Gimpo are flying at 1st, while Daejeon Korail are lingering 11 points behind in the league standings. Can they reduce the gap?
- Gimpo have the fewest conceded goals (12) in National League
- Daejeon Korail have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Gimpo form and stats
The story so far in the National League for Gimpo at their home stadium (Gimpo Stadium) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Gimpo are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Gimpo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Busan Transportation that ended 0-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Gyeongju HNP.This is expected to be a close game, with Gimpo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gimpo as a small favourite), we find five games. Gimpo has won two of these, drawn one and lost two.
The Gimpo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Gimpo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gimpo Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Daejeon Korail form and stats
Daejeon Korail have only collected 8 points from their away games in the National League, after 1-5-3 (9 played).
The manager S. Kim was unhappy after their last game, a National League match played at their home ground Daejeon Hanbat Stadium. Daejeon suffered a 1-3 loss to Gyeongju HNP (placed 3rd).
Prior to that match, the Daejeon manager S. Kim faced defeat when travelling to Mokpo City and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Daejeon Korail in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Daejeon, three draws and five defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Daejeon have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. As opposed to that, Daejeon have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Daejeon Korail - Gimpo 2-0. Head-to-head numbers (for the last three meetings): Gimpo won one game, one match ended with a draw and Daejeon Korail have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / threeTop Goalscorers
  M. Jung 10 goals |  Jeong Eui-Chan 4 goals | S. Son 3 goals |
Gimpo missing players
Daejeon Korail missing players
| Gimpo | Daejeon Korail | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 56% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 33% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 32% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 32% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 33% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 47% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 42% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 37% |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 8.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 7.7 | 8.4 |
| 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 36% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 34% |
- Daejeon Korail have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gimpo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gimpo have the fewest conceded goals (12) in National League
- Gimpo have the most clean sheets (11) 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 | Gimpo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | Cheonan City | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Gyeongju HNP | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Mokpo City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Ulsan Citize | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Paju Citizen | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Gimhae City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Busan Transportation | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Daejeon Korail | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Changwon City | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Hwaseong | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Cheongju | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Yangju Citizen | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -17 | 14 |
| 14 | Pyeongtaek Citizen | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 13 |
| 15 | Gangneung City | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | -11 | 11 |