K-League 1 duel: Close contest expected between Daegu and Suwon Bluewings

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: DGB Arena (66422 seats)

The home side, Daegu, should be favourites in this game, but Suwon Bluewings have shown both competence and fearlessness. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in K-League 1

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Daegu form and stats

Daegu have played 15 K-League 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Daegu travelled for their previous game, a trip to Seoul that ended 1-1. Soon-min Hwang (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Hwang hit one key pass.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Suwon.

This is expected to be a close game, with Daegu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Daegu as a small favourite), we find eight games. Daegu has won two of these, drawn four and lost two.

Daegu are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup match at Gangwon awaits in three days.

The Daegu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Daegu have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.

Two travels in a row for Bluewings, whose manager K. Park could celebrate last time after the K-League 1 win against Incheon United. Goalkeeper Hyeong-mo Yang got the top player rating of the team with 8.14/10. Yang stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Seoul.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Suwon Bluewings playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Bluewings wins, one draw and five defeats.

Suwon Bluewings are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Suwon Bluewings in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Suwon Bluewings - Daegu 1-1. Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Daegu won four, Suwon Bluewings were winners in three and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

DaeguC. Silva dos Santos
C. Silva dos Santos
9 goals
DaeguE. Bruno da Silva
E. Bruno da Silva
8 goals
DaeguJ. Kim
J. Kim
6 goals

Daegu missing players

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Daegu Suwon Bluewings
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 3 Played P 5 15 32
13 7 1 Won W 1 6 11
10 6 2 Drew D 2 4 9
9 2 0 Lost L 2 5 12
37 19 3 Scored S 5 18 39
35 13 2 Conceded C 6 15 40
88% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 80% 88%
69% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 53% 69%
44% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 53%
12% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 20% 22%
9% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 9%
56% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 33% 50%
34% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 47% 34%
22% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 28%
 
4.1 4.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.3 3.2
4.4 4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.3 3.9
1.6 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.9 11.2 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 9.2 9.4
3.7 4.1 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.2
31% 31% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 39% 39%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) 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 32 18 10 4 53 33 16 10 5 1 30 16 16 8 5 3 23 17 20 64
2 Jeonbuk Motors 32 18 9 5 56 30 17 11 3 3 33 18 15 7 6 2 23 12 26 63
3 Daegu 32 13 10 9 37 35 15 7 6 2 19 13 17 6 4 7 18 22 2 49
4 Suwon 32 12 9 11 44 46 15 7 3 5 21 21 17 5 6 6 23 25 -2 45
5 Jeju United 32 10 14 8 41 37 15 5 5 5 19 22 17 5 9 3 22 15 4 44
6 Suwon Bluewings 32 11 9 12 39 40 17 5 5 7 21 25 15 6 4 5 18 15 -1 42
7 Pohang Steelers 32 11 9 12 35 39 16 5 5 6 15 19 16 6 4 6 20 20 -4 42
8 Gangwon 32 9 10 13 34 39 16 6 7 3 21 13 16 3 3 10 13 26 -5 37
9 Incheon United 32 10 7 15 32 42 17 6 5 6 15 14 15 4 2 9 17 28 -10 37
10 Seoul 32 8 10 14 33 39 17 4 5 8 18 22 15 4 5 6 15 17 -6 34
11 Seongnam 32 8 10 14 28 39 15 5 4 6 14 17 17 3 6 8 14 22 -11 34
12 Gwangju 32 8 5 19 31 44 16 5 3 8 17 20 16 3 2 11 14 24 -13 29

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.