Possible nail-biting contest in Suwon Bluewings - Incheon United game

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

Both Suwon Bluewings and Incheon United are desperate for points in this fixture, even with the away side having a 14 point lead from earlier matches.

Insights:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United is in the best form (4-1-1) in K-League 1

Suwon Bluewings have less rest than Incheon United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a K-League 1 game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ulsan.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Suwon Bluewings have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

No payout for Suwon Bluewings in their previous match, an away game at Ulsan that ended in defeat 0-1. Min was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Min won 4 of 4 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Seoul.

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 5 and lost 5.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Bluewings as they have a new game in only three days, a K-League 1 match thankfully also at home. Pohang Steelers are visiting.

Suwon Bluewings are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. Suwon Bluewings have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Incheon United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Incheon, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Jeju United (placed 5th) last time out. Incheon United goalie Lee was high and low in the Jeju United game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Lee (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.12. Lee topped it up with a clean sheet.

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

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Incheon United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Incheon United, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ulsan in just three days.

Incheon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 15 games (in the league). 18 goals have been conceded by Incheon United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bluewings and Incheon United have met earlier this season: Suwon Bluewings - Incheon United 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Suwon Bluewings three wins, three draws and Incheon United four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BluewingsH. Oh
H. Oh
9 goals
Incheon UnitedM. Lee
M. Lee
4 goals

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Incheon United missing players

Suwon Bluewings Incheon United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 5 15 30
8 5 1 Won W 4 6 12
9 5 1 Drew D 0 6 11
13 4 1 Lost L 1 3 7
30 15 2 Scored S 8 19 38
38 12 2 Conceded C 6 18 31
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
60% 43% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 60%
43% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 37%
20% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 30%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 7%
50% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 60% 53%
20% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 30%
40% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 20%
 
4.2 4.7 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.8 4.1
4.7 4.6 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.1 4.5
1.7 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
8.8 10.1 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.3 8.9
3.6 4.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.8
28% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 35% 34%
 
10.1 8.9 6 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13 11.5
4.2 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.1 4.5
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Incheon United have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United have the most matches under the total-line (12) in K-League 1
  • Incheon United is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 30 18 8 4 45 26 15 10 4 1 25 12 15 8 4 3 20 14 19 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 30 13 9 8 42 32 15 8 5 2 23 11 15 5 4 6 19 21 10 48
4 Incheon United 30 12 11 7 38 31 15 6 5 4 19 13 15 6 6 3 19 18 7 47
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 30 8 9 13 30 38 14 5 5 4 15 12 16 3 4 9 15 26 -8 33
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.