In this week 3 match on the 1st of March, Seongnam and Seoul will play a match in Seongnam in a meeting of these two mismatched K-League 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 11th placed Seongnam, recorded a 0-2 loss against Gangwon. Dino Islamović struck first for Gangwon in the 81st minute, then Kim Dae-Won added another in the 88th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Seongnam couldn’t manage to score, and Gangwon took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while seoul sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Daegu. Cho struck first for Seoul in the 24th minute on a feed from Jong-Gyu Yoon, then Na Sangho added another in the 81st minute on a feed from Go In the end, Daegu was frustrated by Seoul’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Seoul ended the match with the shutout victory. Seoul is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win, 1 loss and 2 draws apiece.
Aleksandar Paločević has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Seoul. Seongnam hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Park Soo-Il and An Jin-Beom, and they each have 1 goal.