National League match prediction: Little separates Gyeongju HNP and Gimhae City in quality

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gyeongju Citizen Stadium (20618 seats)

Gimhae City know they have a hard visit to Gyeongju HNP and their Gyeongju Citizen Stadium. This match preview has all the information you require before the game.

Insights:
  • Gyeongju HNP have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gimhae City have scored more than double the goals of Gyeongju HNP.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gyeongju HNP and Gimhae City.

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Gyeongju HNP form and stats

Gyeongju HNP have played 5 National League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Gyeongju HNP have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Gyeongju are confident in defense, having played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Gyeongju HNP, who played 0-0 against Gimhae City. That match was also played at this venue (Gyeongju Citizen Stadium).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mokpo City that ended 0-0.

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 HNP as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Gyeongju HNP has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

It should be noted that a glance at the 11 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The lack of attacking qualities in Gyeongju means that they have only scored {1 goals} in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Gyeongju HNP have conceded only 4 goals.

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Gimhae City form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Gimhae City have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.

Gimhae City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Gyeongju HNP (placed 14th).

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Changwon City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gimhae City playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Gimhae City wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gimhae as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Gimhae City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gyeongju HNP four wins, three draws and Gimhae City three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gyeongju HNPW. Cho
W. Cho
1 goals
Gyeongju HNPJ. Yu
J. Yu
1 goals
Gyeongju HNPR. Nishiguchi
R. Nishiguchi
1 goals

Gyeongju HNP missing players

Gimhae City missing players

Gyeongju HNP Gimhae City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 1 6 11
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 3 4
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 3
3 1 0 Scored S 2 3 9
11 4 2 Conceded C 1 4 8
73% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 73%
27% 17% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 36%
18% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 36%
45% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 45%
73% 83% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 45%
 
4.1 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.2 4.5
1.3 1.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1.5 2.5
1.2 0.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 9
2.5 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.2 4
11% 5% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 10% 20%
 
5.8 5.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 6 6.8 5
2.5 1.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.7 2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Gimhae City have scored more than double the goals of Gyeongju HNP.
  • Gimhae City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Gyeongju HNP have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gyeongju HNP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • 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 Hwaseong 10 8 2 0 19 4 6 4 2 0 10 2 4 4 0 0 8 2 15 26
2 Ulsan Citize 10 7 1 2 17 11 5 5 0 0 12 4 5 2 1 2 4 7 6 22
3 Paju Citizen 11 6 2 3 10 3 5 3 0 2 7 2 6 3 2 1 3 1 7 20
4 Chuncheon 11 5 4 2 11 8 4 2 2 0 4 2 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 19
5 Mokpo City 10 5 2 3 16 9 2 1 0 1 4 2 8 4 2 2 12 7 7 17
6 Gimhae City 10 4 3 3 9 8 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 1 15
7 Pocheon 10 3 6 1 9 9 6 2 3 1 4 4 4 1 3 0 5 4 0 15
8 Siheung Citizen 10 4 2 4 13 14 6 3 0 3 10 11 4 1 2 1 3 3 -1 14
9 Daejeon Korail 11 4 1 6 10 11 6 3 1 2 5 3 5 1 0 4 5 8 -1 13
10 Changwon City 10 3 3 4 8 10 6 2 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 2 4 7 -2 12
11 Yangju Citizen 12 2 4 6 15 23 7 1 4 2 9 11 5 1 0 4 6 12 -8 10
12 Busan Transportation 10 2 3 5 9 14 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 1 1 3 5 7 -5 9
13 Gangneung City 10 2 2 6 7 12 5 0 1 4 3 7 5 2 1 2 4 5 -5 8
14 Gyeongju HNP 10 2 2 6 3 11 5 1 1 3 1 4 5 1 1 3 2 7 -8 8
15 Yangpyeong 11 1 3 7 10 19 5 0 1 4 5 11 6 1 2 3 5 8 -9 6
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.