Soccer betting preview: Gangwon welcomes Seoul in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gangneung Stadium (30000 seats)

The home crowds look for a win in this match, and the home advantage should work versus a struggling visitor. Gangwon are in 8th place while the guesting Seoul stress at 10th.

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

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an in-your-face game!

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Gangwon form and stats

Gangwon, who have the most clean sheets (8) at home in K-League 1, have collected 25 points from their K-League 1 home games so far after 6-7-3.

The Gangwon supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Gwangju in K-League 1 and win 2-1. Yeong-bin Kim was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Kim scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 1 of 5 duels.

Before that, Gangwon drew at home versus Jeju United.

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 13 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn three and lost three.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gangwon, as the FA Cup home game vs Daegu is only three days away.

Gangwon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 16 games. Gangwon have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Seoul form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Seoul's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Daegu that finished 1-1. The attacker Sang-Ho Na got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Na served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).

Prior to that result Seoul won their away game at Suwon Bluewings. The scoreline was 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Seoul playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were four Seoul wins, five draws and three defeats.

Seoul have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Seoul have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other previously this season: Gangwon - Seoul 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gangwon four wins, four draws and Seoul two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SeoulS. Na
S. Na
9 goals
GangwonM. Ko
M. Ko
6 goals
GangwonD. Kim
D. Kim
5 goals

Gangwon missing players

Seoul missing players

Gangwon Seoul
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 15 32
9 6 2 Won W 3 4 8
10 7 1 Drew D 0 5 10
13 3 1 Lost L 2 6 14
34 21 4 Scored S 6 15 33
39 13 2 Conceded C 4 17 39
91% 81% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 91%
66% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 62%
44% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 27% 41%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 16%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 9%
47% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 50%
31% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 25%
31% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 27% 34%
 
4.3 4.7 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.6 4.3
4.1 4.4 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 3.9
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.8 10.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 9.2 10.2
3.5 4.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.8 3.9
30% 32% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 26% 26%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon have the fewest points from losing position (6) 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 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.