On Sun Aug 21st, Seongnam will travel to Seoul to battle Seoul in a K-League 1 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. In their last match, Seoul recorded a 2-1 win against Sangju Sangmu. Kim struck first for Sangju Sangmu in the 34th minute on a feed from Lee Young-Jae, then Young-Wook Cho tied it up for Seoul in the 60th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 67th minute on a goal by Aleksandar Paločević to cap off a wild match. Seoul is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Seongnam is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Suwon Bluewings. Go Myeong-Seok scored the first goal for Suwon Bluewings in the 28th minute, then Oh Hyun-Gyu added another in the 57th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
Seongnam and Seoul last played eachother at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on May 21st. Seongnam was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Goo Boon-Cheul struck first for Seongnam in the 23rd minute on a feed from Lee Jong-Ho, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Seoul couldn’t muster any offence and Seongnam ran away with the shutout win.
Park Soo-Il has been the most prolific scorer on Seongnam in the last five matches with three goals. Both Na Sangho and Stanislav Iljutcenko have been the hottest scorers for Seoul in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.