| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheonan City | 1 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3/3 | 2-1 |
| Yesan | 12 | L9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0/15 | 5-25 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheonan City | 1 | 28 | 47 | 14 | LWWWL | 2 | -1 |
| Yesan | 15 | 27 | 10 | -58 | LLLLL | 15 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2010-10-22
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cheonan City 1st with 47 points, Yesan 15th with 10, 37 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Cheonan City 1.57 scored and 1.07 conceded per game, Yesan 1.26 and 3.41, with the league averaging 1.37.
Yesan had lost nine in a row.
The match was played at Cheonan Baekseok Stadium in Cheonan (capacity 32,000).
