Home advantage could prove decisive in Paju Citizen - Changwon City battle

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paju Public Stadium (22000 seats)

We would expect a noteworthy gap in form between these teams based on the league table so far, with Paju Citizen leading Changwon City by 14 points.

Insights:
  • Paju Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Changwon City have the the worst goal difference (-13) in National League

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face match!

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Paju Citizen form and stats

6 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Paju Citizen have to build on here at Paju Public Stadium in the National League. Two home wins in a row for Paju Citizen bring valid hopes of a third.

Citizen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ulsan Citize (0-3).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Pocheon in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Paju Citizen handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Citizen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Paju Public Stadium with 17 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Paju Citizen have conceded only 9 goals.

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Changwon City form and stats

There's been little loot from Changwon City's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the National League. Changwon City only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. With the Changwon losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Changwon City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Daejeon Korail proved too strong as Changwon City slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Changwon Football Center. A crazy, crazy game with heaps of goals last time out for Changwon City, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this game be as enjoying?

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Chuncheon's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Changwon as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. Changwon City have conceded 16 goals in these away matches. Changwon City has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Changwon City - Citizen 0-0 written in the official records. Last five meetings involving these squads: Paju Citizen won two, Changwon City were winners in one and we saw two draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Paju CitizenE. An
E. An
5 goals
Paju CitizenJ. Lee
J. Lee
4 goals
Paju CitizenJ. Moon
J. Moon
3 goals

Paju Citizen missing players

Changwon City missing players

Paju Citizen Changwon City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 11 20
9 6 2 Won W 0 2 4
3 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
8 4 1 Lost L 2 7 12
24 17 8 Scored S 2 6 14
20 9 3 Conceded C 6 16 27
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 85%
45% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 55%
40% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 45%
25% 30% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 9% 10%
15% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
30% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 27% 35%
45% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 35%
40% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 55% 45%
 
3.6 3 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 4.3
3.9 4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.9 4.7
1.4 1.4 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
9 11.4 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 8.2
3.4 4.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.7 2.6
36% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 20% 26%
 
7.8 7.9 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.6 11.7
3 2.6 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.5 4.1
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Changwon City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Changwon City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Changwon City have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in National League
  • Changwon City have the the worst goal difference (-13) in National League
  • Changwon City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Paju Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paju Citizen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Changwon City have scored away.
  • Paju Citizen have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Paju Citizen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 19 13 5 1 30 11 9 6 3 0 14 4 10 7 2 1 16 7 19 44
2 Mokpo City 19 11 5 3 31 16 10 6 3 1 18 9 9 5 2 2 13 7 15 38
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 19 8 8 3 22 16 9 5 3 1 10 6 10 3 5 2 12 10 6 32
5 Paju Citizen 20 9 3 8 24 20 10 6 0 4 17 9 10 3 3 4 7 11 4 30
6 Chuncheon 20 7 9 4 16 13 10 4 5 1 9 6 10 3 4 3 7 7 3 30
7 Siheung Citizen 19 7 7 5 26 24 9 6 0 3 17 14 10 1 7 2 9 10 2 28
8 Daejeon Korail 20 7 4 9 25 24 10 4 3 3 11 9 10 3 1 6 14 15 1 25
9 Pocheon 19 5 9 5 19 23 10 2 5 3 5 9 9 3 4 2 14 14 -4 24
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 20 4 7 9 15 24 9 2 2 5 7 11 11 2 5 4 8 13 -9 19
12 Busan Transportation 19 4 6 9 16 23 11 2 5 4 10 13 8 2 1 5 6 10 -7 18
13 Yangju Citizen 20 4 6 10 23 33 11 2 6 3 14 16 9 2 0 7 9 17 -10 18
14 Yangpyeong 20 4 4 12 19 30 11 3 2 6 12 15 9 1 2 6 7 15 -11 16
15 Changwon City 20 4 4 12 14 27 9 2 2 5 8 11 11 2 2 7 6 16 -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

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.