Gangneung City vs Daejeon Korail match preview: Even contest expected at Gangneung Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gangneung Stadium (30000 seats)

Trying to decrease the distance up to the top clubs is the mission when these mid-table clubs do battle. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league position, Gangneung City in 10th and Daejeon Korail in 9th place.

Insights:
  • Gangneung City have yet to win a game at home.
  • Daejeon Korail have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Gangneung City and Daejeon Korail 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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Gangneung City form and stats

With 0 National League wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Gangneung City are certainly not brimming with confidence. Gangneung are slowly digging their own grave here at Gangneung Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts.

No payout for Gangneung City in their previous match, an away game at Yangpyeong that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that beating this club had gone seven consecutive league rounds without a defeat. The defeat against Yangpyeong was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Seok-Jin).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Gyeongju HNP.

Gangneung aren't scoring a lot here at Gangneung Stadium in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Gangneung City have conceded 11 goals.

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Daejeon Korail form and stats

Daejeon Korail have only collected 10 points from their away games in the National League, after 3-1-6 (10 played). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Daejeon Korail, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Daejeon's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Gyeongju HNP that finished 0-0.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Changwon City at their stadium, the result 4-2.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.

Daejeon Korail are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Daejeon Korail's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Gangneung have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Daejeon Korail.

The newest archived result between these teams is the Daejeon Korail - Gangneung City 0-0 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Daejeon KorailKim Dong-Wook
Kim Dong-Wook
7 goals
Gangneung CityY. Kang
Y. Kang
6 goals
Daejeon KorailD. Gong
D. Gong
5 goals

Gangneung City missing players

Daejeon Korail missing players

Gangneung City Daejeon Korail
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 3 10 21
5 0 0 Won W 1 3 7
7 5 1 Drew D 0 1 5
8 4 2 Lost L 2 6 9
19 7 4 Scored S 2 14 25
23 11 6 Conceded C 2 15 24
85% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
55% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 80% 67%
40% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 43%
15% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
10% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
45% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 52%
35% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 29%
35% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 29%
 
4.2 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 3.7 4.5
3.6 3.4 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.8
1.1 0.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.6 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 11.7 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 9.1 7.7
3.6 4.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 2.5
26% 19% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 45% 47%
 
8.1 8 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.4 9
3.4 3.2 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.5 3.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Daejeon Korail have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Daejeon Korail have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Daejeon Korail haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gangneung City have yet to win a game at home.

  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 20 13 5 2 30 15 10 6 3 1 14 8 10 7 2 1 16 7 15 44
2 Mokpo City 20 12 5 3 35 16 10 6 3 1 18 9 10 6 2 2 17 7 19 41
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 20 9 8 3 24 17 9 5 3 1 10 6 11 4 5 2 14 11 7 35
5 Siheung Citizen 20 8 7 5 30 26 10 7 0 3 21 16 10 1 7 2 9 10 4 31
6 Paju Citizen 21 9 3 9 25 22 11 6 0 5 18 11 10 3 3 4 7 11 3 30
7 Chuncheon 20 7 9 4 16 13 10 4 5 1 9 6 10 3 4 3 7 7 3 30
8 Pocheon 20 6 9 5 20 23 11 3 5 3 6 9 9 3 4 2 14 14 -3 27
9 Daejeon Korail 21 7 5 9 25 24 11 4 4 3 11 9 10 3 1 6 14 15 1 26
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 21 4 8 9 15 24 9 2 2 5 7 11 12 2 6 4 8 13 -9 20
12 Changwon City 21 5 4 12 16 28 9 2 2 5 8 11 12 3 2 7 8 17 -12 19
13 Busan Transportation 20 4 6 10 17 25 12 2 5 5 11 15 8 2 1 5 6 10 -8 18
14 Yangju Citizen 21 4 6 11 23 34 11 2 6 3 14 16 10 2 0 8 9 18 -11 18
15 Yangpyeong 21 4 4 13 21 34 11 3 2 6 12 15 10 1 2 7 9 19 -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.