Hello everyone, A new week is here and with it it is time for us to get things going with a brand new pick for you! And this time we are going to South Korea to watch a match for the K-League 2.
The12th placed Ansan Greener and the 10th placed Chungnam Asan FC will face each other at the Ansan Wa Stadium on 19/08/2023 at 10:00 GMT. And now we are going to take a look at the latest stats for both sides to see how things are going.
The League
Here goes a little bit of History: The K League 2 (Hangul: K2) is the South Korean football league system’s second-highest tier for men. It is played by thirteen professional clubs and follows a promotion and relegation structure similar to K League 1.
In 2011, the K League introduced a promotion and relegation system between the K League and a potential second level. In 2012, the K League introduced a split-system, with the bottom clubs competing for safety. The last placed club was relegated to the new second division. The previous K League was renamed K League Classic, with a new logo. However, the name change caused confusion and controversy, leading to the official name being changed to K League Challenge in 2013. The name was later changed to K League 2.
The Stats
First of all let’s check at the stats for our home team, the Greeners. They are currently not doing very well in the 12th position of 13 in the league’s table, just above the relegation zone, with 16 points in 23 matches, 4 wins, 4 draws, and a whole 15 loses so far. Not a very good image. Thing are not looking very good for them at all. In fact they have 8 loses in their last 10 matches. 7 of which were one after another, being broken with 2 wins and then another loss at the hands (or feet) od the 8th placed Cheongju FC. Things do not get much better for the home team for being at home. After all half their losses in the league so far were in front of their fans after all. Plus they show to have the 2nd weakest defence in the league, with 43 goals suffered so far.
Now let’s look at the other side of the field. The Chungnam Asan FC is currently at 10th place with 27 points after 23 matches with 7 wins, 6 draws, and 10 loses so far. A relatively balanced performance overall. This balance is reflected in their recent performance with 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 loses in their last 10 games. Now the kicker is that they are not so good playing as the visitors, taking 7 of their losses while playing out of home. Besides that even their total goals scored/suffered shows a balanced performance, sitting at 27/28.
What to do now?
So here is the kicker, now we have Ansan Greeners, a team not good when playing at home vs Chungnam Asan FC, a team not good when playing out of home. All this makes a match that should have been easy to predict not so easy after all. Really, both teams have struggled with their performances (though the visitors are at least “average” by general standards), making it difficult to determine the outcome of this match.
Even looking at direct history, things can go either way, as in the last 4 bouts between the teams, we have had 2 victories for the visitors, 1 for the home team, and 1 draw. This shows that the outcome of the upcoming match is even more uncertain and could swing in either team’s favor, despite the home team’s bad position. But that may be good news for us as it means opportunity and good odds! But that still remains to be seen, as there is still some good time between now and the start of the match. And before the day both teams have matches of their own, which will affect the squads morale one way or the other, no matter the result.
Update
Another week has passed us by and now it is time to make a decision for this match. If we go by the odds offered by the bookies, things seem to be in favor of the visitors Chungnam Asan FC, but we all know how things may flow and change in our world of sports betting. It would not be the first time a comeback happened, but those are rare. So, as bettors that we are the best thing to do is to take a look at how both our teams are standing right now so we can make the best choice.
Firs we have our home team, the Ansan Greeners. They are still near the bottom of the table at 12th position, safe from relegation for now but far from an ideal position, and they had a drawn in their last match against the 5th placed FC Anyang. Chungnam Asan FC on the other hand was supposed to face the 8th placed Cheongju FC on 13/08, but that match got postponed, so nothing much changed for them overall. They are also still at a low-median position at 10th, although we can probably ay that their players will be more well rested.
Things may have not moved that much since last week but a decision must be made, and overall I have to say that I will support a victory for the visitors here. Both sides are more or less evenly matched, but the Chungnam Asan is more rested and the Greeners have a weak defense, so Chungnam Asan to win it is!
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