National League match preview and statistics: Hwaseong against Cheonan City

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hwaseong Auxiliary Stadium (35270 seats)

Three points for the home side is predicted from this game if the league table is to be trusted. The Hwaseong regulars are positive that the mismatch between 4th and Cheonan City's 15th spot in the table will show on the arena.

Insights:
  • Hwaseong have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

This should be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Hwaseong form and stats

4-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the National League numbers at home for Hwaseong so far this season.

No payout for Hwaseong in their previous match, an away game at Siheung Citizen that ended in defeat 0-4. This team managed a 13 league rounds long consecutive run without a loss until that game! As you see from the result above, Hwaseong suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Busan Transportation that ended 1-1.

Some goal stats: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The Hwaseong fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Hwaseong have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Cheonan City form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Cheonan City have produced an overall stat of 2-5-1 so far.

Cheonan City's last game was the home draw against Gyeongju HNP (1-1).

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Cheongju.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other previously this campaign: Cheonan City - Hwaseong 0-1. Hwaseong-Cheonan City H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Hwaseong one win, Cheonan City two wins, two draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HwaseongJ. Jeong
J. Jeong
6 goals
Cheonan CityY. Yoon
Y. Yoon
6 goals
HwaseongD. Cho
D. Cho
4 goals

Hwaseong missing players

Cheonan City missing players

Hwaseong Cheonan City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 11 3 Played P 1 8 18
8 4 2 Won W 1 2 3
8 4 1 Drew D 0 5 9
4 3 0 Lost L 0 1 6
23 12 3 Scored S 1 8 17
19 12 1 Conceded C 0 7 18
85% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 78%
60% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 61%
45% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
20% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
45% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
45% 27% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 33%
25% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 39%
 
4.1 4.1 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 3.8
3.9 2.9 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.2 3.9
1.7 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.2 6.4 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12 12
2.9 2.3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.2 4.2
40% 48% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 24% 23%
 
6.9 6.4 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.4 11.9
2.9 2.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.9
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Hwaseong have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Siheung Citizen 20 11 4 5 27 17 10 7 2 1 19 8 10 4 2 4 8 9 10 37
2 Paju Citizen 20 9 9 2 24 16 9 6 1 2 13 9 11 3 8 0 11 7 8 36
3 Changwon City 20 10 4 6 24 16 10 5 2 3 11 5 10 5 2 3 13 11 8 34
4 Hwaseong 20 8 8 4 23 19 11 4 4 3 12 12 9 4 4 1 11 7 4 32
5 Yangju Citizen 20 10 2 8 18 14 9 5 2 2 10 5 11 5 0 6 8 9 4 32
6 Gyeongju HNP 20 8 5 7 29 21 10 4 3 3 14 8 10 4 2 4 15 13 8 29
7 Busan Transportation 20 6 10 4 24 20 13 4 6 3 17 15 7 2 4 1 7 5 4 28
8 Pocheon 20 7 6 7 27 23 11 5 5 1 14 8 9 2 1 6 13 15 4 27
9 Gimhae City 19 7 5 7 21 18 9 4 3 2 12 8 10 3 2 5 9 10 3 26
10 Daejeon Korail 20 7 4 9 21 27 10 4 2 4 11 13 10 3 2 5 10 14 -6 25
11 Ulsan Citize 20 6 6 8 21 24 9 2 2 5 6 13 11 4 4 3 15 11 -3 24
12 Gangneung City 20 6 6 8 24 28 9 3 2 4 9 13 11 3 4 4 15 15 -4 24
13 Cheongju 19 6 5 8 13 26 9 5 1 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 2 15 -13 23
14 Mokpo City 20 6 4 10 18 26 10 3 3 4 9 8 10 3 1 6 9 18 -8 22
15 Cheonan City 18 3 9 6 17 18 10 1 4 5 9 11 8 2 5 1 8 7 -1 18
16 Dangjin Citizen 20 2 5 13 16 34 9 2 4 3 9 14 11 0 1 10 7 20 -18 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.