Daejeon Citizen vs Gwangju FC 3-2

Gwangju FC led 2-0 after 28 minutes, but Daejeon Citizen came back to win 3-2 at Daejeon World Cup Stadium. Seo Jin-Su’s penalty on 74 minutes and Diogo Oliveira’s equaliser on 78 completed the turnaround.

John Iredale opened the scoring for Gwangju in the 3rd minute from Kwon Sung-yun’s assist, then struck again on 28 minutes from Kim Dong-Hwa’s pass to make it 2-0. Daejeon had already sent on Diogo Oliveira for Masatoshi Ishida on 29 minutes. At half-time they were still two down after a first half that belonged to the visitors on the scoreboard.

The home side pulled one back when Seo, who had come on in the 45th minute, converted from the spot on 74 minutes. Four minutes later, Oliveira, who had come on in the 29th minute, equalised from Gustav Ludwigson’s assist to make it 2-2, and Daejeon protected the comeback through the closing stages. Gwangju made three changes on 73 minutes, including taking off both John Iredale and Min Sang-gi, while Daejeon also replaced Um Won-Sang with Seo Jin-Su at the break and later sent on Jeong Jae-hee for Joo Min-Kyu on 85 minutes.

Daejeon had 60% of the possession, 16 shots to Gwangju’s 11 and 9 corners to 3, while Gwangju registered more shots on target, 6 to 5. Daejeon had 0 yellow cards and 0 red cards, while Gwangju finished with 3 bookings and no send-offs.

Yu Je-Ho was booked in the 31st minute, Ri Yong-jik in the 61st and Kim Dong-Hwa in the 74th minute. There were no red cards.