Evenly matched teams: Daejeon Korail vs Gyeongju HNP match preview

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Fri 18.Aug
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Daejeon World Cup Stadium (41295 seats)

The home followers bank on a victory in this game, and the home advantage should work against a stumbling visitor. Daejeon Korail are in 8th position while the guesting Gyeongju HNP lose sleep at 11th.

Insights:
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in National League

Daejeon Korail and Gyeongju HNP 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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Daejeon Korail form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Daejeon Korail have to build on here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium in the National League.

Daejeon Korail are returning here after visiting Changwon City and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Jang, Gwon, Gong and Park scored the goal(s). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Ahead of that match, Daejeon lost 1-2 at home to 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 Daejeon Korail have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 5.

Betting people might want to know that 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

The Daejeon Korail fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Daejeon Korail have conceded only 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gyeongju HNP form and stats

There's been little loot from Gyeongju HNP's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the National League. Gyeongju HNP only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws. Visiting Gyeongju has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Gyeongju HNP has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Chuncheon for a 0-0 draw.

A 1-1 draw at Gangneung City's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Gyeongju HNP in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Gyeongju HNP, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gyeongju as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Gyeongju HNP have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Daejeon Korail and Gyeongju HNP have duelled earlier this season: Gyeongju HNP - Daejeon 0-2. Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Daejeon Korail, three draws and five wins for Gyeongju HNP. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Daejeon KorailKim Dong-Wook
Kim Dong-Wook
7 goals
Daejeon KorailD. Gong
D. Gong
5 goals
Gyeongju HNPJ. Kim
J. Kim
4 goals

Daejeon Korail missing players

Gyeongju HNP missing players

Daejeon Korail Gyeongju HNP
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 11 20
7 4 4 Won W 0 2 4
4 3 0 Drew D 2 5 7
9 3 0 Lost L 2 4 9
25 11 7 Scored S 2 8 15
24 9 2 Conceded C 4 13 24
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 80%
70% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 50%
45% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 35%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
55% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 35%
25% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 40%
25% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 45%
 
4.6 5.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4 4.7
4.8 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 2.6 2.4
1.4 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 7.1 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.5 8.8
2.6 2.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.5
47% 50% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 23% 21%
 
9.3 7.2 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 8.1 6.9
3.7 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 3.1
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Gyeongju HNP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most dropped points from leading position (13) 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 Hwaseong 19 13 5 1 30 11 9 6 3 0 14 4 10 7 2 1 16 7 19 44
2 Mokpo City 19 11 5 3 31 16 10 6 3 1 18 9 9 5 2 2 13 7 15 38
3 Ulsan Citize 20 11 4 5 26 18 10 7 0 3 16 7 10 4 4 2 10 11 8 37
4 Gimhae City 19 8 8 3 22 16 9 5 3 1 10 6 10 3 5 2 12 10 6 32
5 Paju Citizen 20 9 3 8 24 20 10 6 0 4 17 9 10 3 3 4 7 11 4 30
6 Chuncheon 20 7 9 4 16 13 10 4 5 1 9 6 10 3 4 3 7 7 3 30
7 Siheung Citizen 19 7 7 5 26 24 9 6 0 3 17 14 10 1 7 2 9 10 2 28
8 Daejeon Korail 20 7 4 9 25 24 10 4 3 3 11 9 10 3 1 6 14 15 1 25
9 Pocheon 19 5 9 5 19 23 10 2 5 3 5 9 9 3 4 2 14 14 -4 24
10 Gangneung City 20 5 7 8 19 23 9 0 5 4 7 11 11 5 2 4 12 12 -4 22
11 Gyeongju HNP 20 4 7 9 15 24 9 2 2 5 7 11 11 2 5 4 8 13 -9 19
12 Busan Transportation 19 4 6 9 16 23 11 2 5 4 10 13 8 2 1 5 6 10 -7 18
13 Yangju Citizen 20 4 6 10 23 33 11 2 6 3 14 16 9 2 0 7 9 17 -10 18
14 Yangpyeong 20 4 4 12 19 30 11 3 2 6 12 15 9 1 2 6 7 15 -11 16
15 Changwon City 20 4 4 12 14 27 9 2 2 5 8 11 11 2 2 7 6 16 -13 16
16 Goyang KH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.