Suwon Bluewings v Pohang Steelers betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon World Cup Stadium (43288 seats)

It's advantage Suwon Bluewings so far with their 4th position in the K-League 1 table, welcoming Pohang Steelers who are placed 5th.

Insights:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in K-League 1

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Suwon Bluewings so far this season.

Bluewings are returning here after visiting Seongnam in a K-League 1 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ki Je Lee scored the goal(s). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Daegu (0-1).

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

The Bluewings fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. On the other hand, Bluewings have conceded 6 goals.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Steelers are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The Pohang Steelers goalkeeper Hyeon-Mu Kang is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 325 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Steelers's last game was the home draw against Jeju United (0-0). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Suwon.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Pohang Steelers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Steelers, three draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Steelers have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. As opposed to that, Pohang Steelers have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Pohang Steelers - Bluewings 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Suwon Bluewings four wins, three draws and Pohang Steelers three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pohang SteelersM. Song
M. Song
5 goals
Suwon BluewingsG. Kim
G. Kim
3 goals
Suwon BluewingsS. Jeong
S. Jeong
3 goals

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Pohang Steelers missing players

Suwon Bluewings Pohang Steelers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 12
5 3 1 Won W 0 3 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
13 8 2 Scored S 0 7 12
9 6 2 Conceded C 1 5 13
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
50% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 58%
42% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 50%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 50%
58% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.8 11.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10 9.4
3.5 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.3
31% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 30%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers 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 scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings 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 Jeonbuk Motors 12 8 4 0 24 8 6 5 1 0 14 4 6 3 3 0 10 4 16 28
2 Ulsan 12 6 4 2 16 9 5 3 2 0 11 3 7 3 2 2 5 6 7 22
3 Jeju United 12 4 7 1 13 8 6 3 3 0 8 5 6 1 4 1 5 3 5 19
4 Suwon Bluewings 12 5 3 4 13 9 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 2 2 5 3 4 18
5 Pohang Steelers 12 5 3 4 12 13 7 2 3 2 5 8 5 3 0 2 7 5 -1 18
6 Daegu 12 4 4 4 11 15 6 2 3 1 6 7 6 2 1 3 5 8 -4 16
7 Seongnam 12 4 3 5 8 9 7 3 1 3 6 6 5 1 2 2 2 3 -1 15
8 Seoul 12 4 1 7 13 15 5 2 0 3 6 5 7 2 1 4 7 10 -2 13
9 Gwangju 12 4 1 7 11 13 6 2 0 4 4 6 6 2 1 3 7 7 -2 13
10 Gangwon 12 3 4 5 12 16 6 2 2 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 5 11 -4 13
11 Incheon United 12 3 2 7 12 21 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 0 5 6 15 -9 11
12 Suwon 12 2 4 6 9 18 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 0 2 4 3 12 -9 10

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.