Gimcheon Sangmu FC vs FC Anyang 0-1

FC Anyang left Gimcheon Stadium with a 1-0 win after Branislav Knezevic scored in the 37th minute, finishing off Ivan Jukić’s assist. Gimcheon Sangmu FC never found an equaliser.

The only goal of the first half came on 37 minutes, when Knezevic put FC Anyang ahead from Jukić’s pass. Gimcheon Sangmu FC went in 1-0 down at the break.

FC Anyang kept that lead through a series of second-half changes. They made two substitutions on 68 minutes, with Chae Hyun-woo and Kim Jung-Hyun going off for Choi Geon-joo and Lee Jin-Yong, then sent on Kim Un for Breno Herculano Almeida in the same window. Gimcheon responded with two changes on 77 minutes, bringing on Kim In-gyun and Park Jin-Seong, before making two more late switches through Kang Ju-Hyeok and Min Kyeong-hyeon on 86 and 87 minutes. FC Anyang then replaced Kim Young-Chan with Kim Ji-Hun on 77 minutes and took off Jukić for Kang Kim on 78, while Gimcheon stayed without a goal despite the late reshuffle.

The statistics showed how narrow the match was. Gimcheon had 51% of the possession and 9 corners to FC Anyang’s 1, while the visitors had more shots, 8 to 5, and more on target, 4 to 3. FC Anyang also finished with 2 yellow cards to Gimcheon’s 1 and no red cards for either side.

Breno Herculano Almeida was booked for FC Anyang in the 25th minute, and Lee Jin-Yong was also yellow-carded on 84 minutes after coming on in the 68th minute. Gimcheon’s only booking went to Kim Min-kyu in first-half stoppage time.