National League: Cheongju - Busan Transportation news and the hard facts

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 04.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cheongju Stadium (16280 seats)

Busan Transportation know they will have a rough excursion to Cheongju and their Cheongju Stadium. This match preview has all the facts and figures you require before the game.

Insights:
  • Cheongju have the most conceded goals (29) in National League
  • Busan Transportation have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Cheongju and Busan Transportation should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cheongju form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National League this season. Cheongju have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Cheongju Stadium. It's been an uphill battle for Cheongju in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Gangneung City game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sang-Jae Kim not having conceded a league goal in 181 minutes.

It's back home for Cheongju, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Changwon City away with the result 1-0.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Ulsan Citize that finished 0-0.

Cheongju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Cheongju are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played).

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Busan Transportation form and stats

4-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Busan Transportation in their National League matches away.

Impressive finishing from Han Sang-Woon and Choi Yong-Woo secured the home win 2-1 against Gangneung City in their previous game.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Gimpo.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Transportation have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head game ended Busan Transportation - Cheongju 1-1, earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Cheongju victories, one draw and one Busan Transportation win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Busan TransportationY. Choi
Y. Choi
6 goals
CheongjuS. Han
S. Han
4 goals
CheongjuP. Lee
P. Lee
4 goals

Cheongju missing players

Busan Transportation missing players

Cheongju Busan Transportation
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 19
5 2 1 Won W 2 4 7
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 8
9 5 2 Lost L 0 4 4
24 12 4 Scored S 4 9 20
29 18 5 Conceded C 2 13 20
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 68%
58% 78% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 26%
26% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 11%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
42% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 58%
21% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 26%
42% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 21%
 
3.6 4.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5 4.4
3.6 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.2 3.8
1.8 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.4 9.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.5 8.9
3.6 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.9 3.1
36% 44% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 35%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Cheongju's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Busan Transportation have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Busan Transportation haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Cheongju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheongju have the most conceded goals (18) at home in National League
  • Cheongju have the most conceded goals (29) in National League
  • Cheongju have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in National League
  • Cheongju have the most points from losing position (9) in National League
  • Cheongju have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cheongju haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheonan City 20 11 5 4 35 15 11 6 2 3 15 8 9 5 3 1 20 7 20 38
2 Gimpo 19 10 6 3 23 13 10 5 3 2 15 8 9 5 3 1 8 5 10 36
3 Mokpo City 20 9 7 4 18 13 10 4 6 0 10 5 10 5 1 4 8 8 5 34
4 Ulsan Citize 20 9 5 6 24 14 10 6 2 2 15 4 10 3 3 4 9 10 10 32
5 Gyeongju HNP 20 9 4 7 29 24 11 5 3 3 16 13 9 4 1 4 13 11 5 31
6 Gimhae City 20 8 6 6 25 25 10 4 3 3 14 14 10 4 3 3 11 11 0 30
7 Busan Transportation 19 7 8 4 20 20 9 3 6 0 11 7 10 4 2 4 9 13 0 29
8 Changwon City 19 7 6 6 20 19 9 4 1 4 10 9 10 3 5 2 10 10 1 27
9 Paju Citizen 20 6 8 6 24 26 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 3 5 2 14 14 -2 26
10 Daejeon Korail 20 5 10 5 23 20 10 4 4 2 12 6 10 1 6 3 11 14 3 25
11 Hwaseong 19 6 7 6 19 20 10 5 1 4 8 9 9 1 6 2 11 11 -1 25
12 Cheongju 19 5 5 9 24 29 9 2 2 5 12 18 10 3 3 4 12 11 -5 20
13 Pyeongtaek Citizen 20 3 5 12 14 28 10 2 4 4 6 12 10 1 1 8 8 16 -14 14
14 Yangju Citizen 18 3 5 10 10 28 9 1 3 5 6 17 9 2 2 5 4 11 -18 14
15 Gangneung City 19 2 5 12 13 27 8 2 3 3 9 10 11 0 2 9 4 17 -14 11

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The Korea National League, formerly known as the K2 League, is the third highest tier of football in South Korea. It has eight teams playing a season from March to November- Each team plays 28 fixtures and the top three in the league table enter the subsequent play-offs. Currently no teams are promoted.