National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Paju Citizen or Sangju Sangmu that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Paju Citizen nor Sangju Sangmu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Paju Citizen form and stats
Citizen have not come this way in the Korean Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sangju Sangmu and Phoenix. Last season, Paju Citizen's Korean Cup journey ended in the 2nd round. A strong away win before that one, visiting Gimhae City and winning 2-1.Sangju Sangmu form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Paju Citizen in order to reach 2nd round of Korean Cup. Sangju's mission in Korean Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The K-League Classic season is young and Sangju Sangmu have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Seoul in the K-League Classic.Sangju Sangmu have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The latest registered match featuring both these contenders is the Paju Citizen - Sangju Sangmu 1-1 played not long ago this season.Top Goalscorers
  K. Cho 3 goals |  D. Kim 2 goals | H. Jung 1 goals |
Paju Citizen missing players
Sangju Sangmu missing players
| Paju Citizen | Sangju Sangmu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Scored | S | 24 | 49 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.4 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Busan Transportation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Dangjin Citizen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Paju Citizen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Gangneung City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Gimhae City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Pocheon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Cheongju | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Siheung Citizen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Hwaseong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Daejeon Korail | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Mokpo City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Cheonan City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Changwon City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Ulsan Citize | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Gyeongju HNP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Yangju Citizen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Gangwon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Sangju Sangmu | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Incheon United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Seoul | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Jeju United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Suwon Bluewings | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Jeonbuk Motors | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Daegu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Seongnam | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Suwon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
