Gimcheon Sangmu FC 2:2 Gwangju FC: K League 1 Match Result

Match report

Kimch'on Sangmu played out a 2:2 draw with Kwanju at Kimch'on Stadium on Saturday in the Regular Season stage of the K-League 1. The result leaves the hosts on 19 points in 11th place while Kwanju remain in 12th with 10 points after 19 games each.

Kimch'on Sangmu took the lead early through Kim Yi-seok, who found the net in the twenty-sixth minute. Kwanju responded before the break when Go Jae-hyun equalised in the fifty-fourth minute, and here's the thing — the momentum shifted again in the second half.

John Iredale put Kwanju ahead in the sixty-sixth minute, only for Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson to salvage a point for the hosts in the seventy-seventh minute. The game produced seven substitutions across both sides, with Kwanju bringing on three players to Kimch'on's four.

By then, the match had settled into a pattern neither side could break. Kwanju's Jang Seok-hwan picked up a yellow card in the ninety-second minute, and the visitors could not find a winner despite pressing late on.

The statistics tell their own story. Kimch'on Sangmu registered 99 attacks against 66 for Kwanju, but only converted four of their eleven shots on target. The hosts dominated possession on 51 per cent, yet Kwanju's accuracy of 56 per cent on their five shots on target meant they took their chances when they came.

Both teams arrived in poor form — Kimch'on had drawn three of their last five before this match, while Kwanju had lost three of their previous five outings. A point each extends a run of results that leaves both clubs hovering in the lower half of the table.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 51 – 49

Shots on target 6 – 5

Shots off target 4 – 2

Attacks 99 – 66

⚽ 26' Kim Yi-seok — Goal ⇄ 45' Ju Se-Jong — Substitution ⚽ 54' Go Jae-hyun — Goal ⇄ 60' Shin Chang-moo — Substitution ⇄ 60' Yu Je-Ho — Substitution ⚽ 66' John Iredale — Goal ⇄ 67' Lee Kun-hee — Substitution ⇄ 68' Go Jae-hyun — Substitution ⇄ 73' Lee Sang-heon — Substitution ⇄ 74' Kwon Sung-yun — Substitution ⚽ 77' Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson — Goal ⇄ 86' Kim Yi-seok — Substitution ⇄ 86' Hong Yun-sang — Substitution ⇄ 90+1' Min Sang-gi — Substitution 🟨 90+2' Jang Seok-hwan — Yellow card

Match events

26' 1:0 Gimcheon Sangmu FC Goal Kim Yi-seok assist: Go Jae-hyun
45' 1:0 Gwangju FC Substitution Ju Se-Jong off: Jeong Ji-hoon
54' 2:0 Gimcheon Sangmu FC Goal Go Jae-hyun
60' 2:0 Gwangju FC Substitution Shin Chang-moo off: Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson
60' 2:0 Gwangju FC Substitution Yu Je-Ho off: Ri Yong-jik
66' 2:1 Gwangju FC Goal John Iredale assist: Jeong Ji-hoon
67' 2:1 Gimcheon Sangmu FC Substitution Lee Kun-hee off: Jung Jae-min
68' 2:1 Gimcheon Sangmu FC Substitution Go Jae-hyun off: Kim In-gyun
73' 2:1 Gimcheon Sangmu FC Substitution Lee Sang-heon off: Park Se-jin
74' 2:1 Gwangju FC Substitution Kwon Sung-yun off: Park Won-Jae
77' 2:2 Gwangju FC Goal Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson assist: João Pedro Reginaldo
86' 2:2 Gimcheon Sangmu FC Substitution Kim Yi-seok off: Roh Kyung-Ho
86' 2:2 Gimcheon Sangmu FC Substitution Hong Yun-sang off: Kim Joo-Chan
90+1' 2:2 Gwangju FC Substitution Min Sang-gi off: Kim Yong-hyuk
90+2' 2:2 Gwangju FC Yellow card Jang Seok-hwan

Statistics

51 Possession, % 49

6 Shots on target 5

4 Shots off target 2

99 Attacks 66

4 Corners 1

11 Fouls 10

10 Free kicks 16

5 Offsides 0

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

3 Goal kicks 5

21 Throw-ins 17

All statistics

9 Blocked shots 2

3 Goalkeeper saves 4

0.32 Shot accuracy 0.56

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