Possible nail-biting contest in Yangju Citizen - Gangneung City game

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Competition: Korea Republic National League
Competition: Sun 17.April
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yangju Godeok Stadium (5000 seats)

11th- against 7th place might not feel all that hot. But: Tipsway has the details that makes Yangju Citizen - Gangneung City (even) more intriguing!

Insights:
  • Yangju Citizen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in National League
  • Gangneung City have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Citizen nor Gangneung City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Yangju Citizen form and stats

Three National League home games done for Yangju Citizen, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

Yangju Citizen are confident in defense, having played 257 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Yangju Citizen's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Gangneung City (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that match, a win away at Ulsan Citize.

This is expected to be a close game, with Citizen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Yangju Citizen as a small favourite), we find six games. Yangju Citizen has won two of these, drawn one and lost three.

Yangju Citizen aren't scoring a lot here at Yangju Godeok Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. From these home matches, Citizen have conceded only 2 goals.

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Gangneung City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Gangneung City are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Gangneung City are travelling again after losing away to Yangju Citizen in their previous match (0-2).

A 1-2 defeat away at Paju Citizen before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Gangneung City in our archives, and the results are: one win for Gangneung City, two draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gangneung as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. As for defending, Gangneung City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Citizen - Gangneung City 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Yangju Citizen two wins, one draw and Gangneung City one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gangneung CityS. Cha
S. Cha
2 goals
Gangneung CityE. Batista da Conceição dos Santos
E. Batista da Conceição dos Santos
2 goals
Gangneung CityBaek Seung-Woo
Baek Seung-Woo
2 goals

Yangju Citizen missing players

Gangneung City missing players

Yangju Citizen Gangneung City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 2 4 8
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
0 0 0 Drew D 2 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
6 2 0 Scored S 2 3 8
7 2 1 Conceded C 2 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
38% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 62%
38% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
38% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5 5.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.5 3.2
6.1 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.8 4.8
2.6 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.7 15.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 11.2 10
3.6 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 4 4.2
24% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 19% 24%
 
13 15.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 14 11.6
5.1 6.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4 3.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Gangneung City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gangneung City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Gangneung City have yet to win a game away.
  • Gangneung City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Yangju Citizen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in National League
  • Yangju Citizen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Changwon City 8 5 1 2 12 4 4 3 0 1 8 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 8 16
2 Siheung Citizen 8 5 1 2 9 6 5 4 1 0 8 2 3 1 0 2 1 4 3 16
3 Paju Citizen 8 4 3 1 9 7 3 2 0 1 5 5 5 2 3 0 4 2 2 15
4 Gyeongju HNP 8 4 2 2 12 7 5 2 2 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 6 3 5 14
5 Ulsan Citize 8 4 1 3 11 9 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 7 6 2 13
6 Daejeon Korail 8 4 1 3 8 9 3 2 1 0 3 1 5 2 0 3 5 8 -1 13
7 Gangneung City 8 3 3 2 8 8 4 3 1 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 3 6 0 12
8 Cheongju 7 3 2 2 8 7 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 11
9 Hwaseong 7 3 1 3 9 10 5 2 0 3 6 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 10
10 Busan Transportation 8 2 3 3 8 8 6 1 2 3 6 8 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 9
11 Yangju Citizen 8 3 0 5 6 7 3 1 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 3 4 5 -1 9
12 Pocheon 8 2 1 5 8 10 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 0 0 4 3 7 -2 7
13 Gimhae City 7 2 1 4 5 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 2 0 3 4 6 -3 7
14 Mokpo City 7 2 1 4 5 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 2 0 3 5 10 -6 7
15 Cheonan City 6 1 3 2 5 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 -1 6
16 Dangjin Citizen 8 1 2 5 7 13 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 3 6 -6 5

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.