Balanced ball game between Cheongju and Gimhae City expected

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cheongju Stadium (16280 seats)

Cheongju are ready to forget the league table ahead of this fixture against Gimhae City. Here's everything you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Cheongju have the fewest scored goals (20) in National League

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Cheongju form and stats

The story so far in the National League for Cheongju at their home stadium (Cheongju Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Three draws in a row here at Cheongju Stadium for Cheongju, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

Stress levels are on the rise for Cheongju's attacking players as they have now played 217 minutes without scoring in a league game. Seung-Cheol was their last goal scorer.

The club members are hoping that Cheongju will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Hwaseong (placed 4th).

Before that, Cheongju drew at home versus Gyeongju HNP.

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 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 2.

It should be considered that a peek at the 20 latest league games reveals that 16 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Cheongju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Gimhae City form and stats

Playing away, Gimhae City have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the National League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Gimhae City, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Gimhae City played 1-1 against Yangju Citizen in their previous match.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Gangneung City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gimhae City playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 3 Gimhae City wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gimhae as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. Gimhae City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides met each other before this match year: Gimhae City - Cheongju 2-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Cheongju victories, zero draws and two Gimhae City wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Gimhae CityM. Rajković
M. Rajković
8 goals
CheongjuS. Han
S. Han
6 goals
Gimhae CityH. Joo
H. Joo
4 goals

Cheongju missing players

Gimhae City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheongju Gimhae City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 13 27
7 5 1 Won W 3 4 11
9 4 0 Drew D 1 4 8
11 4 2 Lost L 1 5 8
20 14 1 Scored S 7 11 30
35 15 3 Conceded C 3 11 23
78% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 69% 78%
56% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 46% 63%
37% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 37%
22% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 15% 15%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 4%
30% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 41%
33% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 37%
59% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 40% 62% 44%
 
3.3 3.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 5.3 4.8
3.4 2.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 2.7 3.5
1.3 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 9.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.8 10
2.6 2.1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.8 4.2
22% 37% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 14% 24%
 
9.9 8.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.8 6.2 5.6
3.9 3.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.5 2
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 (20) in National League
  • Cheongju have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in National League

  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 27 14 6 7 33 19 14 8 3 3 18 7 13 6 3 4 15 12 14 48
2 Paju Citizen 27 12 11 4 36 27 13 8 2 3 18 13 14 4 9 1 18 14 9 47
3 Gyeongju HNP 27 13 7 7 40 24 13 6 4 3 19 10 14 7 3 4 21 14 16 46
4 Hwaseong 27 12 9 6 32 24 15 7 4 4 17 14 12 5 5 2 15 10 8 45
5 Siheung Citizen 27 13 5 9 35 28 13 8 2 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 12 15 7 44
6 Gimhae City 27 11 8 8 30 23 14 7 4 3 19 12 13 4 4 5 11 11 7 41
7 Busan Transportation 27 9 13 5 37 27 14 5 6 3 20 15 13 4 7 2 17 12 10 40
8 Yangju Citizen 27 12 4 11 29 26 13 7 2 4 18 13 14 5 2 7 11 13 3 40
9 Pocheon 27 9 8 10 34 31 15 5 7 3 16 12 12 4 1 7 18 19 3 35
10 Cheonan City 27 8 11 8 27 25 12 2 5 5 12 12 15 6 6 3 15 13 2 35
11 Daejeon Korail 27 10 5 12 25 34 14 5 3 6 12 18 13 5 2 6 13 16 -9 35
12 Gangneung City 27 7 9 11 31 39 12 4 3 5 12 17 15 3 6 6 19 22 -8 30
13 Cheongju 27 7 9 11 20 35 13 5 4 4 14 15 14 2 5 7 6 20 -15 30
14 Mokpo City 27 8 4 15 21 35 13 4 3 6 10 11 14 4 1 9 11 24 -14 28
15 Ulsan Citize 27 6 8 13 25 35 14 2 4 8 9 20 13 4 4 5 16 15 -10 26
16 Dangjin Citizen 27 3 7 17 26 49 14 3 6 5 18 24 13 0 1 12 8 25 -23 16

Table
  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 27 14 6 7 33 19 14 8 3 3 18 7 13 6 3 4 15 12 14 48
2 Paju Citizen 27 12 11 4 36 27 13 8 2 3 18 13 14 4 9 1 18 14 9 47
3 Gyeongju HNP 27 13 7 7 40 24 13 6 4 3 19 10 14 7 3 4 21 14 16 46
4 Hwaseong 27 12 9 6 32 24 15 7 4 4 17 14 12 5 5 2 15 10 8 45
5 Siheung Citizen 27 13 5 9 35 28 13 8 2 3 23 13 14 5 3 6 12 15 7 44
6 Gimhae City 27 11 8 8 30 23 14 7 4 3 19 12 13 4 4 5 11 11 7 41
7 Busan Transportation 27 9 13 5 37 27 14 5 6 3 20 15 13 4 7 2 17 12 10 40
8 Yangju Citizen 27 12 4 11 29 26 13 7 2 4 18 13 14 5 2 7 11 13 3 40
9 Pocheon 27 9 8 10 34 31 15 5 7 3 16 12 12 4 1 7 18 19 3 35
10 Cheonan City 27 8 11 8 27 25 12 2 5 5 12 12 15 6 6 3 15 13 2 35
11 Daejeon Korail 27 10 5 12 25 34 14 5 3 6 12 18 13 5 2 6 13 16 -9 35
12 Gangneung City 27 7 9 11 31 39 12 4 3 5 12 17 15 3 6 6 19 22 -8 30
13 Cheongju 27 7 9 11 20 35 13 5 4 4 14 15 14 2 5 7 6 20 -15 30
14 Mokpo City 27 8 4 15 21 35 13 4 3 6 10 11 14 4 1 9 11 24 -14 28
15 Ulsan Citize 27 6 8 13 25 35 14 2 4 8 9 20 13 4 4 5 16 15 -10 26
16 Dangjin Citizen 27 3 7 17 26 49 14 3 6 5 18 24 13 0 1 12 8 25 -23 16

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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.