Gangwon vs Jeju United match preview: Even contest expected at Gangneung Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 10.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gangneung Stadium (30000 seats)

Jeju United know they will have a grim excursion to Gangwon and their Gangneung Stadium. This guide has all the facts and figures you need ahead of the fixture.

Insights:
  • Gangwon have the fewest points from losing position (2) in K-League 1

The hosts Gangwon saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the K-League 1. That game was an away game at Incheon United, so at least Gangwon are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Gangwon form and stats

5-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Gangwon so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Gangwon, who won 1-0 against Incheon United (placed 8th). Midfielder Guk-yeong Han was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Han hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 85 successful passes (of 92 total).

Ahead of that match, Gangwon lost 0-1 at home to Jeonbuk Motors.

The Gangwon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. Gangwon are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gangneung Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Jeju United form and stats

Playing away, Jeju United have won 5 games, drawn 8 and suffered 3 defeats in the K-League 1 this season. Jeju have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Impressive finishing from Kyeong-jae Kim and Gerso Fernandes secured the home win 2-1 against Seongnam in their previous game. The end of the last match, against Seongnam, was very satisfying as Kyeong-jae Kim scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Attacker Gerso Fernandes got a player rating of 8.14 in the game. "Man of the match" Fernandes scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Pohang Steelers with the score of 4-2.

Jeju United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Jeju as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Gangwon - Jeju United 2-2. Gangwon-Jeju United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gangwon four wins, Jeju United three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Jeju UnitedM. Joo
M. Joo
15 goals
GangwonM. Ko
M. Ko
6 goals
Jeju UnitedG. Fernandes
G. Fernandes
5 goals

Gangwon missing players

Jeju United missing players

Gangwon Jeju United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 4 16 31
8 5 3 Won W 2 5 10
9 6 0 Drew D 2 8 13
13 3 1 Lost L 0 3 8
30 17 7 Scored S 4 20 39
36 10 3 Conceded C 0 13 35
90% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 69% 84%
63% 57% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 56% 68%
40% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 52%
20% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 23%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 10%
43% 29% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 61%
33% 57% 75% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 32%
33% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 23%
 
4.1 4.3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5 4.9
4.1 4.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.8
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.6 10.5 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.9 10.9
3.4 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4
29% 31% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 31%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the fewest points from losing position (2) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the most clean sheets (8) 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 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 31 10 13 8 39 35 15 5 5 5 19 22 16 5 8 3 20 13 4 43
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 Seongnam 32 8 10 14 28 39 15 5 4 6 14 17 17 3 6 8 14 22 -11 34
11 Gangwon 30 8 9 13 30 36 14 5 6 3 17 10 16 3 3 10 13 26 -6 33
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.