K-League 1 news and preview: Gwangju small front runner to overpower Suwon Bluewings

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangju World Cup Stadium (44118 seats)

Gwangju have won 39 points performing as the team playing at home. Suwon Bluewings have got 22 points being the away side. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in K-League 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gwangju form and stats

The story so far in the K-League 1 for Gwangju at their home stadium (Gwangju World Cup Stadium) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Gwangju travelled for their previous game, a trip to Incheon United that ended 2-2. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Incheon United as Lee's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Pohang Steelers that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gwangju handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Gwangju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Gwangju are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Suwon Bluewings so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Bulthuis secured the home win 1-0 against Jeju United in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Kim when Bulthuis scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute.

Before that, Bluewings travelled to Jeonbuk Motors and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Suwon Bluewings are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Suwon Bluewings find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Bluewings have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other previously this match year: Gwangju - Suwon Bluewings 2-1. Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Gwangju won three, Suwon Bluewings triumphed in six and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GwangjuJ. Asani
J. Asani
6 goals
Suwon BluewingsB. An
B. An
4 goals
Suwon BluewingsF. Mulić
F. Mulić
4 goals

Gwangju missing players

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Gwangju Suwon Bluewings
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
10 6 1 Won W 1 3 5
9 3 1 Drew D 2 4 7
8 4 1 Lost L 0 6 15
35 19 2 Scored S 4 15 27
28 10 1 Conceded C 3 18 40
89% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
74% 69% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 85% 74%
30% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 54% 48%
19% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 22%
11% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
41% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 77% 63%
37% 46% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 15%
33% 46% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 26%
 
4.6 4.9 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 3.9
3.6 2.9 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.9 5.1
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.3 2.5 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.8 14 18.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.5 11.1
5 5.5 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.7 3.7
26% 27% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 27%
 
11.3 10.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.2 12.9
4.1 3.7 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 4.6
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest points from losing position (2) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ulsan 27 19 3 5 50 29 13 10 2 1 30 15 14 9 1 4 20 14 21 60
2 Pohang Steelers 27 13 10 4 43 33 15 10 3 2 28 18 12 3 7 2 15 15 10 49
3 Jeonbuk Motors 27 12 5 10 33 24 14 9 2 3 21 9 13 3 3 7 12 15 9 41
4 Seoul 27 10 9 8 48 35 14 6 6 2 27 15 13 4 3 6 21 20 13 39
5 Gwangju 27 10 9 8 35 28 13 6 3 4 19 10 14 4 6 4 16 18 7 39
6 Incheon United 27 9 10 8 31 32 14 4 7 3 16 13 13 5 3 5 15 19 -1 37
7 Daejeon Citizen 27 9 9 9 42 47 13 6 4 3 20 19 14 3 5 6 22 28 -5 36
8 Daegu 27 8 11 8 30 33 12 4 6 2 15 13 15 4 5 6 15 20 -3 35
9 Jeju United 27 9 7 11 36 36 13 4 5 4 16 15 14 5 2 7 20 21 0 34
10 Suwon 27 7 5 15 30 55 13 4 3 6 16 24 14 3 2 9 14 31 -25 26
11 Suwon Bluewings 27 5 7 15 27 40 14 2 3 9 12 22 13 3 4 6 15 18 -13 22
12 Gangwon 27 3 11 13 19 32 14 2 4 8 12 19 13 1 7 5 7 13 -13 20

Read more about K-League 1

The K League 1 is the top level of the South Korean football league pyramid. It was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League, later renamed K League Classic and in 2018 renamed K League 1. It currently has twelve teams playing 33 fixtures each, then enter championship and relegation rounds.