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 27.August
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon World Cup Stadium (43288 seats)

Gangwon know they have a hard trip to Suwon Bluewings and their Suwon World Cup Stadium. This article has all the knowledge you need ahead of the game.

Insights:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in K-League 1

Suwon Bluewings and Gangwon should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

The total K-League 1 results playing at home this season for Suwon Bluewings are 5-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Suwon Bluewings are returning here after visiting Jeju United and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ryu and Oh scored the goal(s). Attacking player Oh outshone all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.03 out of 10. Oh scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Seongnam in a game that was won 4-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Suwon Bluewings perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Suwon Bluewings as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Suwon Bluewings has won 5 of these, drawn 6 and lost 4.

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 9 from 13 matches.

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Gangwon form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gangwon so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-7 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Gangwon have lost on their last two travels.

Gangwon's previous game was their home loss versus Suwon (2-3). The attacker Lee got a match rating of 7.4 in that game. Lee scored one goal.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Daegu.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Gangwon in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Gangwon, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Gangwon have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Gangwon struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Bluewings have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Gangwon.

The squads have played each other before in this season, with the final score Gangwon - Suwon Bluewings 1-1 entered in the official records. Sang-Gi (Bluewings) was sent off by the referee when these teams last met.

Top Goalscorers

GangwonD. Kim
D. Kim
10 goals
Suwon BluewingsH. Oh
H. Oh
6 goals
GangwonH. Yang
H. Yang
5 goals

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Gangwon missing players

Suwon Bluewings Gangwon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
7 5 1 Won W 1 2 9
9 5 0 Drew D 0 4 6
11 3 2 Lost L 2 7 12
25 13 1 Scored S 2 16 37
33 9 2 Conceded C 4 24 42
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
59% 38% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 85% 81%
41% 23% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 69% 56%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 33%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 19%
48% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 69% 63%
22% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 22%
41% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 23% 19%
 
3.9 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 4.7 4.3
4.9 4.8 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.9 4.1
1.7 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 10 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 10 9.6
3.4 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.3 3.8
27% 25% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 36%
 
10.3 9.1 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 9.2 9.2
4.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.1 3.7
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 (4) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) 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 27 17 7 3 43 23 14 9 4 1 24 12 13 8 3 2 19 11 20 58
2 Jeonbuk Motors 27 14 7 6 34 25 13 4 6 3 14 14 14 10 1 3 20 11 9 49
3 Pohang Steelers 27 12 8 7 36 28 14 7 5 2 19 10 13 5 3 5 17 18 8 44
4 Incheon United 27 10 11 6 35 30 13 5 5 3 17 12 14 5 6 3 18 18 5 41
5 Jeju United 27 11 7 9 37 32 14 5 5 4 20 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 5 40
6 Seoul 27 9 9 9 34 32 13 5 3 5 17 15 14 4 6 4 17 17 2 36
7 Suwon 27 10 6 11 43 44 14 6 2 6 31 30 13 4 4 5 12 14 -1 36
8 Gangwon 27 9 6 12 37 42 14 7 2 5 21 18 13 2 4 7 16 24 -5 33
9 Suwon Bluewings 27 7 9 11 25 33 13 5 5 3 13 9 14 2 4 8 12 24 -8 30
10 Daegu 27 5 12 10 33 39 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 0 8 6 14 25 -6 27
11 Sangju Sangmu 27 6 8 13 33 34 14 4 3 7 16 16 13 2 5 6 17 18 -1 26
12 Seongnam 27 4 6 17 25 53 13 1 4 8 11 28 14 3 2 9 14 25 -28 18

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.