Preview: Busan IPark vs Seongnam FC

Last Time Out
Busan IPark recorded their best victory of the season with a 5-0 hammering away to Seoul E-Land last Saturday. Brazilian playmaker Romulo started the rout with a curling effort over E-Land keeper Glory in the 15th minute. With the score at 1-0, E-Land were unlucky not to square things up when Choi Oh-baek curled an effort against the post from 25 yards. Then, with ten minutes of the half remaining, Kim Jin-gyu beat his man inside the box and delivered an enticing ball across the six-yard box for Choi Seung-in to score his first goal in almost four months.Choi scored again on the hour mark with a smart flick to divert Lee Jae-Kwon's shot beyond Glory, and any hopes of an E-Land comeback were snuffed out when Jeon Min-Kwang was sent off for bringing down Busan substitute Lee Dong-jun as he raced through on goal. From the resulting free-kick, the increasingly influential Romulo produced another pin-point finish to take his tally for the season to seven goals in all competitions. Against Seoul's ten men Busan could have scored any number of goals, with Kim Jin-gyu and Ko Kyung-min missing chances, but it was Lee Dong-jun who scored the fifth with a well-taken volley after Ko's headed flick-on.
You can watch the highlights from that game here.
The following day, Seongnam re-established their six-point lead over Busan with a 1-0 victory away to the free-falling Ansan Greeners. Seo Bo-min scored the winning goal to claim the Magpies' first win in four games and keep them in pole position for automatic promotion.
You can watch highlights of Seongnam's victory here.
Previous Meetings
This is the third meeting between these sides this year. On the opening day of the season, an injury-time penalty from Eder denied Busan the points after Kim Jin-gyu had given Busan the lead. More recently, Busan edged a 1-0 win with a deflected effort from Kim Hyun-sung the only difference between the teams.Things were just as close last year, with each team winning one game apiece while the other two meetings ended in draws.
Team News
After mixing and matching regularly in the early stages of the season, Busan coach Choi Yoon-gyeom has settled on a regular spine to the team. Koo Sang-min has seven clean sheets in twelve games and should continue in goal, while veteran full-backs Lee Jong-min and Kim Chi-woo rarely miss a game. In the centre of defence, Park Tae-hong seems to have emerged as Choi's preferred partner for Kim Myung-joon, while the midfield triangle of Lee Jae-kwon, Romulo and Ko Kyung-min essentially pick themselves.Who To Watch

Prediction
There's usually very little between these teams but this is a great opportunity for Busan to close the gap on the league leaders. The home side won't enjoy the kind of freedom they got last weekend in the capital, but their tails will be up and a few players might just be hitting form at the right time. Seongnam are still racking up points at a decent rate, but they're not in the best of form and this will be a tight one.Busan IPark 1-0 Seongnam FC
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