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Jeonbuk Motors — Gwangju FC: 2:2, K League 1

K League 1
Jeonbuk Motors D30 Aug · Away Incheon United · 1:1W5 Sep · Home Pohang Steelers · 2:0D9 Sep · Away Gangwon FC · 1:1L12 Sep · Home FC Seoul · 1:2W16 Sep · Home Kashiwa Reysol · 2:1D20 Sep · Home Gwangju FC · 2:2
2:2
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Gwangju FC D26 Aug · Away Gangwon FC · 2:2L30 Aug · Home FC Seoul · 2:5D6 Sep · Away Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 2:2L9 Sep · Home Jeju United FC · 0:1D13 Sep · Home FC Anyang · 1:1D20 Sep · Away Jeonbuk Motors · 2:2
Venue: Jeonju World Cup Stadium City: Jeonju

In the K League 1 game on 20 September 2026, Jeonbuk Motors beat Gwangju FC 2:2. Match numbers: shots on target 9:2, corners 7:1.

Match report

Chunnam Dragons and Gwangju FC shared the spoils in a K-League 1 clash that finished 2-2 at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium on Sunday. The hosts dominated possession and created more chances, but a late response from Gwangju ensured the points were split. And here's the thing — statistics don't always tell the whole story of a match.

Chunnam took the lead through Tiago Orobó in the 35th minute before Kim Tae-hyeon bundled in an own goal just before half-time to make it 2-0. Orobó doubled his tally in the 78th minute, and it looked like the home side would cruise to victory. By then, Gwangju had barely troubled the goalkeeper with only two shots on target all evening.

But football has a way of turning. John Iredale pulled one back for Gwangju in the 91st minute, and despite Chunnam's 94 attacks compared to their opponents' 37, the visitors held their nerve. The hosts registered 9 shots on target against just 2 from Gwangju, yet the figures don't capture how little the away side had to do all evening.

Both sides made several changes around the break, with three substitutions each in the 45th minute. Shin Chang-moo and Kim Young-Bin picked up yellow cards in the first half, while the managers shuffled their decks as the game unfolded. Neither side saw a red card, though the intensity certainly did not wane.

Chunnam sit third in the table with 30 points from 19 games, while Gwangju remain 12th on 10 points. The result extends Chunnam's recent form — they had won two and drawn two in their previous five matches — but it also shows that even the best-laid plans can spring a surprise in the final minutes.

Prepared from match data

Video

Match highlights Jeonbuk Motors — Gwangju FC K League International Match video Jeonbuk Motors — Gwangju FC K리그 하이라이트

Key numbers

Possession, % 52 – 48
Shots on target 9 – 2
Shots off target 10 – 4
Attacks 94 – 37

Match events

  1. 29' Gwangju FC Yellow card Shin Chang-moo
  2. 35' Jeonbuk Motors Goal Tiago Orobó assist: Kim Young-Bin
  3. 44' Gwangju FC Own goal Kim Tae-hyeon
  4. 45' Gwangju FC Substitution Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson off: John Iredale
  5. 45' Gwangju FC Substitution Lee Min-Ki off: Park Won-Jae
  6. 45' Gwangju FC Substitution Jang Seok-hwan off: Ahn Young-Kyu
  7. 51' Jeonbuk Motors Yellow card Kim Young-Bin
  8. 59' Jeonbuk Motors Substitution Lee Dong-Jun off: Italo Vargas
  9. 59' Jeonbuk Motors Substitution Kim Jin-Gyu off: Vinicius Rodrigues Adelino Dos Santos
  10. 71' Gwangju FC Substitution João Pedro Reginaldo off: Moon Min-Seo
  11. 78' Jeonbuk Motors Goal Tiago Orobó assist: Cho Wi-Je
  12. 83' Gwangju FC Substitution Min Sang-gi off: Ri Yong-jik
  13. 84' Jeonbuk Motors Substitution Seung-Woo Lee off: Kim Seung-sub
  14. 84' Jeonbuk Motors Substitution Lee Yeong-jae off: Maeng Seong-ung
  15. 90+1' Gwangju FC Goal John Iredale
  16. 90+3' Jeonbuk Motors Substitution João Gamboa off: Bruno Mota

Statistics

52 Possession, % 48
9 Shots on target 2
10 Shots off target 4
0 Big chances 0
94 Attacks 37
7 Corners 1
6 Fouls 10
11 Free kicks 6
0 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
5 Goal kicks 14
19 Throw-ins 9
All statistics
2 Blocked shots 4
1 Goalkeeper saves 7
0.43 Shot accuracy 0.20

Line-ups

Jeonbuk Motors

Starting XI
# Player number
31 Song Bum-keun 31
2 Young-Bin Kim 2
4 Wi-Je Cho 4
23 Tae-Hwan Kim 23
77 Tae-Hyun Kim 77
7 Dong-Jun Lee 7
10 Seung-Woo Lee 10
16 João Pedro da Costa Gamboa 16
28 Yeong-Jae Lee 28
97 Jin-Gyu Kim 97
9 Tiago Pereira da Silva 9
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Ju-Hyun Lee 1
3 Je-Un Yeon 3
5 Ji-Soo Park 5
24 Lee Sang-min 24
6 Seong-Ung Maeng 6
30 Vinicius Rodrigues Adelino dos Santos 30
11 Seung-Sub Kim 11
95 Italo 95
99 Bruno Mota 99
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Gwangju FC

Starting XI
# Player number
23 Dong-hwa Kim 23
2 Jang Seok-hwan 2
3 Min-ki Lee 3
17 João Pedro Reginaldo 17
39 Sang-ki Min 39
9 Seung-Un Ha 9
10 Kyoung-Rok Choi 10
14 Je-Ho Yu 14
50 Adriel D'Avila Ba Loua 50
11 Hólmbert Aron Briem Friðjónsson 11
40 Chang-Moo Shin 40
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Kyeong-min Kim 1
6 Young-Kyu Ahn 6
33 Won-Jae Park 33
7 E. Saitoski 7
8 Se-Jong Ju 8
37 Yong-Jick Lee 37
70 Kim Ujin 70
88 Min-so Moon 88
18 John Warwick Iredale 18
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D30 Aug · Away Incheon United · 1:1W5 Sep · Home Pohang Steelers · 2:0D9 Sep · Away Gangwon FC · 1:1L12 Sep · Home FC Seoul · 1:2W16 Sep · Home Kashiwa Reysol · 2:1D20 Sep · Home Gwangju FC · 2:2

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D26 Aug · Away Gangwon FC · 2:2L30 Aug · Home FC Seoul · 2:5D6 Sep · Away Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 2:2L9 Sep · Home Jeju United FC · 0:1D13 Sep · Home FC Anyang · 1:1D20 Sep · Away Jeonbuk Motors · 2:2

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