Jeonbuk Motors supporters put their faith in manager S. Kim to deliver victory against Suwon Bluewings

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 05:20 (UTC)
Venue: Jeonju World Cup Stadium (42477 seats)

K-League 1: Jeonbuk Motors are ready for the visit of Suwon Bluewings in what is nearly guaranteed to be an exciting football match. Here's a thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals (50) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in K-League 1

There haven't been much to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a AFC Champions League match only three days back. This match was also played here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Suwon Bluewings have had more rest.

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Jeonbuk Motors form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 15 K-League 1 games here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium for Jeonbuk Motors. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Bangkok Glass (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in the AFC Champions League last time out and are looking for a win here. The hometeam coach S. Kim made a successful contribution in the game against Bangkok Glass (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties), bringing on Gustavo who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

A 0-0 draw away in the K-League 1 before that, with Ulsan the opponent.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Jeonbuk's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played ten games, won six matches, drawn two and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Jeonbuk as they are travelling to their away game against Gwangju in the K-League 1. That match is three days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Jeonbuk are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 15 league matches. Jeonbuk Motors have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

5-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Suwon Bluewings in their K-League 1 matches away.

Bluewings's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Gwangju that finished 2-2. Defender Sang-ki Min was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Min scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pohang Steelers that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Suwon Bluewings playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, two draws and two home wins.

After this away game Bluewings return home for a K-League 1 game against Gangwon. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bluewings have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bluewings have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other previously this season: Jeonbuk - Suwon Bluewings 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jeonbuk seven wins, two draws and Suwon Bluewings one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jeonbuk MotorsS. Iljutcenko
S. Iljutcenko
13 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsG. da Silva Sousa
G. da Silva Sousa
11 goals
Jeonbuk MotorsK. Han
K. Han
8 goals

Jeonbuk Motors missing players

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Jeonbuk Motors Suwon Bluewings
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 15 4 Played P 4 13 28
14 9 2 Won W 0 5 9
9 3 1 Drew D 2 4 9
5 3 1 Lost L 2 4 10
50 30 8 Scored S 2 17 35
29 18 2 Conceded C 5 14 35
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 77% 86%
75% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 71%
46% 60% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 57%
36% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 21%
21% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
57% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 54%
32% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 46% 36%
21% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 25%
 
4.5 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.1 3.2
3.1 3.3 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.8 3.7
1.4 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10 11.6 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 9.8
4.6 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.3 3.3
38% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 40% 38%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeonbuk Motors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the fewest conceded goals (29) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals (30) at home in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals (50) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors have the the best goal difference (+21) in K-League 1
  • Jeonbuk Motors haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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 28 15 10 3 46 30 15 9 5 1 29 16 13 6 5 2 17 14 16 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 28 14 9 5 50 29 15 9 3 3 30 18 13 5 6 2 20 11 21 51
3 Suwon 28 11 8 9 40 40 13 6 3 4 18 17 15 5 5 5 22 23 0 41
4 Daegu 28 11 8 9 33 33 13 6 5 2 17 12 15 5 3 7 16 21 0 41
5 Pohang Steelers 28 10 9 9 29 30 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 5 4 5 17 17 -1 39
6 Suwon Bluewings 28 9 9 10 35 35 15 4 5 6 18 21 13 5 4 4 17 14 0 36
7 Incheon United 27 10 6 11 32 37 14 6 5 3 15 11 13 4 1 8 17 26 -5 36
8 Jeju United 27 7 13 7 30 31 13 4 5 4 17 20 14 3 8 3 13 11 -1 34
9 Gwangju 27 8 5 14 27 33 13 5 3 5 14 12 14 3 2 9 13 21 -6 29
10 Seongnam 28 6 10 12 23 34 14 4 4 6 12 17 14 2 6 6 11 17 -11 28
11 Gangwon 25 6 9 10 26 30 12 4 6 2 16 9 13 2 3 8 10 21 -4 27
12 Seoul 28 6 8 14 28 37 14 3 3 8 15 20 14 3 5 6 13 17 -9 26

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.