Paju Citizen are flying at 3rd, while Gimhae City are lingering 4 points behind in the league standings. Can they cut the gap?
- Paju Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gimhae City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) 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.
Paju Citizen form and stats
The story so far in the National League for Paju Citizen at their home stadium (Paju Public Stadium) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Paju Citizen after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Citizen fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Dangjin Citizen and win 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Lee when Woo-Jae scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute.
1-1 away at Hwaseong before that.Paju Citizen has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Citizen have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Gimhae City form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the National League.
Rajković was the last player to score for the away team. Gimhae City haven't scored a league goal in the last 197 minutes. Gimhae City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ji-Hu Lee. It's been 297 minutes since they last conceded in National League.
There were no winners in Gimhae's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Hwaseong (placed 5th).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Gyeongju HNP.Gimhae City have the goal stats of 8-8 (for/against) from 8 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this season, as the records show this recent game: Gimhae City - Paju Citizen 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Paju Citizen two wins, zero draws and Gimhae City one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kim 5 goals |  M. Rajković 5 goals | G. Kim 3 goals |
Paju Citizen missing players
Gimhae City missing players
| Paju Citizen | Gimhae City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 75% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 80% |
| 62% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 60% |
| 38% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 25% | 33% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 62% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 25% | 40% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 33% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 62% | 47% |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 16.3 | 21.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 14.9 | 12 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 6 | 5 |
| 20% | 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 8.3 | 7.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
- Gimhae City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in National League
- Gimhae City have the most matches under the total-line (8) in National League
- Gimhae City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Paju Citizen 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 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 2 | Changwon City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Paju Citizen | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| 4 | Gyeongju HNP | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | Hwaseong | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Busan Transportation | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Yangju Citizen | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Gimhae City | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Gangneung City | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Daejeon Korail | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Pocheon | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Ulsan Citize | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Mokpo City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Cheongju | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Cheonan City | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Dangjin Citizen | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 8 |
