Seongnam vs Daegu

Out-of-sorts Seongnam will be looking to get back to winning ways when they take on top-half challengers Daegu at the Tancheon Stadium.

Seongnam are sinking without a trace after losing a league-high ten K League 1 matches this season (67%) and conceding a league second-high 27 goals in the opening 15 rounds. Rooted at the bottom of the table, the hosts will hope to defy their woeful H2H record to bounce back from a 1-0 away loss to Incheon United last time out. Indeed, you have to go back to 2012 to find Seongnam’s last top-flight win over Daegu. Since then, the ‘Magpies’ have gone winless in 15 successive K League 1 H2Hs (D6, L9). Seongnam’s home form in 2022 does not offer much comfort, with Kim Nam-il’s side going winless in eight of their nine home fixtures this calendar year (D3, L5).

In the meantime, Daegu head into proceedings riding on a six-match unbeaten K League 1 streak, though four of those games ended level (W2). High scoring has been a common theme in Daegu’s recent competitive matches, as three of their last four have seen both teams score at least twice in games garnering 4+ total goals. Topically, the visitors’ last five competitive fixtures held on hostile turf have witnessed both sides scoring, highlighting the potential for end-to-end action. But slow start could prove costly, as Alexandre Gama’s men have won none of their three away league outings in which they conceded first this term (D2, L1).