National League game guide: Gyeongju HNP vs Paju Citizen

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gyeongju Citizen Stadium (20618 seats)

Faithful supporters at Gyeongju Citizen Stadium haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Gyeongju HNP decaying in the 11th place. The guesting Paju Citizen will try to defend their higher league place in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in National League

Both teams have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!

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Gyeongju HNP form and stats

Gyeongju HNP's struggle is real here at Gyeongju Citizen Stadium with only 8 points collected from 9 National League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Gyeongju.

Gyeongju HNP haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 225 minutes ago. Jung-Joo scored that one. Gyeongju are confident in defense, having played 260 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Gyeongju HNP, facing Daejeon Korail in a game that ended 0-0.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Chuncheon the opponent.

Gyeongju aren't scoring a lot here at Gyeongju Citizen 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. Gyeongju HNP have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Paju Citizen form and stats

Playing away, Paju Citizen have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the National League this season. Paju Citizen has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Paju Citizen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Changwon City proved too strong as Citizen slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Paju Public Stadium. Late heartbreak for Paju Citizen in the Changwon City match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

Prior to that match, the Paju Citizen manager Lee faced defeat when travelling to Ulsan Citize and losing 0-3.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Citizen as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Paju Citizen have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before in this season, with the final score Paju Citizen - Gyeongju HNP 4-0 logged in the official records. Numbers for the previous six meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Gyeongju, zero draws and three wins for Paju Citizen. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

Paju CitizenE. An
E. An
5 goals
Gyeongju HNPJ. Kim
J. Kim
4 goals
Paju CitizenJ. Seong
J. Seong
4 goals

Gyeongju HNP missing players

Paju Citizen missing players

Gyeongju HNP Paju Citizen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 9 4 Played P 3 10 21
4 2 1 Won W 1 3 9
8 2 0 Drew D 1 3 3
9 5 3 Lost L 1 4 9
15 7 2 Scored S 3 7 25
24 11 6 Conceded C 3 11 22
76% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 70% 86%
48% 44% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 30% 48%
33% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 43%
19% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 24%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 14%
33% 22% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 33%
43% 44% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 60% 43%
48% 56% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 38%
 
4.6 5.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 4.2 3.7
2.3 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 3.8 3.8
1.4 1.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.3 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.5 9.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 6.6 9.3
3.5 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 3.5
21% 20% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 27% 34%
 
6.6 5.4 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 5 7.6 7.8
3 2.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.3 2.9
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in National League
  • Gyeongju HNP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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

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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.