K-League 1 duel: Close contest expected between Suwon Bluewings and Gwangju

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon World Cup Stadium (43288 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Suwon Bluewings are in the 7th position while the guesting Gwangju worry at 9th.

Insights:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in K-League 1
  • Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Suwon Bluewings have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games. The Suwon Bluewings manager K. Park might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Bluewings are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 255 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Kim Min-Woo).

Bluewings drew their last game, 0-0 away at Pohang Steelers (placed 3rd). Doneil Henry was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Henry won 7 of 11 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Suwon with the scoreline 0-3.

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 six and lost four.

Bluewings are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bluewings's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gwangju form and stats

Gwangju have only collected 10 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 3-1-9 (13 played).

Gwangju go into this game after a win, the home game against Seongnam that ended 2-0. Pyeong-guk Yun was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.33. The agile goalkeeper Yun stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Daegu at their stadium, the result 2-1.

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

The attacking power of Gwangju when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Gwangju have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought earlier this season: Gwangju - Bluewings 3-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Suwon Bluewings victories, two draws and one Gwangju win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Suwon BluewingsG. Kim
G. Kim
6 goals
Suwon BluewingsM. Kim
M. Kim
5 goals
BluewingsK. Lee
K. Lee
4 goals

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Gwangju missing players

Suwon Bluewings Gwangju
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 13 26
9 4 1 Won W 2 3 8
8 4 1 Drew D 1 1 4
10 6 2 Lost L 1 9 14
33 16 4 Scored S 8 11 25
33 19 5 Conceded C 5 19 31
85% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
70% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 62%
56% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 46% 35%
19% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 12%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
52% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 46% 38%
37% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 23%
26% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 46% 46%
 
3.2 3.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.2 3.9
3.7 3.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10.1 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.5 10
3.3 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3 4
38% 36% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 28% 24%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gwangju have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gwangju haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Suwon Bluewings have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 (19) 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 15 9 3 46 30 14 9 4 1 29 16 13 6 5 2 17 14 16 54
2 Jeonbuk Motors 27 14 8 5 50 29 15 9 3 3 30 18 12 5 5 2 20 11 21 50
3 Pohang Steelers 27 10 9 8 28 28 13 5 5 3 11 11 14 5 4 5 17 17 0 39
4 Suwon 27 10 8 9 39 40 12 5 3 4 17 17 15 5 5 5 22 23 -1 38
5 Daegu 27 10 8 9 31 32 13 6 5 2 17 12 14 4 3 7 14 20 -1 38
6 Incheon United 26 10 6 10 31 35 13 6 5 2 14 9 13 4 1 8 17 26 -4 36
7 Suwon Bluewings 27 9 8 10 33 33 14 4 4 6 16 19 13 5 4 4 17 14 0 35
8 Jeju United 26 6 13 7 28 30 13 4 5 4 17 20 13 2 8 3 11 10 -2 31
9 Gwangju 26 8 4 14 25 31 13 5 3 5 14 12 13 3 1 9 11 19 -6 28
10 Gangwon 24 6 9 9 26 29 12 4 6 2 16 9 12 2 3 7 10 20 -3 27
11 Seongnam 27 6 9 12 22 33 13 4 3 6 11 16 14 2 6 6 11 17 -11 27
12 Seoul 27 6 7 14 27 36 14 3 3 8 15 20 13 3 4 6 12 16 -9 25

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.