Balanced ball game between Cheongju and Hwaseong expected

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cheongju Stadium (16280 seats)

High profile Hwaseong land at Cheongju after their 1-0-result vs Yangju Citizen. Check out our comprehensive match preview!

Insights:
  • Cheongju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hwaseong have the the best goal difference (+4) away in National League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cheongju form and stats

3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the National League numbers at home for Cheongju so far this season.

Cheongju are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 205 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Jeong-Hoon).

Cheongju lost their last game at Gyeongju HNP (placed 4th) after a 0-4 scoreline. Cheongju were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that, Cheongju played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Paju Citizen.

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 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Cheongju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Cheongju have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Hwaseong form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Hwaseong, who have the the best goal difference (+4) away in National League, playing as the away team in the National League this season.

Hwaseong have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jin-Young Kim. It's been 286 minutes since they last conceded in National League.

Impressive finishing from Ji-Yong secured the home win 1-0 against Yangju Citizen in their previous game.

Prior to that result Hwaseong won their away game at Gangneung City. The scoreline was 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hwaseong playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Hwaseong win, 5 draws and 0 defeats.

Hwaseong are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Hwaseong as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Cheongju-Hwaseong H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cheongju one win, Hwaseong seven wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HwaseongK. Kim
K. Kim
3 goals
HwaseongJ. Jeong
J. Jeong
3 goals
CheongjuJ. Kim
J. Kim
2 goals

Cheongju missing players

Hwaseong missing players

Cheongju Hwaseong
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 2 4 11
4 3 0 Won W 1 2 5
4 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 2 0 Lost L 0 0 3
9 7 0 Scored S 5 7 14
11 6 0 Conceded C 2 3 11
64% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
55% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 64%
45% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 55%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 55%
45% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 36%
55% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
2.8 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 4 4.1
3.5 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 4.2
0.8 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.2 7.6
2.2 1.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 3
17% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 41% 43%
 
10.6 5.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 7 6.3
4.4 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.5 2.6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Cheongju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheongju have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cheongju haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hwaseong have not yet lost a game away.
  • Hwaseong have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Hwaseong have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Hwaseong have the the best goal difference (+4) away in National League
  • Hwaseong 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 13 8 2 3 17 11 7 5 2 0 11 4 6 3 0 3 6 7 6 26
2 Changwon City 12 7 3 2 16 6 7 5 1 1 11 2 5 2 2 1 5 4 10 24
3 Paju Citizen 13 5 6 2 12 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 7 2 5 0 5 3 2 21
4 Gyeongju HNP 13 6 2 5 20 13 7 3 2 2 11 6 6 3 0 3 9 7 7 20
5 Hwaseong 11 5 3 3 14 11 7 3 1 3 7 8 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 18
6 Busan Transportation 13 4 6 3 16 14 10 3 4 3 14 14 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 18
7 Gimhae City 11 5 2 4 15 12 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 3 0 3 8 7 3 17
8 Gangneung City 12 4 5 3 11 13 6 3 2 1 5 5 6 1 3 2 6 8 -2 17
9 Daejeon Korail 13 5 2 6 13 17 5 2 1 2 3 4 8 3 1 4 10 13 -4 17
10 Cheongju 11 4 4 3 9 11 5 3 0 2 7 6 6 1 4 1 2 5 -2 16
11 Yangju Citizen 12 5 0 7 8 9 4 2 0 2 3 2 8 3 0 5 5 7 -1 15
12 Ulsan Citize 12 4 2 6 13 16 6 2 1 3 6 9 6 2 1 3 7 7 -3 14
13 Mokpo City 11 4 2 5 7 13 4 1 2 1 1 1 7 3 0 4 6 12 -6 14
14 Pocheon 13 3 3 7 14 16 6 3 2 1 8 4 7 0 1 6 6 12 -2 12
15 Cheonan City 11 1 6 4 8 11 6 0 2 4 4 8 5 1 4 0 4 3 -3 9
16 Dangjin Citizen 13 1 4 8 10 20 6 1 3 2 5 8 7 0 1 6 5 12 -10 7

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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.