Gangwon are depending on their home crowd to help them to win this game with Sangju Sangmu. Who triumphs at Chuncheon Songam Stadium?
- Gangwon have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in K-League 1
- Sangju Sangmu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Sangju are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
It's no vacation for neither Gangwon nor Sangju Sangmu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gangwon form and stats
When playing at home in the K-League 1, Gangwon have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.
The supporters are hoping that Gangwon will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Ulsan (placed 1st). Midfielder Kim was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.03 (out of ten) in that game. Kim hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Seongnam and winning 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Gangwon perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gangwon as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Gangwon has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 6.
The Gangwon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Gangwon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sangju Sangmu form and stats
There's been little loot from Sangju Sangmu's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the K-League 1. Sangju Sangmu only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Sangju Sangmu, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Sangju are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against Jeju United (placed 4th). Eureka; their first three points in the league after nine matches not winning. As you can tell from the results above, Sangju Sangmu was very dominant against Jeju United, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Myeong, Kim and Lee providing the goals. Goalkeeper Gu got the top player rating of the team with 8.13/10. Gu topped it up with a clean sheet.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Jeonbuk Motors.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sangju Sangmu playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 5 Sangju Sangmu wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Sangju find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Sangju Sangmu in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sangju Sangmu - Gangwon 1-0 was the score in these squads' last head to head match, earlier this season. Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Gangwon, one draw and six wins for Sangju Sangmu. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Cho 11 goals |  D. Kim 8 goals | Y. Kim 2 goals |
Gangwon missing players
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| Gangwon | Sangju Sangmu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 30 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 80% | 80% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 10% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 25% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.1 | 10.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 31% | 29% |
| 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
- 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.
- Sangju Sangmu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Jeju United | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 5 | Incheon United | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Daegu | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Seoul | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Sangju Sangmu | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Suwon | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -21 | 12 |
