MOKPO, South Korea (Interstat) — Daejeon Korail scored three goals and held Mokpo to one on Sunday at Mokpo International Football Center Main, taking a 3-1 victory in the competition. Daejeon Korail is now 1-1 in this competition and 1-1 across all competitions. Mokpo is now 0-1-1 in this competition and 0-1-1 across all competitions. The home side scored once, while the visitors finished with three goals.

Daejeon Korail opened the scoring in the 36th minute when Yang Chang-Hoon found the net. Yang played the full 90 minutes and finished with one goal. The visitors took that lead into halftime and then stretched it after the break. Lee In-Kyu scored in the 60th minute and again in the 65th. Lee played all 90 minutes and recorded two goals, the top performance for Daejeon Korail.

Mokpo answered in the 75th minute through Myeong Sik Seo. Seo played the full match and scored Mokpo’s only goal. The home side looked for another goal after Seo’s strike, but Daejeon Korail kept the match under control and did not concede again. The home team could not turn its late pressure into a second goal. Mokpo’s record in this competition and across all competitions remained at 0-1-1.

The match at Mokpo International Football Center Main was the second competition game of the season for both sides. Daejeon Korail had lost its previous competition match to Dangjin Citizen. Mokpo had drawn its previous competition match against Gyeongju KHNP. Daejeon Korail’s win evened its competition record and its overall record. Mokpo remained without a win in the competition and across all competitions.

Lee In-Kyu was Daejeon Korail’s top star. His two goals came in the second half and helped Daejeon Korail turn a one-goal lead into a three-goal advantage. Yang Chang-Hoon’s first-half goal gave the visitors an early edge. Myeong Sik Seo’s second-half goal gave Mokpo hope, but Daejeon Korail held firm over the final 15 minutes.

Daejeon Korail’s decisive stretch came around the hour mark. After Yang’s opener in the 36th minute, Lee scored in the 60th and 65th minutes to put the visitors in command. Mokpo’s goal in the 75th minute trimmed the deficit, but Daejeon Korail protected its lead through the closing stages. The visitors finished with three goals and conceded once.

The result gave Daejeon Korail its first win in this competition and its first win across all competitions this season. Mokpo’s record in this competition and across all competitions remained at 0-1-1. Daejeon Korail’s record in this competition and across all competitions stood at 1-1. The home side’s only goal came from Seo, while Lee led Daejeon Korail with two goals and Yang added one.

Lee In-Kyu, Yang Chang-Hoon and Myeong Sik Seo each played the full 90 minutes. Lee finished with two goals, Yang scored once and Seo scored once. Daejeon Korail’s victory came at Mokpo International Football Center Main in Mokpo. The visitors scored in the 36th, 60th and 65th minutes, and Mokpo scored in the 75th. The goals came in order, with Daejeon Korail scoring three times before Mokpo’s reply.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Daejeon Korail 2, Mokpo 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Daejeon Korail with a 65.3 percent probability to win. Daejeon Korail had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 4 went under the over/under line of 2.5.