Gwangju fights Suwon Bluewings in K-League 1 battle

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gwangju World Cup Stadium (44118 seats)

Struggling Gwangju will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Suwon Bluewings in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Gwangju have the most matches under the total-line (10) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have scored at least twice as many goals away as Gwangju have scored home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Gwangju form and stats

Gwangju's results here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium in the K-League 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Gwangju drew their last game, also a home match. Jeju United (placed 6th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Reis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Reis hit three key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).

Heartbreak before that as Gwangju lost 1-2 at Incheon United's place.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gwangju here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Gwangju are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Bluewings's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Daegu that finished 1-1. Defender Doneil Henry was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Henry hit the woodwork once and won 9 of 12 duels. Bluewings were so close to winning the game against Daegu, hitting the post three times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ulsan that ended 1-1.

After this away game Suwon Bluewings return home for a FA Cup game against Anyang. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Bluewings have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Suwon Bluewings as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Suwon Bluewings - Gwangju 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gwangju one win, three draws and Suwon Bluewings six victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Suwon BluewingsG. Kim
G. Kim
4 goals
Suwon BluewingsS. Jeong
S. Jeong
4 goals
GwangjuF. de Sousa Silva
F. de Sousa Silva
3 goals

Gwangju missing players

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Gwangju Suwon Bluewings
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 1 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 1 3 7
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
10 4 3 Lost L 0 2 4
13 4 0 Scored S 1 9 22
19 6 4 Conceded C 0 5 15
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
62% 43% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 65%
31% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 41%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
38% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 53%
19% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 41%
50% 71% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 14.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.9 9.6
4.2 5.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.3
19% 11% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 39%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gwangju have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have the most matches under the total-line (10) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have scored at least twice as many goals away as Gwangju have scored 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 16 8 6 2 25 14 7 4 3 0 14 4 9 4 3 2 11 10 11 30
2 Jeonbuk Motors 15 8 5 2 28 16 9 5 2 2 18 12 6 3 3 0 10 4 12 29
3 Suwon Bluewings 17 7 6 4 22 15 9 4 3 2 13 10 8 3 3 2 9 5 7 27
4 Daegu 16 7 5 4 21 19 7 3 3 1 9 7 9 4 2 3 12 12 2 26
5 Pohang Steelers 16 6 6 4 19 19 8 2 4 2 6 9 8 4 2 2 13 10 0 24
6 Jeju United 17 4 9 4 18 17 8 3 3 2 10 10 9 1 6 2 8 7 1 21
7 Incheon United 16 5 3 8 16 26 9 4 3 2 10 8 7 1 0 6 6 18 -10 18
8 Suwon 17 4 5 8 19 28 9 3 2 4 13 15 8 1 3 4 6 13 -9 17
9 Seongnam 13 4 4 5 10 11 7 3 1 3 6 6 6 1 3 2 4 5 -1 16
10 Gangwon 16 3 7 6 15 20 8 2 4 2 9 7 8 1 3 4 6 13 -5 16
11 Seoul 13 4 2 7 15 17 6 2 1 3 8 7 7 2 1 4 7 10 -2 14
12 Gwangju 16 4 2 10 13 19 7 2 1 4 4 6 9 2 1 6 9 13 -6 14

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.