SEONGNAM. Seongnam had a surprising win over Ulsan with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Min-Hyeok (37′) and a goal from K. Soon-Hyung (46′). Ulsan was definitely better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex stadium in Seongnam on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Dong-Jun Lee who had the assistance of Sang-Jun Park and Jung-Seok Lee. The 4th official was Yong-Woo Kim. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.3 degrees Celsius or 73.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ulsan was in firm control of the ball 65% while Seongnam was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ulsan was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Seongnam succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Seongnam shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Ulsan shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Seongnam received 5 yellow cards (Kang Jae-Woo, , Lee Si-Young, Jang Hyo-Joon and Park Soo-Il). On the other side, Ulsan didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Seongnam will have 24 points to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Ulsan will stay with 59 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the K-League 1, Seongnam will host Pohang Steelers on the 18th of September with a 25-8 head to head statistic in favor of Pohang Steelers (6 draws).

Ulsan will host Suwon on the 18th of September with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of Ulsan (1 draw).

Seongnam – Formation

Seongnam started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Nam-Il Kim decided to play with the following team: Young-kwang Kim (7.6), Jo Sung Wook (6.6), Kwang-seon Kwak (7.2), Wan-kyu Kwon (7.2), Shi-yeong Lee (6.5), Jin Beom An (6.6), Yang Si-Hoo (6.7), Jang Hyo-Joon (7.0), Kang Jae-woo (6.5), Min-hyeok Kim (7.2) and Jae-won Lee (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Choe Pil-Soo, Goo Boon-Cheul, M. Palacios, Eui-bin Kang (7.3), Fejsal Mulić (6.5), Soon-Hyung Kwon (7.6) and Su-il Park (6.2).

Substitutions

Seongnam made 5 changes: Kang Jae-Woo for Ku Bon-Cheol (46′), Yang Si-Hoo for Kwon Soon-Hyung (46′), Kwon Wan-Kyu for Kang Ui-Bin (46′), An Jin-Beom for Park Soo-Il (78′) and Kim Min-Hyeok for F. Mulic (83′).

Best player: Young-kwang Kim​

The player that probably impressed the most for Seongnam was the goalkeeper: Young-kwang Kim. His rating is 7.64. He performed 3 saves.

Ulsan – Formation

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

Myung-Bo Hong played with: Hyeon-woo Jo (6.7), Young-woo Seol (6.7), Lim Jong Eun (6.3), Young-Gwon Kim (7.1), Il-Lok Yun (6.9), Yong-uh Park (7.1), Du-jae Won (7.0), Won-sang Eom (6.4), Jun Amano (7.0), Jae-Hwan Hwang (6.6) and Leonardo (6.8).

They had on the bench: Seol Hyun-bin, Kee-hee Kim, Valeri Qazaishvili (6.3), Chung-yong Lee (6.5), Martin Ádám (6.9), Kyu-seong Lee and Inpyo Oh.

Substitutions

Ulsan made 3 changes: J. Hwang for V. Qazaishvili (21′), Won Du-Jae for M. Adam (53′) and Lim Jong-Eun for Lee Chung-Yong (79′).

Best player: Young-Gwon Kim​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ulsan was Young-Gwon Kim.

His rating is (7.1) with 71 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Seongnam – Ulsan – 2-0
• Seoul – Suwon Bluewings – 1-3