CHANGWON (Interstat) — Gyeongnam and Asan played to a scoreless draw on Saturday at Changwon Football Center, leaving both clubs without a win in the competition. The home side and the visitors each failed to score across 90 minutes and stoppage time, and the match ended with the same score with which it began.

Asan’s record in this competition moved to 0-0-2, and its record across all competitions is also 0-0-2. Gyeongnam’s competition record is now 0-1-1, and its overall record is also 0-1-1. Asan entered the match after a draw at Gimhae, while Gyeongnam had lost its previous match at Cheonan City. Both teams remained within reach of a first win but could not secure it in Changwon.

The first yellow card of the match went to Asan’s Sin Il-yeon in the 30th minute. The booking set the tone for a physical contest that produced seven yellow cards, five of them after halftime.

The first half ended scoreless, with Sin Il-yeon’s caution the only booking before the break. Gyeongnam made a halftime substitution involving Bae Hyun-Seo. Asan made a change involving Sin Il-yeon at the start of the second half, removing the player who had been booked in the first half. The adjustments did not produce a goal, and the match remained level as the teams moved into the final half-hour.

Asan’s Kim Jong-Min was booked in the 51st minute, early in a second half that featured several changes from both benches. The most important part of the game was the continued deadlock after halftime, when both teams tried to reshape their lineups but could not find a finishing breakthrough. Gyeongnam used substitutions involving Kim Hyeong-Won and Cho Sang-Jun in the 70th minute. Two minutes later, Gyeongnam’s Lucao was shown a yellow card. Choi Jung-Won was booked for Gyeongnam in the 78th minute as the home side’s discipline came under pressure.

Asan made a change involving Han Kyo-Won in the 82nd minute. Park J. was booked for Asan in the 85th minute, and Asan used a substitution involving Denisson Silva in the 86th minute. The late changes gave both teams fresh players for the closing stretch, but neither side could turn the adjustments into a goal.

Gyeongnam used a substitution involving Kwon Gi-Pyo in the third minute of second-half stoppage time. Asan made a change involving Choi Chi-Won in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Park Se-Jik was booked for Asan in the fourth minute of stoppage time, and Gyeongnam received a yellow card in the fifth minute of stoppage time. The final whistle arrived with the teams still level and the defensive shape of both sides intact.

Neither team was able to score in the closing minutes, and the late cautions added to the disjointed finish. The final period of stoppage time included a substitution and two yellow cards, but no change to the score. Neither team found a response in the final moments, and the match ended without a goal.

The draw left Asan still unbeaten but without a victory, while Gyeongnam remained without a win after its second match of the competition. Both clubs have now been involved in tight contests, and neither found the finishing touch needed to separate the teams. Asan’s two draws have come in the competition and across all competitions, while Gyeongnam’s loss and draw have left it chasing its first victory. The result kept both teams searching for consistency in the competition.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Gyeongnam 1, Asan 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Asan with a 60.4 percent probability to win.