Betting preview: Cheongju vs Paju Citizen should be interesting

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Wed 30.June
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cheongju Stadium (16280 seats)

National League: Important and interesting fight between Cheongju and Paju Citizen at Cheongju Stadium. Both are in need of a good run!

Insights:
  • Cheongju have the most conceded goals (26) in National League
  • Paju Citizen have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in National League

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.

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Cheongju form and stats

Cheongju's struggle is real here at Cheongju Stadium with only 8 points collected from 8 National League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4. Game days at Cheongju Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Cheongju as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

No payout for Cheongju in their previous match, an away game at Cheonan City that ended in defeat 0-3.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Daejeon Korail (1-3).

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 four matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cheongju as they are travelling to their away game against Hwaseong in the National League. That match is four days after this one.

Cheongju have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cheongju Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Cheongju are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 8 played). It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Paju Citizen form and stats

Paju Citizen have only collected 7 points from their away games in the National League, after 1-4-2 (7 played).

Impressive finishing from Lee Sang-Won secured the home win 2-1 against Gangneung City in their previous game.

Before that, Paju Citizen secured a home win against Busan Transportation with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Citizen in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Paju Citizen, one draw and one defeat.

Citizen find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Citizen have conceded 13 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Paju Citizen - Cheongju 2-2 earlier this season. Cheongju-Paju Citizen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cheongju three wins, Paju Citizen two wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Paju CitizenJ. Lee
J. Lee
5 goals
CheongjuS. Han
S. Han
4 goals
CheongjuD. Lee
D. Lee
4 goals

Cheongju missing players

Paju Citizen missing players

Cheongju Paju Citizen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 1 7 15
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 4
4 2 0 Drew D 1 4 7
7 4 1 Lost L 0 2 4
23 12 2 Scored S 1 9 18
26 16 4 Conceded C 1 13 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
73% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 47%
33% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 27%
13% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 13%
53% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 67%
13% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
33% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
4.4 5.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5.2
3.2 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.8 4.5
1.9 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 11 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.2 7.9
4.2 4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 2.8
40% 46% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 39%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Cheongju's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cheongju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheongju have the fewest clean sheets (2) in National League
  • Cheongju have the most conceded goals (16) at home in National League
  • Cheongju have the most conceded goals (26) in National League
  • Cheongju have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in National League
  • Cheongju have the most matches over the total-line (9) in National League
  • Cheongju have the most points from losing position (9) in National League
  • Cheongju haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paju Citizen have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Paju Citizen have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in National League
  • Paju Citizen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Paju Citizen 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 Gimpo 14 8 3 3 17 9 6 3 1 2 9 4 8 5 2 1 8 5 8 27
2 Mokpo City 15 7 5 3 14 10 8 3 5 0 8 4 7 4 0 3 6 6 4 26
3 Cheonan City 15 7 4 4 21 13 9 5 1 3 12 8 6 2 3 1 9 5 8 25
4 Gimhae City 15 7 4 4 18 13 7 4 1 2 9 5 8 3 3 2 9 8 5 25
5 Gyeongju HNP 15 7 3 5 23 19 9 4 3 2 14 11 6 3 0 3 9 8 4 24
6 Busan Transportation 15 6 6 3 17 17 6 2 4 0 8 5 9 4 2 3 9 12 0 24
7 Daejeon Korail 15 5 7 3 18 12 9 4 4 1 11 3 6 1 3 2 7 9 6 22
8 Ulsan Citize 15 6 3 6 17 13 7 4 1 2 10 4 8 2 2 4 7 9 4 21
9 Changwon City 15 5 5 5 15 16 7 3 1 3 9 8 8 2 4 2 6 8 -1 20
10 Hwaseong 15 5 4 6 15 17 9 4 1 4 7 9 6 1 3 2 8 8 -2 19
11 Paju Citizen 15 4 7 4 18 22 8 3 3 2 9 9 7 1 4 2 9 13 -4 19
12 Cheongju 15 4 4 7 23 26 8 2 2 4 12 16 7 2 2 3 11 10 -3 16
13 Yangju Citizen 15 3 4 8 9 23 7 1 2 4 5 15 8 2 2 4 4 8 -14 13
14 Pyeongtaek Citizen 15 3 3 9 12 20 6 2 2 2 4 5 9 1 1 7 8 15 -8 12
15 Gangneung City 15 2 4 9 11 18 6 2 2 2 8 7 9 0 2 7 3 11 -7 10

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.