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Jeonbuk Motors, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Suwon away with the result 1-0. Kim (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.31/10. Kim hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 80 successful passes (of 88 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Pohang Steelers.Everyone expects Jeonbuk to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 7 games: 1 home win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Jeonbuk Motors have won with at least two goals margin 1 time in similar situations.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Jeju United are coming to town in three days.
Jeonbuk Motors have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Jeonbuk Motors are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Ulsan Citize form and stats
Citize was sent out of Korean Cup in the 1st round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their K2-League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Ulsan Citize aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 246 league minutes without a goal. Hun-Ok was the last player to find the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Mokpo City in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Changwon City's place.Citize are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 21 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 10 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. Of the defeats, 1 game were lost by at least two goals margin.
A new game in only four days for Ulsan Citize, the K2-League home match versus Busan Transportation. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Ulsan Citize has scored 7 and conceded 7 goals from their travels in the league so far (7 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Kim 3 goals |  G. da Silva Sousa 3 goals |  Y. Cho 3 goals |
Jeonbuk Motors missing players
Ulsan Citize missing players
| Jeonbuk Motors | Ulsan Citize | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| 37% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
