National League: Paju Citizen - Hwaseong pre-match guide and numbers

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 15.Jul
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paju Public Stadium (22000 seats)

Hwaseong bring their bags for Paju Citizen and Paju Public Stadium full of optimism, but the home side is not easy meat. More info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Paju Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hwaseong have the most scored goals (27) 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

When playing at home in the National League, Paju Citizen have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 8 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Paju Citizen to get some points in this home game.

The Citizen crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Busan Transportation here at Paju Public Stadium. The defeat against Busan Transportation was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Je-Wook).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Siheung Citizen (2-4).

It should be noted that a glance at the 17 latest league fixtures shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

A decent goal production from Paju Citizen in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Paju Citizen have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hwaseong form and stats

The away performances of Hwaseong have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the National League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Visiting Hwaseong has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Baek scored in Hwaseong's previous match, the home game against Daejeon Korail that ended 2-1. Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone three league rounds without victory.

Before that, Hwaseong travelled to Chuncheon and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Hwaseong has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. It's not easy to score on Hwaseong as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Paju Citizen have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (1-4-0) when playing Hwaseong.

The last head-to-head encounter ended Hwaseong - Citizen 0-0, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

HwaseongBaek Seung-Woo
Baek Seung-Woo
7 goals
HwaseongL. Costa de Carvalho
L. Costa de Carvalho
6 goals
Paju CitizenJ. Lee
J. Lee
4 goals

Paju Citizen missing players

Hwaseong missing players

Paju Citizen Hwaseong
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 4 8 17
7 4 1 Won W 2 6 12
3 0 0 Drew D 2 2 5
7 4 2 Lost L 0 0 0
19 12 3 Scored S 5 13 27
15 7 3 Conceded C 2 4 8
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 82%
35% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 65%
29% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 47%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 12%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
24% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
53% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 53%
41% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 18%
 
3.8 3.2 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.5 5.1
3.6 3.6 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.2 2.7
1.4 1.4 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 11.6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.4 11.9
3.4 4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.8 5.1
33% 38% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 34% 31%
 
7.2 7 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.2 6.6 7
2.8 2.2 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Hwaseong have not yet lost a game.
  • Hwaseong have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hwaseong have the most points (20) away in National League
  • Hwaseong have the most scored goals (27) in National League
  • Hwaseong have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in National League
  • Hwaseong have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in National League
  • Hwaseong have the the best goal difference (+19) in National League
  • Hwaseong have the the best goal difference (+9) away in National League
  • Paju Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 17 12 5 0 27 8 9 6 3 0 14 4 8 6 2 0 13 4 19 41
2 Mokpo City 16 9 4 3 24 12 7 4 2 1 11 5 9 5 2 2 13 7 12 31
3 Ulsan Citize 17 8 4 5 20 17 8 5 0 3 12 7 9 3 4 2 8 10 3 28
4 Gimhae City 16 7 6 3 20 15 7 4 2 1 9 6 9 3 4 2 11 9 5 27
5 Siheung Citizen 16 7 5 4 22 19 9 6 0 3 17 14 7 1 5 1 5 5 3 26
6 Chuncheon 17 6 8 3 14 11 8 3 4 1 7 5 9 3 4 2 7 6 3 26
7 Paju Citizen 17 7 3 7 19 15 8 4 0 4 12 7 9 3 3 3 7 8 4 24
8 Pocheon 17 5 9 3 18 18 9 2 5 2 5 7 8 3 4 1 13 11 0 24
9 Daejeon Korail 17 5 4 8 18 20 9 4 3 2 10 7 8 1 1 6 8 13 -2 19
10 Gangneung City 17 4 6 7 16 20 8 0 4 4 6 10 9 4 2 3 10 10 -4 18
11 Yangju Citizen 17 4 5 8 20 28 9 2 5 2 12 13 8 2 0 6 8 15 -8 17
12 Changwon City 17 4 4 9 10 19 7 2 2 3 5 5 10 2 2 6 5 14 -9 16
13 Busan Transportation 17 3 6 8 14 20 10 1 5 4 8 12 7 2 1 4 6 8 -6 15
14 Gyeongju HNP 17 3 5 9 13 23 9 2 2 5 7 11 8 1 3 4 6 12 -10 14
15 Yangpyeong 17 3 4 10 18 28 9 2 2 5 11 14 8 1 2 5 7 14 -10 13
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.