Daejeon Korail - Paju Citizen: Small difference between teams in National League clash

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Fri 27.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Daejeon World Cup Stadium (41295 seats)

This has the potential to be an appealing game as Daejeon Korail have their supposed home advantage, while Paju Citizen are in front by 4 points in the National League standings.

Insights:
  • Daejeon Korail have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in National League
  • Paju Citizen have not yet lost a game away.

Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they had a FA Cup game only two days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Daegu, was also a home game here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Daejeon Korail form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Daejeon Korail have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games. Daejeon are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Daejeon World Cup Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

The home supporters witnessed a 3-3 draw versus Daegu in the FA Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.

In the game before, an away victory in the National League match versus Cheonan City with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 13 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Daejeon Korail have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Daejeon Korail have conceded only 4 goals.

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Paju Citizen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. The away team now have four uninterrupted draws in a row when playing as the away side.

Impressive finishing from Rae-Seung and Kairon secured the home win 2-1 against Gyeongju HNP in their previous game. Kairon came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gyeongju HNP last time out, making the manager Lee feel like a tactical genius.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cheonan City that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paju Citizen playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Citizen win, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

The attacking power of Paju Citizen when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Citizen's manager Lee has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Daejeon Korail victory, two draws and zero Paju Citizen wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DaejeonS. Song
S. Song
4 goals
Paju CitizenD. Kim
D. Kim
4 goals
Daejeon KorailK. Kim
K. Kim
2 goals

Daejeon Korail missing players

Paju Citizen missing players

Daejeon Korail Paju Citizen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 2 7 13
5 2 0 Won W 1 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 5 6
6 2 1 Lost L 0 0 2
13 3 0 Scored S 2 5 12
17 4 2 Conceded C 1 3 10
85% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 57% 69%
62% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 54%
46% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 14% 38%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 54%
31% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 38%
38% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 38%
 
4.2 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 6.2 5.7
3.8 2.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 3.2
1.3 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 11.4 22 Shots (avg) S ( 7 14.3 16.3
3.4 3.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 5.3 5.5
29% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 16% 16%
 
12.4 10.8 16 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.5 9.1
4.8 4.8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Daejeon Korail have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in National League
  • Paju Citizen have not yet lost a 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 Changwon City 13 8 3 2 18 7 7 5 1 1 11 2 6 3 2 1 7 5 11 27
2 Siheung Citizen 13 8 2 3 17 11 7 5 2 0 11 4 6 3 0 3 6 7 6 26
3 Hwaseong 12 6 3 3 17 11 7 3 1 3 7 8 5 3 2 0 10 3 6 21
4 Paju Citizen 13 5 6 2 12 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 7 2 5 0 5 3 2 21
5 Gyeongju HNP 13 6 2 5 20 13 7 3 2 2 11 6 6 3 0 3 9 7 7 20
6 Busan Transportation 13 4 6 3 16 14 10 3 4 3 14 14 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 18
7 Yangju Citizen 13 6 0 7 9 9 5 3 0 2 4 2 8 3 0 5 5 7 0 18
8 Gimhae City 12 5 2 5 15 13 5 2 2 1 7 5 7 3 0 4 8 8 2 17
9 Gangneung City 13 4 5 4 12 15 7 3 2 2 6 7 6 1 3 2 6 8 -3 17
10 Daejeon Korail 13 5 2 6 13 17 5 2 1 2 3 4 8 3 1 4 10 13 -4 17
11 Cheongju 12 4 4 4 9 14 6 3 0 3 7 9 6 1 4 1 2 5 -5 16
12 Ulsan Citize 13 4 3 6 13 16 6 2 1 3 6 9 7 2 2 3 7 7 -3 15
13 Mokpo City 12 4 3 5 7 13 5 1 3 1 1 1 7 3 0 4 6 12 -6 15
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

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.