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

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gimcheon Stadium

Develop their own playing style or look more at the opposing team? Both Sangju Sangmu and Suwon Bluewings need to try something separate than earlier this season. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Sangju Sangmu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in K-League 1

Both squads have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic game!

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Sangju Sangmu form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Sangju Sangmu have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 17 games. Sangju are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

An away draw last time out for Sangju Sangmu, facing Daegu in a game that ended 1-1. It's a bit interesting, but the exact score line 1-1 has been on "repeat" three times in a row. Lee was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Lee won 10 of 15 duels.

Before that, Sangju played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Seoul.

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 Sangju Sangmu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 0.

Take note: 10 of the most recent 13 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.

The Sangju Sangmu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 17 matches. Sangju's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Sangju Sangmu has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

Suwon Bluewings have only collected 13 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 3-4-9 (16 played).

Lee, An and Oh scored in Bluewings's previous match, the home game against Suwon that ended 3-0. Midfielder Lee was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Lee scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Daegu.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Suwon Bluewings in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Suwon Bluewings, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bluewings as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Suwon Bluewings have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Suwon Bluewings is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Seongnam, Daegu and Suwon Bluewings.

Head 2 Head

Suwon Bluewings have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (1-3-0) when facing Sangju Sangmu.

The previous head-to-head game ended Suwon Bluewings - Sangju 0-0, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Suwon BluewingsH. Oh
H. Oh
13 goals
Sangju SangmuG. Kim
G. Kim
6 goals

Sangju Sangmu missing players

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sangju Sangmu Suwon Bluewings
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 3 Played P 4 17 37
8 5 0 Won W 2 4 10
14 5 3 Drew D 1 4 11
15 8 0 Lost L 1 9 16
44 21 3 Scored S 6 17 41
45 21 3 Conceded C 6 26 48
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 89%
70% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 65%
43% 39% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 46%
24% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 22%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 14%
59% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 49%
24% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 24%
24% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 41% 38%
 
4.3 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 4.2
5.3 5.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.8 4.7
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
10.6 11.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.6 9.4
4.4 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.8
27% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 29%
 
11.7 11.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.6 10.4
4.6 5.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5 4.4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Sangju Sangmu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) 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 33 19 9 5 48 28 17 11 4 2 28 14 16 8 5 3 20 14 20 66
2 Jeonbuk Motors 33 17 10 6 47 31 16 5 8 3 17 16 17 12 2 3 30 15 16 61
3 Pohang Steelers 33 15 10 8 47 34 15 8 5 2 23 11 18 7 5 6 24 23 13 55
4 Incheon United 33 12 13 8 41 35 16 6 6 4 19 13 17 6 7 4 22 22 6 49
5 Jeju United 33 12 10 11 45 41 17 5 7 5 23 19 16 7 3 6 22 22 4 46
6 Gangwon 33 13 6 14 47 47 16 8 2 6 23 20 17 5 4 8 24 27 0 45
7 Suwon 33 12 8 13 51 53 17 8 3 6 36 33 16 4 5 7 15 20 -2 44
8 Seoul 33 10 11 12 38 42 16 6 4 6 21 20 17 4 7 6 17 22 -4 41
9 Daegu 33 7 14 12 40 50 17 7 5 5 23 19 16 0 9 7 17 31 -10 35
10 Sangju Sangmu 33 8 10 15 39 40 17 5 4 8 20 20 16 3 6 7 19 20 -1 34
11 Suwon Bluewings 33 8 10 15 35 46 17 5 6 6 20 20 16 3 4 9 15 26 -11 34
12 Seongnam 33 6 7 20 30 61 17 3 5 9 16 34 16 3 2 11 14 27 -31 25

Table
  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 33 19 9 5 48 28 17 11 4 2 28 14 16 8 5 3 20 14 20 66
2 Jeonbuk Motors 33 17 10 6 47 31 16 5 8 3 17 16 17 12 2 3 30 15 16 61
3 Pohang Steelers 33 15 10 8 47 34 15 8 5 2 23 11 18 7 5 6 24 23 13 55
4 Incheon United 33 12 13 8 41 35 16 6 6 4 19 13 17 6 7 4 22 22 6 49
5 Jeju United 33 12 10 11 45 41 17 5 7 5 23 19 16 7 3 6 22 22 4 46
6 Gangwon 33 13 6 14 47 47 16 8 2 6 23 20 17 5 4 8 24 27 0 45
7 Suwon 33 12 8 13 51 53 17 8 3 6 36 33 16 4 5 7 15 20 -2 44
8 Seoul 33 10 11 12 38 42 16 6 4 6 21 20 17 4 7 6 17 22 -4 41
9 Daegu 33 7 14 12 40 50 17 7 5 5 23 19 16 0 9 7 17 31 -10 35
10 Sangju Sangmu 33 8 10 15 39 40 17 5 4 8 20 20 16 3 6 7 19 20 -1 34
11 Suwon Bluewings 33 8 10 15 35 46 17 5 6 6 20 20 16 3 4 9 15 26 -11 34
12 Seongnam 33 6 7 20 30 61 17 3 5 9 16 34 16 3 2 11 14 27 -31 25

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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.