It's game two of the National League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Paju Citizen-Cheongju!
Paju Citizen and Cheongju should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Paju Citizen form and stats
Paju Citizen has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Paju Public Stadium. We remember; it was Seoul United.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Seoul United and winning 1-0.
Last season, Paju Citizen's league statistics were 16 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the K3 League Advanced. Over these 24 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 27. Playing at home last season Paju Citizen managed 9-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 17 conceded.
Cheongju form and stats
The attacking players of Cheongju have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Let's have a look at how Cheongju performed last season in the K3 League Advanced: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 7/5 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Citizen victories, four draws and three Cheongju wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Paju Citizen missing players
Cheongju missing players
| Paju Citizen | Cheongju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Paju Citizen | Last season | Cheongju | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 79% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 73% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 41% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 17% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 62% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yangju Citizen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Cheonan City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Gyeongju HNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Changwon City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mokpo City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Busan Transportation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Gangneung City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hwaseong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Paju Citizen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Pyeongtaek Citizen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Gimhae City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ulsan Citize | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Daejeon Korail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Cheongju | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paju Citizen | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 53 |
| 2 | Ulsan Citize | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 21 | 51 |
| 3 | Jinju Citizen | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 50 |
| 4 | Pocheon | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 31 | 47 |
| 5 | Namdong | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 41 |
| 6 | Yeoju Sejong | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 37 |
| 7 | Yangpyeong | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Siheung Citizen | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Icheon Citizen | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -10 | 28 |
| 10 | Chungju Citizen | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -21 | 19 |
| 11 | Goyang Citizen | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 65 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 40 | -32 | 19 |
| 12 | Seoul United | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 18 |
| 13 | Jungnang Chorus Mustang | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 49 | -35 | 11 |
| Last season | 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Cheonan City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | Cheongju | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 32 |
| 4 | Pyeongtaek Citizen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Yangju Citizen | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 20 |
| 6 | Gyeongju Citizen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 7 | Chuncheon | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Jeonju | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 14 |