Gangneung City and Paju Citizen supporters eagerly anticipate National League meet at Gangneung Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gangneung Stadium (30000 seats)

This season has been strenuous for Gangneung City up to now, while Paju Citizen have taken lots of points. Will the guests take another scalp at Gangneung Stadium?

Insights:
  • Gangneung City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paju Citizen have the most points from losing position (14) in National League

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Gangneung City form and stats

Gangneung City have collected 18 points from their National League home games so far after 5-3-5.

Gangneung's last game was hosting Mokpo City (placed 14th) and winning 4-1. Sweet to taste a league win after five games without one.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Changwon City.

Gangneung City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Gangneung have conceded 18 goals. When Gangneung City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Dangjin Citizen, Mokpo City, Daejeon Korail, Ulsan Citize and Cheongju), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Paju Citizen form and stats

The visitors are W4-D9-L1 on the road this term. That's in the National League.

Paju Citizen go into this game after a win, the home game against Daejeon Korail that ended 2-1.

Prior to that match, the Paju Citizen manager Lee faced defeat when travelling to Gyeongju HNP and losing 1-2.

Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 13 of this club's last 16 league fixtures.

Citizen find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported result involving both these squads is the Paju Citizen - Gangneung City 2-1 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Gangneung City zero wins, one draw and Paju Citizen two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GangneungBaek Seung-Woo
Baek Seung-Woo
9 goals
Paju CitizenD. Kim
D. Kim
8 goals
Paju CitizenE. An
E. An
6 goals

Gangneung City missing players

Paju Citizen missing players

Gangneung City Paju Citizen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 5 14 28
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 13
9 3 0 Drew D 4 9 11
11 5 3 Lost L 0 1 4
35 16 3 Scored S 6 18 38
40 18 8 Conceded C 4 14 28
89% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 86%
79% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 75%
54% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 36% 50%
25% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 14%
18% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
64% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 68%
18% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 29%
29% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 18%
 
4 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.8 4.5
3.6 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.8 4
1.9 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.8
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 9.5 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.3 12.3
3.9 3.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 5.2 5.1
32% 31% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 27% 27%
 
9.7 9.5 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.2 8.1
3.6 3.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.7 3.3
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Gangneung City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paju Citizen have the most points from losing position (14) 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 28 15 6 7 35 20 14 8 3 3 18 7 14 7 3 4 17 13 15 51
2 Paju Citizen 28 13 11 4 38 28 14 9 2 3 20 14 14 4 9 1 18 14 10 50
3 Gyeongju HNP 28 13 8 7 41 25 14 6 5 3 20 11 14 7 3 4 21 14 16 47
4 Hwaseong 28 12 10 6 33 25 15 7 4 4 17 14 13 5 6 2 16 11 8 46
5 Siheung Citizen 28 13 6 9 37 30 14 8 3 3 25 15 14 5 3 6 12 15 7 45
6 Gimhae City 28 12 8 8 31 23 14 7 4 3 19 12 14 5 4 5 12 11 8 44
7 Busan Transportation 28 10 13 5 40 29 15 6 6 3 23 17 13 4 7 2 17 12 11 43
8 Yangju Citizen 28 12 4 12 30 28 14 7 2 5 19 15 14 5 2 7 11 13 2 40
9 Pocheon 28 9 9 10 36 33 15 5 7 3 16 12 13 4 2 7 20 21 3 36
10 Cheonan City 28 8 12 8 27 25 13 2 6 5 12 12 15 6 6 3 15 13 2 36
11 Daejeon Korail 28 10 5 13 26 36 14 5 3 6 12 18 14 5 2 7 14 18 -10 35
12 Gangneung City 28 8 9 11 35 40 13 5 3 5 16 18 15 3 6 6 19 22 -5 33
13 Cheongju 28 7 9 12 20 36 14 5 4 5 14 16 14 2 5 7 6 20 -16 30
14 Mokpo City 28 8 4 16 22 39 13 4 3 6 10 11 15 4 1 10 12 28 -17 28
15 Ulsan Citize 28 6 8 14 27 38 14 2 4 8 9 20 14 4 4 6 18 18 -11 26
16 Dangjin Citizen 28 3 8 17 26 49 14 3 6 5 18 24 14 0 2 12 8 25 -23 17

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.