Match Report
In the standings it was Gimcheon Sangmu 10th on 33 points, Daejeon Citizen 6th on 40 — separated by 7. The last five rounds placed Gimcheon Sangmu 5th in the league for form — higher than their 10th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Gimcheon Sangmu ran at 1 scored and 1.2 conceded, Daejeon Citizen at 1.53 and 1.23.
A win had eluded Gimcheon Sangmu for 8 matches. Daejeon Citizen's last four games had all finished level.
9 meetings are on record — 1 won by Gimcheon Sangmu, 3 by Daejeon Citizen, 5 drawn, at 2.22 goals per meeting. Only 22% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The match was played at Gimcheon Stadium (capacity 24,348). Dong-Jun Lee took charge of the match — our records show 63 games refereed with an average of 0.8 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, Gimcheon Sangmu led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Gimcheon Sangmu: Gun-hee Lee (34'), Yun-sang Hong (42'), Yi-seok Kim (90') · Daejeon Citizen: Sung-gwon Cho (13'), Masatoshi Ishida (87')
Key stats
Possession: Gimcheon Sangmu 47% · Daejeon Citizen 53% · Total shots: 15-12 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 3-6