Daejeon Hana Citizen

Match report

Daechon Hanas Citizen secured a slim 1-0 win against Kyoto Sanga in the opening League Phase match of the AFC Champions League at Daegu Munhwa Stadium on Tuesday evening. The result sees the hosts move to the top of the table with three points from one game, while Kyoto remain bottom with none.

The match had its drama early enough, though not in the way many expected. G. Ludwigson thought he had given Daechon the lead in the 49th minute only for the goal to be cancelled by VAR. To be fair, the decision held, and Daechon had to wait until the 78th minute when Victor Bobsin finally found the net. By then the visitors had already gone behind in spirit if not in scoreline.

Kyoto made several changes in search of something, bringing on T. Matsuda in the 57th minute and S. Fukuoka alongside Thiago for 63rd-minute double change. Daechon responded with Jeong Jae-Hee and Joo Min-Kyu both entering the fray at the same time. The hosts then rolled the dice with three substitutions in the 80th minute — Victor Bobsin came off after his goal, replaced by M. Ishida and S. Nagasawa. G. Ludwigson made his return in stoppage time.

The statistics tell a familiar story: daechon dominated possession at 56 per cent and created far more chances, registering 14 shots inside the penalty area compared to Kyoto's zero. Expected goals favoured the hosts 1.57 to 0.05. And here's the thing — two shots on target and one goal doesn't sound like a convincing performance, but Daechon had the deeper squad and managed to hold on. Kyoto managed just one shot on target all evening, and their goalkeeper was called into action only once.

What this means is straightforward enough. Daechon sit seventh in the standings with one win from one game, while Kyoto occupy 12th place with a defeat. The gap between them is three points, and the table goes out of the window in these games anyway. What matters now is whether Daechon can replicate this efficiency when the pressure builds, or if Kyoto can find some response against a side that has kept the wheels turning.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 56.00 – 44

Shots on target 2 – 0

Shots off target 7 – 0

Expected goals 1.57 – 0.05

⇄ 46' Everton Maceio — Substitution 49' G. Ludwigson — var_goal_cancelled ⇄ 57' T. Matsuda — Substitution ⇄ 63' S. Fukuoka — Substitution ⇄ 63' Thiago — Substitution ⇄ 68' Jeong Jae-Hee — Substitution ⇄ 68' Joo Min-Kyu — Substitution ⚽ 78' Victor Bobsin — Goal ⇄ 80' Victor Bobsin — Substitution ⇄ 80' M. Ishida — Substitution ⇄ 80' S. Nagasawa — Substitution ⇄ 90+2' G. Ludwigson — Substitution

Match events

46' 0:0 Kyoto Sanga Substitution Everton Maceio off: Souza Alex
49' 0:0 Daejeon Hana Citizen var_goal_cancelled G. Ludwigson
57' 0:0 Kyoto Sanga Substitution T. Matsuda off: R. Kato
63' 0:0 Kyoto Sanga Substitution S. Fukuoka off: Joao Pedro
63' 0:0 Kyoto Sanga Substitution Thiago off: R. Nakano
68' 0:0 Daejeon Hana Citizen Substitution Jeong Jae-Hee off: Seo Jin-Su
68' 0:0 Daejeon Hana Citizen Substitution Joo Min-Kyu off: Diogo Oliveira
78' 1:0 Daejeon Hana Citizen Goal Victor Bobsin
80' 1:0 Daejeon Hana Citizen Substitution Victor Bobsin off: Um Won-Sang
80' 1:0 Daejeon Hana Citizen Substitution M. Ishida off: Kim Bong-Soo
80' 1:0 Kyoto Sanga Substitution S. Nagasawa off: Rafael Elias
90+2' 1:0 Daejeon Hana Citizen Substitution G. Ludwigson off: Kim Jun-Beom

Statistics

56.00 Possession, % 44

2 Shots on target 0

7 Shots off target 0

1.57 Expected goals 0.05

2 Big chances 0

168 Attacks 131

4 Corners 3

9 Fouls 9

8 Free kicks 7

2 Offsides 0

0 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

2 Goal kicks 9

39 Throw-ins 21

All statistics

22/5044% Aerial duels 28/5056%

71 Backward passes 60

8 Blocked shots 1

27 Clearances 31

9/2143% Crosses 2/1414%

4/1429% Dribbles 4/944%

0.82 Expected assists 0.20

125 Failed passes 125

0 Goalkeeper saves 1

10 Interceptions 9

14 Key passes 1

25/8031% Long passes 16/6724%

69 Passes into the final third 55

285 Passes in the opposition half 238

268 Passes in own half 196

0.12 Shot accuracy 0

3 Shots from outside the box 1

14 Shots inside the box 0

5/956% Tackles 11/2152%

532 Total passes 420

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Chang-Geun Lee	1
6	Yun-Sung Kang	6
16	Myung-Jae Lee	16
45	Chang-Rae Ha	45
98	Anton Krivotsyuk	98
7	Masatoshi Ishida	7
8	Victor Bobsin Pereira	8
17	Gustav Erik Ludwigson	17
27	Jae-Hee Jeong	27
44	Soon-Min Lee	44
10	Min-Kyu Joo	10

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Jun-Seo Lee	25
31	Kim Min-su	31
2	Kyu-Hyun Park	2
3	Min-Duk Kim	3
13	Jin-Ya Kim	13
11	Won-Sang Um	11
14	Kim Jun-Beom	14
30	Bong-Soo Kim	30
41	Pyong-chan Pak	41
9	Diogo Oliveira	9
19	Jin-Su Seo	19
77	João Victor Lima Ferreira	77

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Kyoto Sanga

Starting XI
#	Player	number
90	Halls	90
5	Hisashi Appiah Tawiah	5
15	Kodai Nagata	15
40	Y. Ishida	40
44	Kyo Sato	44
10	Shimpei Fukuoka	10
14	Tiago	14
18	Temma Matsuda	18
38	Maceió	38
77	Haruki Arai	77
93	Shun Nagasawa	93

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Gakuji Ota	1
21	Kentaro Kakoi	21
26	Ren Kato	26
50	Yoshinori Suzuki	50
62	Takaaki Shichi	62
6	João Pedro	6
48	Ryoma Nakano	48
9	Rafael Elias da Silva Bataglia	9
17	Alex Souza	17
19	David	19
31	Sora Hiraga	31

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