National League: Paju Citizen - Changwon City pre-match thoughts and the hard facts

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 02.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paju Public Stadium (22000 seats)

National League: A pair of sides who have performed superbly so far. Let's get ready for Paju Citizen - Changwon City with this comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Paju Citizen have the most points from losing position (10) in National League
  • Changwon City have the most matches under the total-line (8) in National League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Paju Citizen form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Paju Public Stadium as Paju Citizen have scored 11 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the National League are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Paju Citizen are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

An away draw last time out for Citizen, facing Pocheon in a game that ended 2-2. Souza was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Pocheon after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Gimhae City.

Goals from both sides! That has been the case in 5 league rounds in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

The Paju Citizen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Paju Citizen have conceded 9 goals.

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Changwon City form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Changwon City playing as the away team in the National League this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Changwon goalkeeper Che-Hoon Lim is eager to challenge this, with his 199 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away matches in a row for Changwon City, whose manager Choi could celebrate last time after the win against Gimhae City. That win felt nice as this club had gone four league games without winning.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Hwaseong.

The visiting Changwon City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met previously this season: Changwon City - Citizen 0-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Paju Citizen victory, one draw and one Changwon City win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Changwon CityL. Costa de Carvalho
L. Costa de Carvalho
7 goals
Changwon CityH. Tae
H. Tae
6 goals
Paju CitizenD. Kim
D. Kim
5 goals

Paju Citizen missing players

Changwon City missing players

Paju Citizen Changwon City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 1 8 18
7 5 0 Won W 0 4 9
9 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 2 1 Lost L 1 2 5
20 11 0 Scored S 1 11 22
16 9 1 Conceded C 2 8 13
78% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 83%
67% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 61%
44% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 39%
11% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
67% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 33%
28% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 50%
28% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 33%
 
4.9 4.4 9 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.7 4.7
3.3 3.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.4 3.4
1.8 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.7 14.9 29 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.9 9.8
5.1 5.1 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.8
22% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 33%
 
8.2 7.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 5 6.7 7.3
3.4 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 2.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Changwon City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Changwon City have the most matches under the total-line (8) in National League
  • Paju Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paju Citizen have the most points from losing position (10) in National League

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

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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.