Gangwon contests Gwangju in K-League 1 game

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gangneung Stadium (30000 seats)

K-League 1: Tipsway are looking at an interesting and highly important fight involving Gangwon and Gwangju at Gangneung Stadium. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Gangwon have the fewest points from losing position (3) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest clean sheets (6) in K-League 1

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an active fixture!

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Gangwon form and stats

Gangwon have played 15 K-League 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Gangwon drew their last game, also a home match. Jeju United (placed 5th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. The Gangwon goalkeeper Beom-su Lee was crucial in the match against Jeju United last time out, making eight saves. The hometeam coach B. Kim made a successful contribution in the game against Jeju United, bringing on Jeong-hyeob Lee who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Dae-won Kim got a match rating of 8.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Kim scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Incheon United.

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

Gangwon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Gangwon have conceded only 12 goals.

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Gwangju form and stats

Gwangju have only collected 11 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 3-2-10 (15 played). With the Gwangju losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Home advantage was not enough for Gwangju in their previous game, as they lost their K-League 1-match, hosting Pohang Steelers, 2-3. Late heartbreak for Gwangju in the Pohang Steelers match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime. Soon-min Lee got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Lee hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, the Gwangju manager H. Kim faced defeat when travelling to Ulsan and losing 0-1.

We have checked recent matches where Gwangju have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, three draws and six defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gwangju as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Gwangju have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Gwangju - Gangwon 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Gangwon victories, five draws and two Gwangju wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GangwonM. Ko
M. Ko
6 goals
GangwonD. Kim
D. Kim
5 goals
GwangjuJ. Kim
J. Kim
5 goals

Gangwon missing players

Gwangju missing players

Gangwon Gwangju
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 2 Played P 3 15 31
8 5 0 Won W 0 3 8
10 7 2 Drew D 0 2 5
13 3 0 Lost L 3 10 18
32 19 0 Scored S 1 13 30
38 12 0 Conceded C 5 22 42
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
65% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 65%
42% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 42%
23% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 16%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
45% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 42%
32% 53% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 19%
32% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 67% 47% 45%
 
4.1 4.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.1 3.6
4.2 4.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.5 5
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 2.3 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.8 9.9
3.4 3.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 4
30% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 24%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the fewest points from losing position (3) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the most clean sheets (8) at home in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gwangju have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest clean sheets (6) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the fewest points (11) away in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the the worst goal difference (-12) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju 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 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 Incheon United 32 10 7 15 32 42 17 6 5 6 15 14 15 4 2 9 17 28 -10 37
9 Seoul 32 8 10 14 33 39 17 4 5 8 18 22 15 4 5 6 15 17 -6 34
10 Gangwon 31 8 10 13 32 38 15 5 7 3 19 12 16 3 3 10 13 26 -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 31 8 5 18 30 42 16 5 3 8 17 20 15 3 2 10 13 22 -12 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.