DAEJEON. Daejeon Citizen beat Seoul.
The match was played at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium stadium in Daejeon on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Yong-Jun Shin with the support of Sang-Jun Park and Bong-Geun Song. The 4th official was Jae-Hoon Ahn. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24 degrees Celsius or 75.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 15 Total 13
- 2 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 3
- 5 Shots blocked 7
- 112 Attack 105
- 92 Dangerous attack 67
- 91 Ball safe 114
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Daejeon Citizen was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Seoul that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Daejeon Citizen was more aggressive with 92 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Daejeon Citizen won the match.
Daejeon Citizen shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Seoul shot 11 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Daejeon Citizen received 2 yellow cards (Tiago Orobó and Min-duk Kim). On the other side, Seoul didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Daejeon Citizen will have 11 points like Pohang Steelers to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Seoul will stay with 9 points like Gwangju to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the K-League 1, Daejeon Citizen will host Jeju United on the 8th of October with a 10-3 head to head in favor of Jeju United (5 draws).
Seoul will host Jeonbuk Motors on the 8th of October with a 25-9 head to head in favor of Jeonbuk Motors (15 draws).
Daejeon Citizen – Formation

Daejeon Citizen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Min-Sung Lee decided to play with the following team: Lee Chang-Geun, Jae Suk Oh, Min-deok Kim, Yu-min Jo, Anton Krivotsyuk, Jin-hyun Lee, Deok-geun Lim, Young-Jae Seo, Jeon Byung-kwan, Tiago Orobó and Bae Jun-Ho.
The home team had on the bench: San Jeong, Kang Hyun Yu, Hyeon-sik Lee, Hyeon-uh Kim, In-kyun Kim, Min-hyeon Kong and Masatoshi Ishida.
Substitutions
Daejeon Citizen made 5 changes: Young-jae Seo for Lee Hyun-Sik (46′), Young-jae Seo for I. Kim (46′), Joon-ho Bae for Masatoshi Ishida (59′), Tiago Orobó for Kong Min-Hyu (77′) and Anton Kryvotsyuk for Kim Hyun-Woo (80′).
Seoul – Formation

Seoul started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Ik-Soo Ahn played with: Jong-beom Baek, Jin-ya Kim, Osmar Barba, Ju-sung Kim, Tae-seok Lee, Sang-Ho Na, Aleksandar Paločević, Sung-Yueng Ki, Sang-hyeob Lim, Ui-Jo Hwang and Stanislav Iljutcenko.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kang Seong-jin, Chan-hee Han, Dong-jin Park, Su-il Park, Ju-hwan Seo, Wan-kyu Kwon and Kim Shin-jin.
Substitutions
Seoul made 5 changes: Taeseok Lee for Park Soo-Il (24′), Lim Sang-Hyub for Park Dong-Jin (46′), S. Iljutcenko for Kwon Wan-Kyu (46′), Sang-ho Na for Seong-Jin Kang (73′) and Ki Sung-Yeung for Han Chan-Hee (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the K-League 1.
- Daejeon Citizen – Seoul – 3-2
- Gwangju – Suwon – 2-0
- Incheon United – Daegu – 0-0
- Jeonbuk Motors – Pohang Steelers – 1-2