“Gun-hee Lee opens the scoring for Gimcheon Sangmu, finishing off a move assisted by Yun-sang Hong after the visitors had already forced two early corners.”
“Yago Cariello equalizes right on the stroke of halftime, capitalizing on a spell of Ulsan pressure that included a Park Tae Jun booking and a string of corners.”
Pivotal“Fresh off the bench, Sang-woo Kang fires Ulsan in front, converting a Lee Dong-Gyeong assist just four minutes after coming on.”
Pivotal“Yago Cariello completes his brace, latching onto a Thomas Oude Kotte assist to make it 3-1 and put the result beyond doubt.”
Pivotal
Ulsan HD
Gimcheon Sangmu
Outstanding performance
Ulsan HD•MidfielderGimcheon Sangmu dominated the underlying numbers with 55% possession, 92 dangerous attacks to Ulsan's 58, and 12 corners to 5, but none of that mattered on the scoreboard. Ulsan HD were ruthlessly efficient, converting three of their three shots on target while Gimcheon managed just one shot on target all match. Gun-hee Lee's early strike gave the visitors the perfect start, but Yago Cariello's stoppage-time leveler right before the break shifted the momentum entirely, and his saved penalty just after the restart proved the moment that broke Gimcheon's spirit. Substitute Sang-woo Kang struck within four minutes of coming on to put Ulsan ahead, and Cariello completed his brace late on to seal a result that will lift Ulsan up the table while leaving Gimcheon to rue a night of dominant pressure without end product.
How entertaining was this match?
Match ends with a score of 3-1.
On Lim Dug Keun, off Kang-hyeon Lee.
Benji Michel comes on for Lee Dong-Gyeong.
KIM Young-gwon is on, and Seo Myung Kwan is off.
On Jae-sang replaces Yago Cariello.
Corner awarded.
On Jae-Min Jeong replaces Lee Gun Hee.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
assist: Thomas Oude Kotte
Goal! Yago Cariello scores to make it 3-1, assisted by Thomas Oude Kotte.
Corner awarded.
On Jang Si-young, off Lee Jin Hyun.
On Lee Gyu Sung, off Darijan Bojanic.
On Kim In Kyun, off Yun-sang Hong.
Corner awarded.
assist: Dong-gyeong Lee
Goal! Kang Sangwoo scores to make it 2-1, assisted by Lee Dong-Gyeong.
On Byung-kwan Jeon replaces Ko Jae Hyeon.
Corner awarded.
On comes Kang Sangwoo, off goes Lee Hee Gyun.
Penalty saved by Yago Cariello.
Corner awarded.
On Yi-seok Kim replaces Park Tae Jun.
On comes Lee Sang Heon, off goes Park Se Jin.
Corner awarded.
First half ends with the score 1-1.
Yellow card issued to Jung-taek Lee.
Goal! Yago Cariello scores, making it 1-1.
Yellow card shown to Park Tae Jun.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
assist: Yun-sang Hong
Goal! Lee Gun Hee scores to make it 0-1, assisted by Yun-sang Hong.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Jong-Hyeok Kim.
Ulsan HD look to snap a three-match losing skid and stay in touch with the K League 1 title race when they host struggling Gimcheon Sangmu. The visitors have stumbled into a run of draws and sit near the relegation zone, but their stubborn defense could make this a tighter test than Ulsan's home status suggests.
