K-League 1 preview: Can Suwon Bluewings edge out victory against Suwon?

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Tue 20.July
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon World Cup Stadium (43288 seats)

A quick look at the K-League 1 table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our Suwon Bluewings - Suwon preview!

Insights:
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most conceded goals (32) in K-League 1

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

Overall K-League 1 stats at home this season for Suwon Bluewings are 4-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Suwon Bluewings are returning here after visiting Seoul in a K-League 1 game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Geon-heui Kim, Sang-ki Min and Min-woo Kim scored the goal(s). Midfielder Min-woo Kim was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Kim scored one goal and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a FA Cup home game that ended 0-0 versus Anyang (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Suwon Bluewings have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost five.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Suwon Bluewings, as the K-League 1 home game vs Incheon United is only three days away.

Bluewings has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Bluewings's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Suwon form and stats

Suwon have only collected 9 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

It's the second away game in a row for Suwon, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Seongnam (placed 10th) in the K-League 1 last time out. Midfield player Yeong-jae Lee was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Lee scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 55 successful passes (of 60 total).

A draw for Suwon before that, at their own venue hosting Incheon United (2-2).

We have checked recent matches where Suwon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, one draw and four defeats.

Suwon have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Suwon have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Suwon - Suwon Bluewings 0-0 entered in the official records. Last five meetings between the teams: Bluewings won three, Suwon won one and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SuwonL. Veldwijk
L. Veldwijk
8 goals
BluewingsG. Kim
G. Kim
6 goals
Suwon BluewingsK. Lee
K. Lee
4 goals

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Suwon missing players

Suwon Bluewings Suwon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
9 4 1 Won W 0 2 5
6 3 2 Drew D 2 3 6
4 2 0 Lost L 0 4 8
29 13 5 Scored S 2 9 24
18 10 4 Conceded C 2 15 32
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
68% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 79%
47% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 58%
21% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 32%
11% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 21%
53% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 68%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 32%
 
3.2 3.2 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.1 3.3
3.8 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.1 4.7
1.8 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.5 10.3 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.8 10.6
3.4 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 4.4
45% 45% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 24% 29%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Suwon Bluewings have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Suwon have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Suwon have the fewest clean sheets (2) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most conceded goals (32) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have won significantly less corners away then 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 Ulsan 19 10 7 2 30 17 9 5 4 0 17 6 10 5 3 2 13 11 13 37
2 Jeonbuk Motors 18 9 6 3 34 19 9 5 2 2 18 12 9 4 4 1 16 7 15 33
3 Suwon Bluewings 19 9 6 4 29 18 9 4 3 2 13 10 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 33
4 Daegu 19 9 6 4 24 20 10 5 4 1 12 8 9 4 2 3 12 12 4 33
5 Pohang Steelers 18 7 6 5 20 20 9 3 4 2 7 9 9 4 2 3 13 11 0 27
6 Jeju United 19 4 10 5 21 21 10 3 4 3 13 14 9 1 6 2 8 7 0 22
7 Suwon 19 5 6 8 24 32 10 3 3 4 15 17 9 2 3 4 9 15 -8 21
8 Gangwon 19 4 8 7 17 22 9 2 5 2 9 7 10 2 3 5 8 15 -5 20
9 Incheon United 18 5 5 8 19 29 10 4 4 2 11 9 8 1 1 6 8 20 -10 20
10 Seongnam 18 4 6 8 18 25 10 3 1 6 10 16 8 1 5 2 8 9 -7 18
11 Seoul 17 4 5 8 17 22 7 2 1 4 8 10 10 2 4 4 9 12 -5 17
12 Gwangju 19 4 3 12 17 25 9 2 2 5 8 11 10 2 1 7 9 14 -8 15

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.