Gyeongju HNP vs Cheonan City pre-match guide

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gyeongju Citizen Stadium (20618 seats)

Tempo is expected at Gyeongju Citizen Stadium when Gyeongju HNP face Cheonan City in what should be a top-notch fixture. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most scored goals (16) at home in National League
  • Cheonan City have the most scored goals (33) in National League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Gyeongju HNP form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Gyeongju HNP have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.

A strong away win for Gyeongju against Daejeon Korail the last match.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gimpo (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Gyeongju HNP perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gyeongju as a small favourite), we find three games. Gyeongju HNP has won two of these, drawn one and lost zero.

A decent goal production from Gyeongju in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Gyeongju have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Cheonan City form and stats

Playing away, Cheonan City, who have the most scored goals (33) in National League, have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the National League this season. Cheonan City love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Cheonan delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Mokpo City (placed 4th) in their previous match; a National League game.

Before that one, a nice away victory 5-1 at Gimhae City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cheonan City playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Cheonan win, three draws and one defeat.

The Cheonan manager Kim Tae-Young has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Cheonan as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other already this season, with the final score Cheonan City - Gyeongju 0-2 registered in the official records. Gyeongju HNP-Cheonan City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gyeongju five wins, Cheonan City one win, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Cheonan CityJ. Kim
J. Kim
9 goals
Gyeongju HNPD. Seo
D. Seo
7 goals
Cheonan CityJ. Cho
J. Cho
6 goals

Gyeongju HNP missing players

Cheonan City missing players

Gyeongju HNP Cheonan City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 2 8 19
9 5 2 Won W 1 4 10
4 3 1 Drew D 0 3 5
6 2 0 Lost L 1 1 4
29 16 4 Scored S 6 18 33
22 11 0 Conceded C 3 7 15
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
79% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 74%
42% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 53%
32% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 21%
16% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 11%
53% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 42%
32% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 42%
21% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 26%
 
3.6 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 3.4
2.9 3.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.1 2.4
1.1 1.1 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 8.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.4 7.6
3.4 3.3 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 5.6 3.6
41% 40% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 41% 48%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Cheonan City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cheonan City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cheonan City have the most scored goals (18) away in National League
  • Cheonan City have the most scored goals (33) in National League
  • Cheonan City have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in National League
  • Cheonan City have the the best goal difference (+11) away in National League
  • Cheonan City have the the best goal difference (+18) in National League
  • Cheonan City is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most scored goals (16) at home in National League
  • Gyeongju HNP have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Cheonan City 19 10 5 4 33 15 11 6 2 3 15 8 8 4 3 1 18 7 18 35
2 Gimpo 18 10 5 3 22 12 9 5 2 2 14 7 9 5 3 1 8 5 10 35
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 19 8 7 4 17 13 10 4 6 0 10 5 9 4 1 4 7 8 4 31
5 Gimhae City 19 8 5 6 24 24 9 4 2 3 13 13 10 4 3 3 11 11 0 29
6 Changwon City 18 7 6 5 20 18 8 4 1 3 10 8 10 3 5 2 10 10 2 27
7 Ulsan Citize 18 7 5 6 22 14 9 5 2 2 14 4 9 2 3 4 8 10 8 26
8 Paju Citizen 19 6 8 5 24 25 9 3 3 3 10 11 10 3 5 2 14 14 -1 26
9 Busan Transportation 18 6 8 4 18 19 8 2 6 0 9 6 10 4 2 4 9 13 -1 26
10 Daejeon Korail 19 5 9 5 22 19 10 4 4 2 12 6 9 1 5 3 10 13 3 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 18 2 5 11 12 25 8 2 3 3 9 10 10 0 2 8 3 15 -13 11

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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.