Siheung Citizen favourites for feisty fight facing Busan Transportation

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jeongwang Sports Park

Siheung Citizen prepare for this following their 2-0 result versus Mokpo City, a fixture that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Busan Transportation?

Insights:
  • Siheung Citizen have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in National League
  • Busan Transportation have the most points from losing position (11) 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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Siheung Citizen form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Jeongwang Sports Park as Siheung Citizen have scored 19 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the National League are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Siheung Citizen after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Siheung Citizen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Mokpo City's place. The match ended 2-0 with Seong-Jin and Hyeon-Gyu scoring.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gimhae City (0-3).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Siheung Citizen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

A betting fact: This team have finished 7 league games in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.

The Siheung fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. Siheung Citizen have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Busan Transportation form and stats

Playing away, Busan Transportation have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 1 defeat in the National League this season. Sharing is caring, but Transportation are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.

Busan Transportation are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Paju Citizen (placed 2nd). The draw against Paju Citizen came from a losing position. The Busan Transportation manager Kim brought on Young-Jun as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Changwon City that ended 1-1.

Transportation are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this club's last 11 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Busan Transportation are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled earlier this season: Busan Transportation - Siheung Citizen 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Busan TransportationY. Shin
Y. Shin
9 goals
Siheung CitizenC. Lee
C. Lee
8 goals
Busan TransportationM. Lee
M. Lee
4 goals

Siheung Citizen missing players

Busan Transportation missing players

Siheung Citizen Busan Transportation
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 4 9 22
12 7 3 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 3 6 12
6 1 0 Lost L 1 1 4
29 19 5 Scored S 4 9 26
20 8 1 Conceded C 6 7 22
91% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 82%
68% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 73%
41% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 11% 27%
9% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 18%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 59%
45% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 32%
27% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 27%
 
3.4 3.7 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 3.3
4.9 5.3 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.4 3.9
1.8 1.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 12.2 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 6.9 8.1
4.2 5.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.2 3.1
33% 35% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 45% 38%
 
13.1 15.3 17 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.6 9.8
5.1 6.5 6.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.3 3.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Busan Transportation have the most points from losing position (11) in National League
  • Busan Transportation have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Siheung Citizen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Siheung Citizen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Siheung Citizen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Busan Transportation have scored away.
  • Siheung Citizen have the most scored goals (19) at home in National League
  • Siheung Citizen have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in National League
  • Siheung Citizen have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in National League

  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 22 12 4 6 29 20 10 7 2 1 19 8 12 5 2 5 10 12 9 40
2 Paju Citizen 22 10 10 2 26 17 11 7 2 2 15 10 11 3 8 0 11 7 9 40
3 Changwon City 22 11 5 6 27 17 12 6 3 3 14 6 10 5 2 3 13 11 10 38
4 Hwaseong 22 10 8 4 28 20 12 5 4 3 14 12 10 5 4 1 14 8 8 38
5 Gyeongju HNP 22 10 5 7 32 21 10 4 3 3 14 8 12 6 2 4 18 13 11 35
6 Gimhae City 22 9 5 8 25 20 12 6 3 3 16 10 10 3 2 5 9 10 5 32
7 Yangju Citizen 22 10 2 10 21 19 10 5 2 3 12 8 12 5 0 7 9 11 2 32
8 Pocheon 22 8 6 8 30 26 12 5 5 2 14 9 10 3 1 6 16 17 4 30
9 Busan Transportation 22 6 12 4 26 22 13 4 6 3 17 15 9 2 6 1 9 7 4 30
10 Gangneung City 22 7 7 8 29 32 10 4 2 4 11 14 12 3 5 4 18 18 -3 28
11 Cheongju 22 7 6 9 17 30 10 5 1 4 11 12 12 2 5 5 6 18 -13 27
12 Ulsan Citize 22 6 7 9 24 28 11 2 3 6 9 17 11 4 4 3 15 11 -4 25
13 Daejeon Korail 22 7 4 11 21 30 11 4 2 5 11 15 11 3 2 6 10 15 -9 25
14 Cheonan City 22 5 9 8 20 22 10 1 4 5 9 11 12 4 5 3 11 11 -2 24
15 Mokpo City 22 6 4 12 18 29 11 3 3 5 9 10 11 3 1 7 9 19 -11 22
16 Dangjin Citizen 22 2 6 14 20 40 11 2 5 4 13 20 11 0 1 10 7 20 -20 12

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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.