Soccer betting preview: Cheongju welcomes Gangneung City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cheongju Stadium (16280 seats)

Cheongju hope to have lots of fans in for this match despite that the season has been strenuous so far with 27 points and a 11th spot in the National League table. Guests Gangneung City are in 10th place with 28 pts.

Insights:
  • Cheongju have the fewest scored goals (17) in National League
  • Gangneung City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Cheongju have less rest than Gangneung City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a National League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Cheongju Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gangneung City have had more rest.

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Cheongju form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Cheongju have to build on here at Cheongju Stadium in the National League.

The Cheongju crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Cheonan City here at Cheongju Stadium. The first loss after going undefeated through three league matches.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ulsan Citize.

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 Cheongju have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Some goal stats: A review of the 15 latest league matches shows that 13 of them had goals from both teams.

Cheongju has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cheongju have conceded 12 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gangneung City form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Gangneung City have produced an overall stat of 3-5-4 so far.

Gangneung City had fun at their own home (Cheongju Stadium) last time out, beating Yangju Citizen 2-1. Batista and Byung-Wook scored. That win felt good as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Kim when Batista scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ulsan Citize that ended 3-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Gangneung City in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Gangneung, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Gangneung City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. As for defending, Gangneung City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cheongju have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Gangneung City.

These teams met each other before this match year: Gangneung City - Cheongju 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

CheongjuS. Han
S. Han
6 goals
Gangneung CityBaek Seung-Woo
Baek Seung-Woo
6 goals
Gangneung CityS. Cha
S. Cha
4 goals

Cheongju missing players

Gangneung City missing players

Cheongju Gangneung City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 5 12 22
7 5 1 Won W 2 3 7
6 1 0 Drew D 2 5 7
9 4 1 Lost L 1 4 8
17 11 1 Scored S 12 18 29
30 12 2 Conceded C 9 18 32
77% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
59% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 82%
41% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 59%
23% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 25% 23%
9% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 25% 18%
27% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 80% 75% 68%
36% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 8% 18%
59% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 23%
 
3.5 3.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.1 4
3.3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.9 3.4
1.2 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
9.3 8.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.6 9.2
2.7 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4 3.8
22% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 38% 34%
 
10.1 8.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11 10.2
3.9 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.2 3.8
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Cheongju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheongju have the fewest scored goals (17) in National League
  • Cheongju have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in National League
  • Gangneung City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gangneung City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Siheung Citizen 22 12 4 6 29 20 10 7 2 1 19 8 12 5 2 5 10 12 9 40
2 Paju Citizen 22 10 10 2 26 17 11 7 2 2 15 10 11 3 8 0 11 7 9 40
3 Changwon City 22 11 5 6 27 17 12 6 3 3 14 6 10 5 2 3 13 11 10 38
4 Hwaseong 22 10 8 4 28 20 12 5 4 3 14 12 10 5 4 1 14 8 8 38
5 Gyeongju HNP 22 10 5 7 32 21 10 4 3 3 14 8 12 6 2 4 18 13 11 35
6 Gimhae City 22 9 5 8 25 20 12 6 3 3 16 10 10 3 2 5 9 10 5 32
7 Yangju Citizen 22 10 2 10 21 19 10 5 2 3 12 8 12 5 0 7 9 11 2 32
8 Pocheon 22 8 6 8 30 26 12 5 5 2 14 9 10 3 1 6 16 17 4 30
9 Busan Transportation 22 6 12 4 26 22 13 4 6 3 17 15 9 2 6 1 9 7 4 30
10 Gangneung City 22 7 7 8 29 32 10 4 2 4 11 14 12 3 5 4 18 18 -3 28
11 Cheongju 22 7 6 9 17 30 10 5 1 4 11 12 12 2 5 5 6 18 -13 27
12 Ulsan Citize 22 6 7 9 24 28 11 2 3 6 9 17 11 4 4 3 15 11 -4 25
13 Daejeon Korail 22 7 4 11 21 30 11 4 2 5 11 15 11 3 2 6 10 15 -9 25
14 Cheonan City 22 5 9 8 20 22 10 1 4 5 9 11 12 4 5 3 11 11 -2 24
15 Mokpo City 22 6 4 12 18 29 11 3 3 5 9 10 11 3 1 7 9 19 -11 22
16 Dangjin Citizen 22 2 6 14 20 40 11 2 5 4 13 20 11 0 1 10 7 20 -20 12

Read more about National League

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.