Jeonbuk – Daegu Prediction & Picks (22.08.2018)

Jeonbuk Motors and Daegu meet in Jeonju World Cup Stadium, in a match for the 25 th round of the K League. Jeonbuk Motors won by (1-3) last time they met in this edition of the league, in 29 -07-2018. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 1 win and 2 draws in the last 3 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 02-05-2018, in a match for the K League which ended in a Jeonbuk Motors victory by (2-1). The goals of the match were scored by Ricardo Lopes (3 ‘) and Lim Sun-Young (45’), for Jeonbuk Motors, and Park Han-Bin (60 ‘), for Daegu. In this match the home factor may be decisive, since the Daegu presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Jeonbuk Motors:

After 18 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in the 1 st position, with 56 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Seoul by (0-2), after in the previous match they have lost (5-2) an away match against Pohang Steelers. This is a team that usually shows similar results, at home and abroad. It is usually not affected by the home team, since in the last 30 matches they register 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in away matches; against 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 home league matches Jeonbuk Motors has a record of 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 22 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 0-0 (5 out of 11 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition.

Jeonbuk Motors is a club that has won the K-League five times throughout its history, being the most recent title conquered last year, 2017, in addition to having two titles of the Asian Champions League, expired in 2006 and 2016. In the current season, the team has been making a great campaign, winning 56 of the 72 points played so far, occupying the first position, with ten points ahead of the classified. In the last five games that Jeonbuk Motors played at home, in three there were one or more goals already in the first half. We believe that in this confrontation, by playing inside their stadium and against a team that is at the bottom of the table, Jeonbuk Motors will have conditions to open the scoring in the first half, since their attack is scored goals regularly, mainly playing at home.

Daegu:

After 6 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, the away team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 23 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Jeju United, by (2-3). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Ulsan, by (0-2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 20 goals scored and 22 conceded; against 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 24 suffered. In the last 10 away league matches Daegu has a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 14 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (5 out of 12 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Daegu is a club that never managed to conquer a national title, having as campaign of greater prominence in its history the second position in the K-League 2 (second division of the Southeast Championship) in 2015 and 2016. In the current season, the team has been doing an irregular season, winning 23 of the 72 points played so far, occupying the 10th position of the table. In the last five games that the Daegu played as a visitor for the national championship, in three there were one or more goals already in the first half. We believe that in this match the Daegu, for playing against the current leader of the national championship, will have difficulties to sustain the adversary attack and will end up suffering goals already in the first half.