'K League 1 leader' Daejeon faces FC Seoul, which has a busy way to go home
'K League 1 leader' Daejeon faces FC Seoul, which has a busy way to go home
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The professional soccer K League 1 Daejeon Hana Citizen will clash with FC Seoul at home. Two teams with conflicting atmospheres aim for victory.
Daejeon will play a home game against Seoul in the 13th round of Hana Bank K League 1 2025 at Daejeon World Cup Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 10th.
Daejeon leads the league alone with eight wins, three draws and two losses (27 points).
He has been undefeated (3 wins and 2 draws) in the last five consecutive games and is seeking to win the title.
Daejeon, which has reinforced vulnerable parts in each position, including "national striker" Joo Min-kyu, "proven wing in the league" Jung Jae-hee, defenders Ha Chang-rae and Park Kyu-hyun, is cruising with the leadership of coach Hwang Sun-hong, who is in his second year in office.
In particular, in the 12th round of Jeonbuk Hyundai's away game on the 6th, he gave up the first goal in the 43rd minute of the second half, but scored an equalizer in the 48th minute of the second half to gain one point.
It is a match that is realizing the soccer adage, "If you win a tie game and draw a quality game, you will be close to winning."
If Daejeon wins on this day, it will be the first of the 12 K League 1 clubs to reach the 30 points mark.
It is Joo Min-gyu who will take the lead in Daejeon's victory.
Joo Min-kyu is the league's leading scorer (8 goals) at the same time as he left Ulsan HD and moved to Daejeon.
He has been silent in the last two games, but if he scores multiple goals against Seoul, he can achieve double-digit goals for five consecutive seasons.
It is a game where the team and the main players are clearly motivated.
Seoul, on the other hand, is currently ninth in the league.
In the past 12 games, he has been at the bottom with three wins, five draws and four losses (14 points).
He was considered a favorite before the opening, but he is struggling with a below-expected slump.
Notably, the team has not won six official matches since its 3-2 victory over Daegu FC on March 29. The team has lost three draws and three losses.
Fortunately, he managed to escape from three consecutive losses by winning a 1-1 draw against FC Anyang on the 6th.
Vacancy is being discussed as a factor in Seoul's sluggishness.
With only 10 goals scored in 12 league games, it is the lowest in the league along with Gangwon FC and Suwon FC.
Jesse Lingard and Moon Sun-min are struggling with four and three goals, respectively, but it is regrettable that other offensive resources, Lucas and Cho Young-wook, have only one goal.
With only three scoreless games, he showed difficulty in both offense and defense.
It's not that they don't have excuses. This is because key players such as Jung Seung-won and Ki Sung-yueng have been excluded from the team's roster for a while due to injuries.
It is said that the balance between offense and defense has recently collapsed as Jung Seung-won and Ki Sung-yueng are missing the attack and resources to take center stage at the waist.
Fortunately, Seoul has a memory of winning points in its first showdown of the season against Daejeon on the 12th of last month.
Seoul conceded two goals to Daejeon first, but they won a 2-2 draw thanks to the goals of Moon Sun-min and Lingard.
If Seoul beats Daejeon using its memories of that time, it can turn the mood around, but if it loses, the decline is expected to be prolonged.
Meanwhile, Jeonbuk (22 points), ranking second in the league, will leave Gwangju FC at 7 p.m. on the 11th, the next day.
Jeonbuk also has a good atmosphere as much as Daejeon.
He has not lost in eight consecutive league games (5 wins and 3 draws).
Jeon Jin-woo, a "long-time prospect," scored seven goals and Compagno, a foreign striker, scored five, leading the team's rise.
However, Gwangju is not bad either.
Gwangju suffered a 0-7 shock defeat in the AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE) against Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) on the 26th of last month, and then suffered a 0-3 complete defeat in Ulsan on the 2nd.
Fortunately, he changed the atmosphere by winning 1-0 in the Gimcheon Sangmu match on the 5th. 메이저놀이터
Attention is focusing on the confrontation between Gus Foyet (Uruguay), who led Jeonbuk to the top of the league with practical soccer, and Lee Jung-hyo, the "K-League's flagship strategist."