National League duel: Close contest expected between Hwaseong and Paju Citizen

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hwaseong Auxiliary Stadium (35270 seats)

Here's every piece of info you should learn, and even more, before watching the Hwaseong - Paju Citizen match!

Insights:
  • Hwaseong have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paju Citizen have the most conceded goals (19) away in National League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hwaseong form and stats

The story so far in the National League for Hwaseong at their home stadium (Hwaseong Auxiliary Stadium) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Hwaseong will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the National League game against Cheonan City (placed 2nd).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Daejeon Korail.

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

Hwaseong aren't scoring a lot here at Hwaseong Auxiliary Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Paju Citizen form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Paju Citizen, who have the most conceded goals (19) away in National League, have produced an overall stat of 3-6-3 so far.

Citizen are travelling again after losing away to Gimpo in their previous match (1-3).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Cheonan City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paju Citizen playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were zero Citizen wins, two draws and one defeat.

The visiting Citizen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. Citizen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Paju Citizen - Hwaseong 1-1. Last ten meetings with these teams: Hwaseong won three, Paju Citizen were winners in five and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HwaseongD. Cho
D. Cho
7 goals
Paju CitizenJ. Lee
J. Lee
5 goals
HwaseongH. Kim
H. Kim
4 goals

Hwaseong missing players

Paju Citizen missing players

Hwaseong Paju Citizen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
7 6 2 Won W 2 3 7
7 1 1 Drew D 2 6 9
9 5 1 Lost L 0 3 8
22 11 4 Scored S 6 17 29
27 12 3 Conceded C 2 19 33
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
57% 33% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 79%
30% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 46%
13% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 42% 25%
13% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
39% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 62%
35% 58% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 21%
30% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 21%
 
4 3.4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.9
3.9 3.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.7 3.6 3.7
1.3 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
6.6 6.1 4.8 Shots (avg) S ( 1.7 7.4 7
3 2.8 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 3 2.5
33% 32% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 47% 44%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Hwaseong have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paju Citizen have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Paju Citizen have the most conceded goals (19) away in National League
  • Paju Citizen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Paju Citizen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Gimpo 23 13 7 3 31 16 12 7 3 2 21 11 11 6 4 1 10 5 15 46
2 Cheonan City 24 13 5 6 43 21 13 7 2 4 20 11 11 6 3 2 23 10 22 44
3 Mokpo City 23 12 7 4 27 18 11 5 6 0 13 7 12 7 1 4 14 11 9 43
4 Busan Transportation 22 10 8 4 27 22 10 4 6 0 13 8 12 6 2 4 14 14 5 38
5 Ulsan Citize 24 9 8 7 28 19 12 6 4 2 16 5 12 3 4 5 12 14 9 35
6 Gyeongju HNP 23 10 5 8 32 27 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 4 2 5 15 14 5 35
7 Gimhae City 22 9 7 6 26 25 11 5 3 3 15 14 11 4 4 3 11 11 1 34
8 Daejeon Korail 24 6 12 6 29 26 12 4 6 2 15 9 12 2 6 4 14 17 3 30
9 Paju Citizen 24 7 9 8 29 33 12 4 3 5 12 14 12 3 6 3 17 19 -4 30
10 Changwon City 23 7 8 8 22 24 11 4 2 5 11 12 12 3 6 3 11 12 -2 29
11 Hwaseong 23 7 7 9 22 27 12 6 1 5 11 12 11 1 6 4 11 15 -5 28
12 Cheongju 23 7 6 10 29 33 12 3 3 6 15 21 11 4 3 4 14 12 -4 27
13 Pyeongtaek Citizen 23 3 6 14 14 31 11 2 4 5 6 14 12 1 2 9 8 17 -17 15
14 Yangju Citizen 21 3 6 12 12 33 10 1 4 5 7 18 11 2 2 7 5 15 -21 15
15 Gangneung City 22 3 5 14 15 31 11 3 3 5 11 14 11 0 2 9 4 17 -16 14

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.