National League: Paju Citizen - Gimhae City preview and facts

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paju Public Stadium (22000 seats)

Paju Citizen and Gimhae City have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the National League.

Insights:
  • Paju Citizen have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in National League
  • Gimhae City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Paju Citizen and Gimhae City 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.

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Paju Citizen form and stats

The overall National League results playing at home this season for Paju Citizen are 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Citizen has recorded two wins in a row here at Paju Public Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Citizen, who won 2-0 against Pyeongtaek Citizen (placed 14th).

1-1 away at Yangju Citizen before that.

Citizen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Citizen have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Gimhae City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

The manager S. Yoon was unhappy after their last game, a National League match played at their home ground Gimhae Civil Stadium. Gimhae suffered a 1-5 loss to Cheonan City (placed 1st). Gimhae lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Daejeon Korail.

Gimhae find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Gimhae have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Citizen and Gimhae City have played each other earlier this season: Gimhae City - Paju Citizen 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Gimhae CityL. Costa de Carvalho
L. Costa de Carvalho
8 goals
CitizenJ. Lee
J. Lee
5 goals
Gimhae CityC. Kim
C. Kim
5 goals

Paju Citizen missing players

Gimhae City missing players

Paju Citizen Gimhae City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 2 9 18
6 3 1 Won W 1 3 7
8 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
23 9 2 Scored S 2 9 22
23 9 0 Conceded C 1 10 23
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 89%
83% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 61%
39% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 50%
22% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 28%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
61% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 56%
28% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 22%
17% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 33%
 
4.7 6.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.3 3.3
3.9 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 3.6
1.3 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.6 6 1.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 5.7 8.7
2.5 2.3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.9 3.4
46% 36% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 53% 36%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Gimhae City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gimhae City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Paju Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paju Citizen have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in National League
  • Paju Citizen have won significantly more corners at 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 Cheonan City 18 10 4 4 33 15 10 6 1 3 15 8 8 4 3 1 18 7 18 34
2 Gimpo 17 10 4 3 22 12 9 5 2 2 14 7 8 5 2 1 8 5 10 34
3 Mokpo City 18 8 6 4 17 13 10 4 6 0 10 5 8 4 0 4 7 8 4 30
4 Gyeongju HNP 18 8 4 6 26 21 10 5 3 2 16 11 8 3 1 4 10 10 5 28
5 Ulsan Citize 18 7 5 6 22 14 9 5 2 2 14 4 9 2 3 4 8 10 8 26
6 Paju Citizen 18 6 8 4 23 23 8 3 3 2 9 9 10 3 5 2 14 14 0 26
7 Gimhae City 18 7 5 6 22 23 9 4 2 3 13 13 9 3 3 3 9 10 -1 26
8 Busan Transportation 17 6 7 4 18 19 7 2 5 0 9 6 10 4 2 4 9 13 -1 25
9 Daejeon Korail 18 5 9 4 21 16 9 4 4 1 11 3 9 1 5 3 10 13 5 24
10 Changwon City 17 6 6 5 18 18 8 4 1 3 10 8 9 2 5 2 8 10 0 24
11 Hwaseong 16 6 4 6 16 17 10 5 1 4 8 9 6 1 3 2 8 8 -1 22
12 Cheongju 18 4 5 9 23 29 9 2 2 5 12 18 9 2 3 4 11 11 -6 17
13 Yangju Citizen 17 3 5 9 10 27 8 1 3 4 6 16 9 2 2 5 4 11 -17 14
14 Pyeongtaek Citizen 18 3 4 11 13 26 9 2 3 4 5 11 9 1 1 7 8 15 -13 13
15 Gangneung City 16 2 4 10 11 22 6 2 2 2 8 7 10 0 2 8 3 15 -11 10

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.