Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Gimcheon Sangmu 2nd with 55 points, Daegu 3rd with 7, 48 apart. The last five rounds placed Gimcheon Sangmu no better than 15th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Gimcheon Sangmu 1.61 scored and 1.12 conceded per game, Daegu 1.2 and 1, with the league averaging 1.27.
13 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Gimcheon Sangmu 6, draws 1, Daegu 6, at 2.15 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 62% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 31% of the meetings.
Gimcheon Stadium in Gimcheon, capacity 25,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Gimcheon Sangmu: Dong-gyeong Lee (90') · Daegu: Sung-won Jang (66'), Caio Marcelo (87')