GWANGJU. Gwangju conquers Seoul with a 2-0 win with a goal from H. Lee (21′) and a goal from G. Henrique (90′).

The match was played at the Gwangju World Cup Stadium stadium in Gwangju on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 7,805 spectators.​ The referee was Byung-Jin Park with the assistance of Seung-Soon Kwak and Jin-Hee Cheon. The 4th official was Sang-Hyeop Chae. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 2.86 degrees Celsius or 37.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.​

Match Statistics​

Gwangju

2 - 0

Seoul

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 11 Total 10
  • 5 On Target 3
  • 6 Off Target 7
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 53 Attack 69
  • 55 Dangerous attack 45
  • 51 Ball safe 63
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 5 Total 14
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Gwangju was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Seoul that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Gwangju was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gwangju won the match​.

Gwangju shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Seoul shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Gwangju received 6 yellow cards (Jin-Ho Kim, Jin-ho Kim, Jin-ho Kim, Kyoung-Rok Choi, Jung Ho-Yeon and Hu-sung Oh). On the other side, Seoul received 3 yellow cards (Jesse Lingard, Kyeong-min Kim and Wan-kyu Kwon).

Match Timeline

Heui-kyun Lee(goal)Kun-hee Lee
21'
Ji-sung Eom- sub ->Hyeok-Ju Ahn
23'
30'
Kwon Wan-Kyu- Yellow
Kyoung-rok Choi- Yellow
47'
46'
Kim Gyeong-Min- sub ->Young-wook Cho
46'
S. Iljutcenko- sub ->Kim Shin-jin
49'
Kim Gyeong-Min- Yellow
Hu-seong Oh- sub ->Heui-kyun Lee
65'
65'
Lim Sang-Hyub- sub ->Seong-Jin Kang
Park Tae-Jun- sub ->Kyoung-Rok Choi
65'
65'
Lee Tae-Seok- sub ->Dong-jin Park
77'
J. Lingard- sub ->Kyeong-min Kim
Jun-soo Byeon- sub ->Yeong-kyu Ahn
82'
Yool Heo- sub ->Kun-hee Lee
82'
Jin-ho Kim- Yellow
87'
Jeong Ho-Yeon- Yellow
90'
Hu-seong Oh- Yellow
90'
Gabriel Tigrão(goal)
90'
90'
J. Lingard- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Pohang Steelers
25
12
Ulsan HD
24
11
Sangju Sangmu
22
12
Suwon
18
12
Gangwon
16
12
Seoul
15
12
Incheon United
14
12
Jeju United
14
12
Gwangju
12
11
Daejeon Citizen
11
12
Daegu
11
12
Jeonbuk Motors
10
12

After this match, Gwangju has 3 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. On the other side, Seoul stays with 0 points (12th).

Next matches

Gwangju – Formation

Gwangju
G
Kyeong-min Kim 1.South Korea
D
Alexandar Popovic 4.Australia
D
Young-kyu Ahn 6.South Korea
82'
D
Hyeon-seok Doo 13.South Korea
D
Jin-ho Kim 27.South Korea
87'
M
Gabriel Tigrão 11.Brazil
90'
M
Jeong Ho-Yeon 14.South Korea
90'
M
Hyeok-joo An 28.
23'
M
Kyoung-rok Choi 30.South Korea
65' 47'
F
Heui-kyun Lee 10.South Korea
65' 21'
F
Gun-hee Lee 20.South Korea
82'
Substitutes
G
Jun Lee 21.South Korea
D
Seung-woo Kim 5.South Korea
D
Jun-soo Byeon 15.South Korea
82'
M
Park Tae-Jun 55.South Korea
65'
M
Hu-seong Oh 77.South Korea
65' 90'
M
Kang-hyun Lee 24.South Korea
M
Han-gil Kim 47.South Korea
F
Ji-sung Eom 7.South Korea
23'
F
Yool Heo 18.South Korea
82'

Gwangju started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Jung-Hyo Lee decided to play with the following team: Kyeong-min Kim, Hyeon-seok Du, Yeong-kyu Ahn, Alexandar Popovic, Jin-ho Kim, Gabriel Henrique de Souza de Oliveira, Kyoung-Rok Choi, Jung Ho-Yeon, Hyeok-Ju Ahn, Kun-hee Lee and Heui-kyun Lee.

The home team had on the bench: Seung-uh Kim, Eom Ji-Sung, Jun-soo Byeon, Yool Heo, Jun Lee, Lee Kang-Hyeon, Han-gil Kim, Tae-jun Park and Hu-sung Oh.

Substitutions

Gwangju made 5 changes: Hyeok-Ju Ahn for Eom Ji-Sung (23′), Yeong-kyu Ahn for Jun-soo Byeon (82′), Kun-hee Lee for Yool Heo (82′), Heui-kyun Lee for Hu-sung Oh (65′) and Kyoung-Rok Choi for Tae-jun Park (65′).

Seoul – Formation

Seoul
G
Choi Chul-Won 21.South Korea
D
Kwon Wan-Kyu 3.South Korea
30'
D
Kim Jin-Ya 17.South Korea
D
Ju-sung Kim 30.South Korea
D
Park Dong-Jin 50.South Korea
65'
M
Ki Sung-Yueng 6.South Korea
M
Kang Seong-Jin 11.South Korea
65'
M
A. Paločević 26.Serbia
M
Cho Young-Wook 32.South Korea
46'
M
Han Seung-Gyu 66.South Korea
F
Kim Sin-Jin 9.South Korea
46'
Substitutes
G
Baek Jong-Beom 1.South Korea
D
Rebin Sulaka 14.Iraq
D
Lee Tae-Seok 88.South Korea
65'
M
J. Lingard 10.England
77' 90'
M
Paik Sang-Hoon 25.South Korea
M
Ryu Jae-Moon 29.South Korea
F
Kim Gyeong-Min 19.South Korea
46' 49'
F
S. Iljutcenko 90.Germany
46'
F
Lim Sang-Hyub 7.South Korea
65'

Seoul started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Gi-Dong Kim played with: Cheol-won Choi, Dong-jin Park, Wan-kyu Kwon, Ju-sung Kim, Jin-ya Kim, Seung-gyu Han, Sung-Yueng Ki, Seong-Jin Kang, Aleksandar Paločević, Young-wook Cho and Kim Shin-jin.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jong-beom Baek, Sang-hyeob Lim, Jesse Lingard, Rebin Sulaka, Sang-hoon Paik, Jae-mun Ryu, Tae-seok Lee, Kyeong-min Kim and Stanislav Iljutcenko.

Substitutions

Seoul made 5 changes: Young-wook Cho for Kyeong-min Kim (46′), Kim Shin-jin for Stanislav Iljutcenko (46′), Seong-Jin Kang for Sang-hyeob Lim (65′), Dong-jin Park for Tae-seok Lee (65′) and Kyeong-min Kim for Jesse Lingard (77′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the K-League 1.​