National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Jeonbuk Motors or Yangju 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 and Yangju Citizen.
Yangju Citizen play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Yangju Citizen when playing on grass are 10 wins, 5 draws and 19 defeats from 34 matches. They have scored 36 goals and conceded 61 times in these games.
Jeonbuk Motors form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League Classic numbers at home for Jeonbuk Motors so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Jeonbuk to get some points in this home game.
Jeonbuk Motors lost their last game at Daegu after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Seung-Ho Paik was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Paik hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 51 successful passes (of 58 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Ulsan with the scoreline 2-4.The manager S. Kim will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Incheon United in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Jeonbuk Motors are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 9 league matches. Jeonbuk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Yangju Citizen form and stats
They also participated in Korean Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Yangju Citizen in their National League matches away. When we have look at the Korean Cup statistics, we find 1W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Yun Byoung-Woo was the last player to score for the away team. Citizen haven't scored a league goal in the last 259 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Citizen in their previous game, as they lost their National League-match, hosting Cheongju, 0-6. Yangju Citizen lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that match, the Citizen manager S. Hong faced defeat when travelling to Gangneung City and losing 0-2.The schedule is very tough for Yangju Citizen now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A National League game at Gimpo is waiting in only three days.
Citizen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Citizen have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Iljutcenko 10 goals |  K. Han 6 goals |   J. Hwang 4 goals |
Jeonbuk Motors missing players
Yangju Citizen missing players
| Jeonbuk Motors | Yangju Citizen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 65% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Suwon Bluewings | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Motors | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Daegu | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 6 | Jeju United | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Incheon United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 8 | Suwon | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 9 | Seongnam | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Seoul | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gyeongju HNP | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Busan Transportation | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Cheonan City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Ulsan Citize | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Gimpo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Mokpo City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Hwaseong | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Cheongju | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | Daejeon Korail | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Gimhae City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Paju Citizen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Yangju Citizen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 11 |
| 13 | Changwon City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Gangneung City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Pyeongtaek Citizen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 5 |