Football match preview: Daejeon Korail vs Yangju Citizen

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Fri 01.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Daejeon World Cup Stadium (41295 seats)

Home advantage feels secure and nice for Daejeon Korail, but Yangju Citizen are fully set and capable to win. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Daejeon Korail have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in National League
  • Yangju Citizen have the fewest conceded goals (12) in National League

It should be mentioned that Yangju Citizen play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Yangju Citizen on grass are 8 victories, 4 draws and 15 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 17-34. You can compare this with overall results below.

This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Daejeon Korail form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Daejeon Korail have to build on here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium in the National League. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Daejeon Korail, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Daejeon are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 186 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Ji-Hyeon).

The Daejeon Korail supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Gangneung City (placed 8th).

Before that, Daejeon Korail played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Ulsan Citize.

Daejeon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Yangju Citizen form and stats

5 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Yangju Citizen playing as the away team in the National League this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Yangju Citizen are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

240 minutes! That's how long the Yangju Citizen goalkeeper Seung-Gun Kim and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Yangju Citizen, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Cheonan City (placed 15th) last time out.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Siheung Citizen.

Few goals the story here? 15 of this team's most recent 16 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Citizen as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. Yangju Citizen are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also faced each other previously this campaign: Yangju Citizen - Daejeon Korail 0-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Daejeon wins - draws - Yangju Citizen wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Daejeon KorailS. Song
S. Song
4 goals
Daejeon KorailJ. Cheon
J. Cheon
3 goals
Yangju CitizenC. Lim
C. Lim
3 goals

Daejeon Korail missing players

Yangju Citizen missing players

Daejeon Korail Yangju Citizen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 10 18
6 3 0 Won W 2 5 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
8 4 1 Lost L 1 5 7
19 9 1 Scored S 3 8 16
26 13 3 Conceded C 1 7 12
83% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 30% 33%
50% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 17%
22% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 22%
28% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 50%
39% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 28%
 
4 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3.2 3.7
3.8 3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.1 5.7
1.2 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 12.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.5 9.8
3.9 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.6 3.5
27% 22% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 38% 28%
 
12.4 11.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 12 13.1
4.5 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 4.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Daejeon Korail have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in National League
  • Yangju Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yangju Citizen have the fewest conceded goals (12) in National League
  • Yangju Citizen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in National League
  • Yangju Citizen have the fewest points from losing position (1) in National League
  • Yangju Citizen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Yangju Citizen is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 18 9 4 5 22 13 10 5 2 3 11 5 8 4 2 2 11 8 9 31
2 Hwaseong 18 8 7 3 22 14 10 4 3 3 11 11 8 4 4 0 11 3 8 31
3 Siheung Citizen 18 9 4 5 22 17 9 6 2 1 15 8 9 3 2 4 7 9 5 31
4 Paju Citizen 18 7 9 2 20 16 8 5 1 2 11 9 10 2 8 0 9 7 4 30
5 Yangju Citizen 18 9 2 7 16 12 8 4 2 2 8 5 10 5 0 5 8 7 4 29
6 Gyeongju HNP 18 8 4 6 28 19 9 4 3 2 14 7 9 4 1 4 14 12 9 28
7 Busan Transportation 18 6 8 4 23 19 12 4 5 3 17 15 6 2 3 1 6 4 4 26
8 Gangneung City 18 6 6 6 21 22 8 3 2 3 8 10 10 3 4 3 13 12 -1 24
9 Pocheon 18 6 5 7 23 21 10 5 4 1 13 7 8 1 1 6 10 14 2 23
10 Ulsan Citize 18 6 5 7 20 21 8 2 2 4 6 11 10 4 3 3 14 10 -1 23
11 Gimhae City 17 6 4 7 18 17 8 3 3 2 9 7 9 3 1 5 9 10 1 22
12 Mokpo City 18 6 4 8 16 21 9 3 3 3 8 6 9 3 1 5 8 15 -5 22
13 Daejeon Korail 18 6 4 8 19 26 9 3 2 4 9 13 9 3 2 4 10 13 -7 22
14 Cheongju 17 5 5 7 12 22 8 4 1 3 10 11 9 1 4 4 2 11 -10 20
15 Cheonan City 16 2 8 6 12 17 8 0 3 5 4 10 8 2 5 1 8 7 -5 14
16 Dangjin Citizen 18 1 5 12 13 30 8 1 4 3 6 12 10 0 1 9 7 18 -17 8

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.