K-League 1 duel: Close contest expected between Gangwon and Suwon

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gangneung Stadium (30000 seats)

This should be another engaging encounter at Gangneung Stadium in the K-League 1. Gangwon is in 6th place and host Suwon in 10th position. Read about the match here!

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

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gangwon and Suwon.

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Gangwon form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Gangwon have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.

Gangwon's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Suwon (placed 10th). Attacking player Kim edged out all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.33 out of 10. Kim hit five key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Daegu in a game that was won 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 19 games. Gangwon has won nine of these, drawn four and lost six.

From these home matches, Gangwon have conceded only 3 goals.

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Suwon form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Suwon goalkeeper Hyun Yoo is eager to challenge this, with his 203 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away matches in a row for Suwon, whose coach Do-Kyun could celebrate last time after the win against Gangwon. Kim was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.73. The defender Kim scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Suwon in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Suwon, three draws and four defeats.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Gangwon - Suwon 0-2. Head to head numbers (for the previous four meetings): Gangwon won zero games, one match ended in a draw and Suwon got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three

Top Goalscorers

GangwonD. Islamovic
D. Islamovic
2 goals
GangwonD. Kim
D. Kim
1 goals
GangwonS. Jung
S. Jung
1 goals

Gangwon missing players

Suwon missing players

Gangwon Suwon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 4 1 Played P 0 5 5
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 2 0 Lost L 0 3 3
4 4 2 Scored S 0 3 3
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 4 4
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 80%
60% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 20%
60% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
60% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 60%
 
3.2 3.8 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.6 3.6
4.6 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.2 5.2
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 8.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.6 6.6
2.6 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 2.8
31% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 21%
 
11.4 10.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.8 7.8
3.8 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.6 3.6
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Suwon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in K-League 1
Gangwon Last season Suwon
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 7   Won W   5 14
13 8   Drew D   6 9
15 4   Lost L   8 15
40 25   Scored S   25 53
51 19   Conceded C   29 57
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 74%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 61%
26% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 34%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 18%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   58% 61%
29% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   37% 26%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.7
4.5 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.4
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
2 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
9.6 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.1
3.6 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.5
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 31%
 
9.6 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 10.4
3.9 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

  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 5 4 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 5 13
2 Pohang Steelers 5 3 1 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 8 4 4 10
3 Incheon United 5 3 1 1 4 2 4 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 10
4 Jeju United 5 2 2 1 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8
5 Sangju Sangmu 5 2 1 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 7
6 Gangwon 5 2 1 2 4 3 4 2 0 2 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
7 Daegu 5 2 1 2 5 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 7
8 Seoul 5 1 2 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 4 5 -1 5
9 Suwon Bluewings 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 5
10 Suwon 5 1 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 3 4 -1 4
11 Jeonbuk Motors 5 1 1 3 2 5 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 4
12 Seongnam 5 0 2 3 3 9 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 2

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.