K-League 1 match preview: Gangwon against Daegu

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Wed 10.August
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Chuncheon Songam Stadium (30000 seats)

K-League 1: What this match might miss in elegance it should compensate in effort and enthusiasm. Let's go: Gangwon - Daegu!

Insights:
  • Gangwon have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in K-League 1
  • Daegu is in the worst form (0-3-3)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Gangwon form and stats

Gangwon have collected 20 points from their K-League 1 home games so far after 6-2-4. It’s been three wins in a row for Gangwon here at Chuncheon Songam Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

In their previous game, the manager Choi led his Gangwon to a defeat away at Pohang Steelers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Chuncheon Songam Stadium. The attacking player Lee was named "man of the match" for Gangwon with the rating of 7.14/10. Lee scored one goal.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Jeonbuk Motors.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gangwon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 19 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 4 and lost 6.

Take note: 10 of the latest 11 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

Gangwon have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Chuncheon Songam Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gangwon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Daegu form and stats

There's been little loot from Daegu's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the K-League 1. Daegu only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 8 draws.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Incheon United with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Late heartbreak for Daegu in the Incheon United match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime. The attacker Penha got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Penha served one assist and hit three key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Suwon Bluewings.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Daegu in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Daegu, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 9 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures.

The schedule is very tough for Daegu now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A K-League 1 game at Ulsan is waiting in only three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Daegu have scored 14 goals in 12 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Daegu have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Oddly enough, the home side have scored in every league match they've had since NOT scoring against today's opposing team; twelve fixtures ago. The two combatants have met previously this season: Daegu - Gangwon 3-0. Gangwon-Daegu H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gangwon three wins, Daegu six wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GangwonD. Kim
D. Kim
10 goals
DaeguJ. Ko
J. Ko
9 goals
DaeguC. Silva dos Santos
C. Silva dos Santos
6 goals

Gangwon missing players

Daegu missing players

Gangwon Daegu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
8 6 2 Won W 0 0 5
6 2 1 Drew D 2 8 12
11 4 0 Lost L 2 4 8
34 18 6 Scored S 6 14 33
39 15 3 Conceded C 8 20 34
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
84% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 84%
56% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 42% 48%
32% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 28%
16% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
64% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 83% 68%
20% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 24%
20% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 17% 16%
 
4.2 3.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.9 3.8
4.2 4.5 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.2 4.7
1 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.6 9.2 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.2 9.9
3.9 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.6 3.7
35% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 33% 35%
 
9 8.8 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 10.8 9.9
3.7 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Daegu have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in K-League 1
  • Daegu have yet to win a game away.
  • Daegu is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Gangwon have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 25 15 7 3 37 22 13 8 4 1 20 12 12 7 3 2 17 10 15 52
2 Jeonbuk Motors 25 13 7 5 32 22 13 4 6 3 14 14 12 9 1 2 18 8 10 46
3 Pohang Steelers 25 12 7 6 35 22 13 7 4 2 18 9 12 5 3 4 17 13 13 43
4 Incheon United 25 9 10 6 31 28 12 4 5 3 14 11 13 5 5 3 17 17 3 37
5 Jeju United 25 10 7 8 31 30 12 4 5 3 14 13 13 6 2 5 17 17 1 37
6 Suwon 25 9 6 10 40 41 13 6 2 5 31 29 12 3 4 5 9 12 -1 33
7 Seoul 25 7 9 9 30 31 12 4 3 5 15 15 13 3 6 4 15 16 -1 30
8 Gangwon 25 8 6 11 34 39 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 4 7 16 24 -5 30
9 Daegu 25 5 12 8 33 34 13 5 4 4 19 14 12 0 8 4 14 20 -1 27
10 Sangju Sangmu 25 6 8 11 31 30 12 4 3 5 14 12 13 2 5 6 17 18 1 26
11 Suwon Bluewings 25 5 9 11 19 31 12 4 5 3 9 8 13 1 4 8 10 23 -12 24
12 Seongnam 25 4 6 15 24 47 13 1 4 8 11 28 12 3 2 7 13 19 -23 18

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.