National League match prediction: Little separates Ulsan Citize and Mokpo City in quality

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Masan Stadium (6000 seats)

The Ulsan Citize & Mokpo City bosses Yun and Cho are both dreading and looking forward to this very important game in the higher part of the National League table.

Insights:
  • Ulsan Citize have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Mokpo City have the most scored goals (37) in National League

This promises to be an engaging game with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Ulsan Citize form and stats

Ulsan Citize are steadily winning National League games and points here at Masan Stadium. 7 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 10 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Citize has won four games in a row. The Gangneung City match was the last time out without a victory.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Seon-Il Lee not having conceded a league goal in 186 minutes.

Ulsan Citize are returning here after visiting Yangju Citizen and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Lee (2) scored the goal(s).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Paju Citizen in a game that was won 3-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ulsan Citize have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 3.

A decent goal production from Ulsan Citize in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Citize have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mokpo City form and stats

Mokpo City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Mokpo City collect 20 points from their 10 away matches in the National League. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Mokpo City as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Mokpo City are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Pocheon (placed 9th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hwaseong at their stadium, the result 4-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mokpo City playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Mokpo wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

Mokpo City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Mokpo City have not lost in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Citize.

The dueling parties have fought before this season: Mokpo City - Ulsan Citize 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Mokpo CityJ. Jegal
J. Jegal
10 goals
Mokpo CityG. Jo
G. Jo
10 goals
Ulsan CitizeLee Hyung-Kyung
Lee Hyung-Kyung
8 goals

Ulsan Citize missing players

Mokpo City missing players

Ulsan Citize Mokpo City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
12 7 1 Won W 2 6 13
4 0 0 Drew D 0 2 5
5 3 1 Lost L 1 2 3
28 16 1 Scored S 6 17 37
18 7 1 Conceded C 1 7 17
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 76%
48% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 43%
5% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 24%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
43% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 38%
33% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 60% 52%
33% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 19%
 
4 4.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 4.3
3.8 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 4.7
1.1 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
6.4 6.8 4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 11.1 10.9
3 2.6 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.1
44% 62% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 43%
 
10.6 9.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.9 7.9
2.9 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 3
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Mokpo City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Mokpo City have the most clean sheets (11) in National League
  • Mokpo City have the most scored goals (37) in National League
  • Mokpo City have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in National League
  • Mokpo City have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in National League
  • Mokpo City have the the best goal difference (+10) away in National League
  • Mokpo City have the the best goal difference (+20) in National League
  • Mokpo City is in the best form (5-1-0) in National League
  • Ulsan Citize have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ulsan Citize have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ulsan Citize 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 21 13 6 2 32 17 10 6 3 1 14 8 11 7 3 1 18 9 15 45
2 Mokpo City 21 13 5 3 37 17 11 7 3 1 20 10 10 6 2 2 17 7 20 44
3 Ulsan Citize 21 12 4 5 28 18 10 7 0 3 16 7 11 5 4 2 12 11 10 40
4 Gimhae City 21 9 9 3 26 19 10 5 4 1 12 8 11 4 5 2 14 11 7 36
5 Siheung Citizen 21 8 7 6 31 28 11 7 0 4 22 18 10 1 7 2 9 10 3 31
6 Paju Citizen 22 9 4 9 26 23 11 6 0 5 18 11 11 3 4 4 8 12 3 31
7 Chuncheon 21 7 9 5 16 14 10 4 5 1 9 6 11 3 4 4 7 8 2 30
8 Daejeon Korail 22 7 6 9 27 26 11 4 4 3 11 9 11 3 2 6 16 17 1 27
9 Pocheon 21 6 9 6 21 25 11 3 5 3 6 9 10 3 4 3 15 16 -4 27
10 Gangneung City 21 5 8 8 21 25 10 0 6 4 9 13 11 5 2 4 12 12 -4 23
11 Busan Transportation 21 5 6 10 19 26 12 2 5 5 11 15 9 3 1 5 8 11 -7 21
12 Gyeongju HNP 22 4 9 9 16 25 10 2 3 5 8 12 12 2 6 4 8 13 -9 21
13 Yangpyeong 22 5 4 13 22 34 12 4 2 6 13 15 10 1 2 7 9 19 -12 19
14 Changwon City 21 5 4 12 16 28 9 2 2 5 8 11 12 3 2 7 8 17 -12 19
15 Yangju Citizen 22 4 6 12 23 36 12 2 6 4 14 18 10 2 0 8 9 18 -13 18
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.