Preview: Bucheon 1995 Vs Daejeon Citizen
Bucheon 1995 Vs
Daejeon Citizen
K League Challenge
Round 4 Sunday 17th April 2016 14:00 KST
Daejeon Vs Bucheon November 2014 |
Had it not been for Gyeongnam’s points deduction, it would
have been Daejeon propping up the table heading into round 4, having lost their
first three games without so much as mustering even one goal.
If the Purples are to mount a serious promotion challenge
this term, which will have been within Coach Choi Moon-Sik’s remit, then getting
back to winning ways soon is an absolute must.
Sunday sees Daejeon travel north to Gyeonggi-do to take on
Bucheon 1995, a side that Daejeon had great success over last time they locked
horns.
Whilst Daejeon have floundered, Bucheon have enjoyed an
indifferent start to the campaign having won one, drawn one and lost one.
A win for Daejeon would ease the pressure on under fire boss
Coach Choi Moon-Sik and, in the process, could move Daejeon up to 8th.
Bucheon, who welcome Daejeon on the back of a 1-0 away win
at Chungju last weekend, could move into the playoff spots should they disperse
of the struggling Daejeon.
Previous Meetings
Having spent most of their time in different levels of the
Korean footballing pyramid, these two sides first met just a mere two seasons
ago.
During Daejeon’s 2014 promotion winning season, the Purples were
unbeaten against their Gyeonggi-do counterparts thanks to three wins and a
draw.
Funnily enough, it was almost exactly two years ago when
these two sides met for their first ever encounter.
That afternoon Citizen took all three points back to Daejeon
thanks to goals from Adriano and Rim Chang-Woo.
Adriano put Daejeon ahead after 16 minutes only for Rodrigo
Parana to equalise a mere three minutes later.
With the game petering out and looking as though it was
going to end in a draw, Rim Chang-Woo popped up from right back to net a 90th
minute winner.
Rim Chang-Woo seemed to make a habit of scoring later
winners that year with the on-loan Ulsan defender famously netting the winner
for South Korea in the 2014 Asian Games final vs North Korea.
In June of 2014 at Daejeon World Cup Stadium, the Purples
eased past Bucheon with a 1-0 win thanks to a Seo Myeong-Won goal on 34
minutes.
A month later Daejeon travelled back up to Bucheon and
managed to salvage a draw having gone behind in the first half.
Min Hyun-Gong put the home side ahead but Vanderlei, the
Brazlian striker, levelled for the Purples on 62 minutes with a close-range effort.
The final game between these two sides in 2014 ended in
another Daejeon win.
Influential midfielder Jeong Seok-Min scored the only goal
of the game which sealed the three points and indeed the K League Challenge title for Daejeon.
Team News
On loan Jeju United striker Seo Dong-Hyun has been ruled out
until June with a facial injury.
With Coach Choi Moon-Sik seemingly not afraid to weild the
axe, wholesale changes could be made again following the home defeat to Ansan
last Saturday.
As for yet promising youngster Hwang In-Beom has not
featured, neither has Ko Mon-Hyeok despite both featuring heavily under Choi
Mook-Sik last year.
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