Crucial battle in the "wrong" end of the K-League 1, with both Incheon United and Gangwon suffering more worry than happiness. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 9th and the guests in 11th spot.
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (12) in K-League 1
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Incheon and Gangwon.
Incheon United form and stats
Incheon United's results here at Sungui Arena Park in the K-League 1 have been very modest with 1 victory, 6 draws and 3 defeats. With eight home K-League 1 games in a row without a win, the Incheon United fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Incheon United are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 250 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Fernandes).
Incheon United's previous fixture was a FA Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 3-2 vs Suwon Bluewings. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Preceding that match was a K-League 1 defeat to Pohang Steelers (0-1).Low on goals? In this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Incheon here at Sungui Arena Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games).
Gangwon form and stats
There's been little loot from Gangwon's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the K-League 1. Gangwon only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Gangwon, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Two away games in a row for Gangwon, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Pohang Steelers in the FA Cup.
Before that, Gangwon travelled to Suwon and returned home with a draw after the K-League 1 game finished 1-1.Gangwon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
A tale of few goals? 15 of this club's latest 19 league matches have contained two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gangwon as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Gangwon in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also encountered each other earlier this campaign: Gangwon - Incheon United 0-2. Incheon United-Gangwon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Incheon United four wins, Gangwon four wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Cheon 3 goals |   S. Park 3 goals | B. Kim 2 goals |
Incheon United missing players
Gangwon missing players
| Incheon United | Gangwon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 84% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 63% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 63% |
| 32% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 26% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 37% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 42% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 53% |
| 5.8 | 6.9 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 13.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.6 | 9.9 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 21% | 15% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 24% |
| 10.9 | 10.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 14.9 | 13.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | 4.7 |
- Gangwon have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (12) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (6) away in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the most matches under the total-line (15) in K-League 1
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | Seoul | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Jeju United | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Gwangju | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Jeonbuk Motors | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Daejeon Citizen | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 8 | Daegu | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Incheon United | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Suwon | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 9 |
