Ulsan, undefeated in 6 games, will take the lead this time Face-off with Gwangju on the 15th

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Ju Min-gyu from Ulsan

Pro Football K League 1 Ulsan HD will try again to regain the lead after two months against Gwangju FC.

Ulsan will play the Hana Bank K League 1 2024 8th round match against Gwangju at Gwangju Stadium at 4:30 pm on the 15th.

This match was originally scheduled to be held on the 20th of last month, but was postponed to this day due to the 2023-2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League schedule.

Until the 12th round held last weekend, Ulsan (24 points) was ranked 2nd, one point behind Pohang Steelers (25 points), who played one more game. They are trailing by two points behind Gimcheon Sangmu (22 points), who have played one more game.

Accordingly, if Ulsan wins against Gwangju on the 15th, they can complete 12 games like the rest of the teams and take the sole lead.

Ulsan took the lead on March 17th, but on the 30th of the same month, it lost 1st and 2nd place to Gimcheon and Pohang and fell to 3rd place, and only on the 1st did it push Gimcheon to 3rd place and rise to 2nd place.

Ulsan was aiming to regain the lead by winning five consecutive wins in rounds 6-7 and 9-11. However, during the same period, Pohang also played an unbeaten game and was unable to regain first place.

In particular, in the 12th round match held on the 12th, Ulsan seemed to have won 2-1 against Gimcheon, but they allowed a 'theater equalizer' in extra time in the second half and missed out on regaining first place.

1st place Pohang also drew 1-1 with Jeju United, so the point gap with 2nd place Ulsan remained at '1 point'.

Accordingly, Ulsan is determined to rise to first place in two months with a sure win against Gwangju on the 15th.

Ulsan's opponent, Gwangju (12 points), is ranked 9th, but is a difficult team to deal with.

Gwangju, which had sparkled with two consecutive wins in the opening game but fell to the bottom of the table with six consecutive losses, seemed to turn things around by winning two consecutive wins in the 10th and 11th rounds. However, they were unable to continue their upward trend as they lost 2-3 to Daegu FC on the 11th.

Gwangju was so strong in attack that even when it lost six games in a row, it only had one scoreless game.

With 19 goals scored in 11 games, they are tied for third place in team scoring along with Pohang (19 goals), following Ulsan (24 goals) and Gangwon (22 goals).

However, with 19 goals conceded, they are third in the team with the most goals conceded after Gangwon (23 goals) and Jeonbuk (22 goals), and their weak back door is their weakness.

Although Ulsan is ahead of Gwangju in terms of objective power, Ulsan is also in a situation where one cannot be at ease, with 'veteran defender' Kim Young-kwon frequently making mistakes.

Ulsan relies on the firepower of Martin Adam and Joo Min-gyu, who are the team's top scorers with three goals each, while Gwangju relies on Gabriel and Lee Hee-gyun, who each scored four goals. 스포츠토토맨