K-League 1 fixture prognosis and preview for the Seoul vs Gangwon duel

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Tue 13.September
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium (66080 seats)

Which side will get all the points when Gangwon travel to Seoul? In this preview you'll get all the relevant information and stats necessary to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gangwon is in the best form (4-0-2) in K-League 1

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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Seoul form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Seoul have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games.

Seoul drew their last game, also a home match. Suwon (placed 7th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Midfielder Ki was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.74 (out of ten) in that game. Ki hit five key passes and had 57 successful passes (of 63 total).

0-0 away at Jeonbuk Motors before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Seoul have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

The Seoul fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Gangwon form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Gangwon playing as the away team in the K-League 1 this season. Gangwon have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Gangwon play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Seongnam (placed 12th). As mentioned above, Gangwon was the only team on the pitch versus Seongnam in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Hyun-Jun, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.81. Hyun-Jun scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Sangju Sangmu.

We have checked recent matches where Gangwon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this team's 16 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Gangwon has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 16 games. Gangwon's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head encounter ended Gangwon - Seoul 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Seoul two wins, four draws and Gangwon four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GangwonD. Kim
D. Kim
10 goals
GangwonH. Yang
H. Yang
8 goals
SeoulS. Na
S. Na
7 goals

Seoul missing players

Gangwon missing players

Seoul Gangwon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 2 16 31
9 5 1 Won W 1 5 12
11 4 1 Drew D 1 4 6
11 6 2 Lost L 0 7 13
37 20 6 Scored S 4 24 45
39 20 7 Conceded C 2 26 45
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 94% 97%
77% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 81% 77%
42% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 55%
23% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 35%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 19% 19%
58% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 58%
23% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 26%
26% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 19% 19%
 
5.3 6.3 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.6 4.2
3.6 3.6 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.5
1.6 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.9 1.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 12.3 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.6 9.3
4.4 5.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.7
27% 26% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 39%
 
8.4 7.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 9.6 9.3
4.1 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.6
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gangwon have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon is in the best form (4-0-2) in K-League 1
  • Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Seoul haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 31 18 8 5 46 28 16 10 4 2 26 14 15 8 4 3 20 14 18 62
2 Jeonbuk Motors 31 15 10 6 43 29 15 4 8 3 16 16 16 11 2 3 27 13 14 55
3 Pohang Steelers 31 14 9 8 44 33 15 8 5 2 23 11 16 6 4 6 21 22 11 51
4 Incheon United 31 12 12 7 41 34 15 6 5 4 19 13 16 6 7 3 22 21 7 48
5 Jeju United 31 12 9 10 42 37 16 5 6 5 21 17 15 7 3 5 21 20 5 45
6 Gangwon 31 12 6 13 45 45 15 7 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 24 26 0 42
7 Suwon 31 11 8 12 49 50 16 7 3 6 34 32 15 4 5 6 15 18 -1 41
8 Seoul 31 9 11 11 37 39 15 5 4 6 20 20 16 4 7 5 17 19 -2 38
9 Suwon Bluewings 31 8 10 13 33 41 15 5 6 4 18 15 16 3 4 9 15 26 -8 34
10 Sangju Sangmu 31 7 10 14 37 38 16 4 4 8 19 20 15 3 6 6 18 18 -1 31
11 Daegu 31 6 13 12 35 48 16 6 5 5 20 19 15 0 8 7 15 29 -13 31
12 Seongnam 31 6 6 19 29 59 16 3 4 9 15 33 15 3 2 10 14 26 -30 24

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.