Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Daejeon Citizen 2nd with 74 points, Jeonnam Dragons 11th with 35, 39 apart. Per game in the league, Daejeon Citizen were scoring 1.75 and conceding 1.13, Jeonnam Dragons 1.18 and 1.45, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Daejeon Citizen, winners of their last three, having scored in 7 consecutive games. A win had eluded Jeonnam Dragons for 5 matches. From the last five rounds, Daejeon Citizen held 10 points of 15 and Jeonnam Dragons 4.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 3 for Daejeon Citizen, 2 for Jeonnam Dragons and 1 drawn, at 2.17 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 17% of meetings won. 67% of these meetings featured a goal for each side.
Daejeon World Cup Stadium in Daejeon, capacity 40,407, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.