Gyeongju HNP look to Gyeongju Sports Complex artificial supporters for inspiration before Yangju Citizen match

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gyeongju Sports Complex artificial (20618 seats)

The hosts, Gyeongju HNP, should be front runners in this fixture, but Yangju Citizen have exhibited both ability and spirit. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most scored goals (37) in National League
  • Yangju Citizen have the fewest points from losing position (1) in National League

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!

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Gyeongju HNP form and stats

Gyeongju HNP, who have the most scored goals (37) in National League, have collected 18 points from their National League home games so far after 5-3-3. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Gyeongju HNP has won their last four matches.

Gyeongju are returning here after visiting Gangneung City and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Taek-Hoon, Dong-Hyeon and Jung-Joo scored the goal(s).

Before that, Gyeongju HNP had a home game versus Ulsan Citize which ended with a victory 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gyeongju HNP have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Gyeongju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Gyeongju HNP have conceded only 8 goals.

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Yangju Citizen form and stats

5 wins, 0 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Yangju Citizen playing as the away team in the National League this season. Yangju Citizen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Yangju Citizen had fun at their own home (Gyeongju Sports Complex artificial) last time out, beating Cheongju 1-0. Jae-Min scored. That win felt good as this team had gone three league matches without victory.

Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Paju Citizen.

Citizen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Lacking goals? 18 of this side's most recent 22 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Gyeongju HNP and Yangju Citizen have duelled already this season: Yangju Citizen - Gyeongju HNP 1-0. Gyeongju HNP-Yangju Citizen H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Gyeongju HNP three wins, Yangju Citizen one win, one draw. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GyeongjuD. Seo
D. Seo
13 goals
Yangju CitizenC. Lim
C. Lim
4 goals
Yangju CitizenJ. Sim
J. Sim
4 goals

Gyeongju HNP missing players

Yangju Citizen missing players

Gyeongju HNP Yangju Citizen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 12 24
12 5 3 Won W 2 5 11
5 3 1 Drew D 0 0 2
7 3 0 Lost L 2 7 11
37 16 7 Scored S 3 9 25
22 8 2 Conceded C 3 11 23
92% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 42% 46%
50% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 25%
33% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 25% 29%
38% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 46%
21% 36% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 25%
 
4.2 3.1 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 3.4 3.8
3.1 2.8 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.7 5.3
1 1 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.7 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.4 10.1
4.5 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.9
36% 33% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 30%
 
7.7 6.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 11.6 12.6
2.3 1.7 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 4.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most scored goals (37) in National League
  • Gyeongju HNP have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in National League
  • Gyeongju HNP have the the best goal difference (+15) in National League
  • Gyeongju HNP have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Yangju Citizen have the fewest points from losing position (1) in National League
  • Yangju Citizen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Siheung Citizen 23 13 4 6 31 21 11 8 2 1 21 9 12 5 2 5 10 12 10 43
2 Paju Citizen 23 11 10 2 30 20 11 7 2 2 15 10 12 4 8 0 15 10 10 43
3 Gyeongju HNP 24 12 5 7 37 22 11 5 3 3 16 8 13 7 2 4 21 14 15 41
4 Changwon City 24 12 5 7 29 19 13 7 3 3 16 7 11 5 2 4 13 12 10 41
5 Hwaseong 24 10 9 5 29 22 13 5 4 4 15 14 11 5 5 1 14 8 7 39
6 Gimhae City 24 10 6 8 27 21 12 6 3 3 16 10 12 4 3 5 11 11 6 36
7 Yangju Citizen 24 11 2 11 25 23 12 6 2 4 16 12 12 5 0 7 9 11 2 35
8 Busan Transportation 25 7 13 5 31 25 13 4 6 3 17 15 12 3 7 2 14 10 6 34
9 Pocheon 24 9 7 8 32 27 13 5 6 2 14 9 11 4 1 6 18 18 5 34
10 Daejeon Korail 25 9 4 12 23 33 13 5 2 6 12 18 12 4 2 6 11 15 -10 31
11 Gangneung City 24 7 8 9 31 36 11 4 2 5 12 17 13 3 6 4 19 19 -5 29
12 Cheonan City 24 6 10 8 23 23 12 2 5 5 12 12 12 4 5 3 11 11 0 28
13 Cheongju 24 7 7 10 18 32 11 5 2 4 12 13 13 2 5 6 6 19 -14 28
14 Ulsan Citize 24 6 8 10 24 30 12 2 4 6 9 17 12 4 4 4 15 13 -6 26
15 Mokpo City 24 6 4 14 18 32 12 3 3 6 9 11 12 3 1 8 9 21 -14 22
16 Dangjin Citizen 24 2 6 16 22 44 12 2 5 5 14 22 12 0 1 11 8 22 -22 12

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.