K-League 1 match preview: Suwon Bluewings vs Seoul

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon World Cup Stadium (43288 seats)

Suwon Bluewings are banking on their home following to support them to do well in this fixture with Seoul. Who is the winner at Suwon World Cup Stadium?

Insights:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in K-League 1
  • Seoul have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in K-League 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

Suwon Bluewings's results here at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the K-League 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

Suwon Bluewings lost their last game at Gwangju (placed 3rd) after a 0-4 scoreline. Bluewings were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Jeju United.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Suwon Bluewings here at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 14 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.

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Seoul form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Seoul playing as the away team in the K-League 1 this season.

Seoul's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ulsan that finished 2-2. Choi had red hot gloves after the game against Ulsan, shaping the outcome of the game with eight saves made.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Daegu.

Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 12 league matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Seoul's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. Seoul have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played previously this season: Suwon Bluewings - Seoul 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Suwon Bluewings victories, one draw and six Seoul wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SeoulW. Da Silva Barbosa
W. Da Silva Barbosa
7 goals
SeoulS. Kim
S. Kim
5 goals

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Seoul missing players

Suwon Bluewings Seoul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 13 28
5 2 0 Won W 2 4 10
7 3 1 Drew D 1 3 10
16 9 2 Lost L 1 6 8
27 12 1 Scored S 8 21 50
44 22 4 Conceded C 5 20 37
96% 93% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 82%
50% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 57%
25% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 36%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 31% 18%
61% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 71%
14% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 21%
29% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 11%
 
4 3.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.6 4.9
5 4.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.2 4.7
1.9 1.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 10.6 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 12.2 13.1
3.6 3.7 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.9
26% 23% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 37%
 
13 12.6 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11.4 11
4.8 4.9 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 3.9
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Seoul have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in K-League 1
  • Seoul haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest points (9) at home in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest points from losing position (2) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home 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 28 19 4 5 52 31 13 10 2 1 30 15 15 9 2 4 22 16 21 61
2 Pohang Steelers 28 13 11 4 44 34 15 10 3 2 28 18 13 3 8 2 16 16 10 50
3 Gwangju 28 11 9 8 39 28 14 7 3 4 23 10 14 4 6 4 16 18 11 42
4 Jeonbuk Motors 28 12 6 10 34 25 15 9 3 3 22 10 13 3 3 7 12 15 9 42
5 Seoul 28 10 10 8 50 37 15 6 7 2 29 17 13 4 3 6 21 20 13 40
6 Incheon United 28 10 10 8 33 33 14 4 7 3 16 13 14 6 3 5 17 20 0 40
7 Daegu 28 9 11 8 31 33 13 5 6 2 16 13 15 4 5 6 15 20 -2 38
8 Daejeon Citizen 28 9 10 9 43 48 13 6 4 3 20 19 15 3 6 6 23 29 -5 37
9 Jeju United 28 9 7 12 36 37 13 4 5 4 16 15 15 5 2 8 20 22 -1 34
10 Suwon 28 7 5 16 31 57 14 4 3 7 17 26 14 3 2 9 14 31 -26 26
11 Suwon Bluewings 28 5 7 16 27 44 14 2 3 9 12 22 14 3 4 7 15 22 -17 22
12 Gangwon 28 3 12 13 20 33 15 2 5 8 13 20 13 1 7 5 7 13 -13 21

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.