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

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 29.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gangneung Stadium (30000 seats)

Gangwon - Suwon Bluewings: K-League 1 dungeon teams desperate for points and glory. Read all the available stats and facts before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Gangwon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in K-League 1

It's no vacation for neither Gangwon nor Suwon Bluewings 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.

L L W D L

Gangwon form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Gangwon have to build on here at Gangneung Stadium in the K-League 1. When Gangwon hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Seongnam, Suwon and Gangwon), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The regulars are hoping that Gangwon will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the FA Cup fixture against Suwon Bluewings.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Daegu (0-3).

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 17 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 4 and lost 6.

Gangwon have conceded 9 in these home matches. Gangwon has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

W D W W L

Suwon Bluewings form and stats

Suwon Bluewings have only collected 3 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 0-3-3 (6 played).

The supporters enjoyed Suwon Bluewings's previous game versus Gangwon, a FA Cup win (2-0) played at home.

Ahead of that match was the K-League 1 away draw versus Jeju United that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bluewings playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Suwon Bluewings wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Suwon Bluewings's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Suwon Bluewings have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the teams met earlier this season; Suwon Bluewings - Gangwon 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gangwon two wins, three draws and Suwon Bluewings five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GangwonD. Kim
D. Kim
5 goals
GangwonM. Hwang
M. Hwang
2 goals
GangwonD. Islamovic
D. Islamovic
2 goals

Gangwon missing players

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Gangwon Suwon Bluewings
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 8 2 Played P 1 6 14
3 3 1 Won W 0 0 4
5 1 0 Drew D 1 3 5
6 4 1 Lost L 0 3 5
13 8 2 Scored S 2 3 11
18 9 2 Conceded C 2 9 15
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 93%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
36% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 29%
21% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 36%
29% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 29%
36% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 43%
 
3.2 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 3.9
4.5 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.4
1.2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.9 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6 7.6
2.9 3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3
32% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 23% 26%
 
8.7 8.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 3 8 8.8
3.4 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.7 3.9
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Suwon Bluewings have scored away.
  • Gangwon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Suwon Bluewings have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest points (3) away in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest scored goals (3) away in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have yet to win a 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 15 11 3 1 25 10 7 5 2 0 12 5 8 6 1 1 13 5 15 36
2 Jeju United 15 7 5 3 18 12 8 2 4 2 6 6 7 5 1 1 12 6 6 26
3 Jeonbuk Motors 15 7 4 4 15 11 7 1 3 3 4 7 8 6 1 1 11 4 4 25
4 Pohang Steelers 14 6 4 4 16 11 6 3 2 1 7 3 8 3 2 3 9 8 5 22
5 Incheon United 14 5 6 3 16 15 8 2 4 2 8 8 6 3 2 1 8 7 1 21
6 Seoul 15 4 6 5 17 16 7 3 2 2 11 8 8 1 4 3 6 8 1 18
7 Daegu 14 4 5 5 20 19 7 4 1 2 12 6 7 0 4 3 8 13 1 17
8 Sangju Sangmu 15 4 5 6 18 19 6 3 2 1 8 6 9 1 3 5 10 13 -1 17
9 Suwon Bluewings 14 4 5 5 11 15 8 4 2 2 8 6 6 0 3 3 3 9 -4 17
10 Gangwon 14 3 5 6 13 18 8 3 1 4 8 9 6 0 4 2 5 9 -5 14
11 Suwon 15 3 3 9 20 28 7 2 1 4 14 17 8 1 2 5 6 11 -8 12
12 Seongnam 14 2 3 9 11 26 8 0 3 5 5 16 6 2 0 4 6 10 -15 9

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.