National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ulsan Citize or Busan I'Park 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.
Ulsan Citize form and stats
Ulsan Citize have not come this way in the Korean Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Suwon City. Citize was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Korean Cup.When playing at home in the K2-League, Ulsan Citize have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
The Ulsan Citize supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Munsu Cup Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Gyeongju HNP.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cheongju and winning 2-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ulsan Citize have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ulsan Citize as they are travelling to their away game against Hwaseong in the K2-League. That match is four days after this one.
Ulsan Citize has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 5 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Busan I'Park form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Cheongju in order to reach 3rd round of Korean Cup. I'Park's mission in Korean Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the K League 2.
Busan I'Park played 1-1 against Anyang in their previous match.
The game before that, in the K League 2, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Seoul E..So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Busan I'Park playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were four Busan I'Park wins, two draws and nine defeats.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Busan I'Park have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Cho 3 goals | J. Koo 3 goals |  B. An 3 goals |
Ulsan Citize missing players
Busan I'Park missing players
| Ulsan Citize | Busan I'Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 40 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Changwon City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Gyeongju HNP | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Siheung Citizen | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Paju Citizen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Daejeon Korail | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 6 | Ulsan Citize | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Gangneung City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Busan Transportation | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Cheongju | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Yangju Citizen | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Hwaseong | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Gimhae City | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Pocheon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Mokpo City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Cheonan City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Dangjin Citizen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 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 | Gwangju | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Bucheon 1995 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Daejeon Citizen | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Anyang | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Asan Mugunghwa | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Seoul E. | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Jeonnam Dragons | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Gyeongnam | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 11 |
| 9 | Gimpo | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | Ansan Greeners | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| 11 | Busan I'Park | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
