In this week 37 match on the 16th of October, Seoul hosts Seongnam in a K-League 1 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Seoul sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Sangju Sangmu. Shin-Jin Kim struck first for Seoul in the 2nd minute on a feed from Young-Wook Cho, then Lee Young-Jae tied it up for Sangju Sangmu in the 62nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Sangju Sangmu. Seoul is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Seongnam recorded a 1-2 loss against Suwon. Kim Geon-Ung struck first for Suwon in the 2nd minute, but Yu In-Soo got the equalizer for Seongnam in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
Seoul and Seongnam last played eachother at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Aug 21st. Seoul won by a score of 2 to 0. Stanislav Iljutcenko struck first for Seoul in the 74th minute, then Stanislav Iljutcenko added another in the 83rd minute on a feed from Lee Sang-Min In the end, Seongnam couldn’t muster any offence and Seoul ran away with the shutout win.
Seongnam hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Park Soo-Il and Fejsal Mulic, and they each have 1 goal. Seoul is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Young-Wook Cho and Stanislav Iljutcenko each only have 1 goal in their last five.