K-League 1 match prediction: Little separates Suwon Bluewings and Gangwon in quality

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon World Cup Stadium (43288 seats)

Suwon Bluewings challenge Gangwon for glory and triumph.

Insights:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have not yet lost a game away.

Both contenders have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Suwon Bluewings so far this season.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Pohang Steelers last time out and are looking for a win here. The attacking player Ryu won the honour of being "man of the match" for Suwon Bluewings with a rating of 7.04/10. Ryu dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Seongnam the opponent.

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 Bluewings have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost five.

Suwon Bluewings aren't scoring a lot here at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Suwon Bluewings are not conceding a lot of goals here at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Gangwon form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first K-League 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 3 away games resulted in 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Gangwon's previous game was their home loss versus Suwon (0-2). Kim, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Kim hit six key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Daegu.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gangwon playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Gangwon wins, six draws and three defeats.

0 goals so far away for Gangwon, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: five wins for Suwon Bluewings, three draws and two wins for Gangwon. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

GangwonD. Islamovic
D. Islamovic
2 goals
Suwon BluewingsS. Kim
S. Kim
1 goals
Suwon BluewingsG. Kim
G. Kim
1 goals

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Gangwon missing players

Suwon Bluewings Gangwon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 0 1 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
4 2 0 Scored S 0 0 4
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 80%
40% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 60%
40% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 60%
 
3.8 3.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 3.2
4.8 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.6
1.6 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.2 6.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 7.8
2.4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.6
33% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 31%
 
9.8 10.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15 11.4
4.4 4.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.8
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Gangwon have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Gangwon have not yet lost a game away.
  • Gangwon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gangwon have yet to win a game away.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Suwon Bluewings Last season Gangwon
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 5   Won W   3 10
10 6   Drew D   5 13
16 8   Lost L   11 15
42 21   Scored S   15 40
50 29   Conceded C   32 51
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
71% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 68%
50% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 26%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
45% 58%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
34% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 29%
34% 26%   Failed to Score F T   37% 32%
 
3.4 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.1
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.5
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.2 9.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 9.6
3.1 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 29%
 
10.1 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10 9.6
3.8 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.9

  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.