K-League 1 match prediction: Little separates Suwon and Gangwon in quality

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon Sports Complex

It's time for K-League 1 and Suwon - Gangwon. In this article you'll find statistics, scores, data, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • Suwon have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (7) in K-League 1

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the FA Cup.

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Suwon form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Suwon, who have the most conceded goals (10) at home in K-League 1, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.

The Suwon crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Seoul here at Suwon Sports Complex. The first loss after going unbeaten through four league fixtures. Yoon, who plays in attack, was the champion performer for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.14 (out of 10). Yoon hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).

In the match before that, Suwon hosted Daegu and drew the game 1-1.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 6 and lost 4.

Suwon are traveling soon after this match as the K-League 1 match at Daejeon Citizen awaits in four days.

Suwon have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Suwon Sports Complex with 10 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Suwon defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Gangwon form and stats

1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Gangwon, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in K-League 1, playing as the away team in the K-League 1 this season.

Gangwon delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Cheongju in their previous game; a FA Cup fixture.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Jeonbuk Motors.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gangwon playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 3 Gangwon wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

Gangwon have another game that requires travelling in just three days, a K-League 1 game versus Ulsan. A difficult timetable for the guests!

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gangwon are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding six meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Suwon, one draw and one win for Gangwon. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

SuwonL. Veldwijk
L. Veldwijk
4 goals
SuwonM. Pereira Rocha
M. Pereira Rocha
3 goals
SuwonB. Yoon
B. Yoon
2 goals

Suwon missing players

Gangwon missing players

Suwon Gangwon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 6 2 Played P 1 5 10
3 3 2 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
12 10 3 Scored S 0 3 7
17 10 1 Conceded C 0 4 11
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 90%
80% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 60%
60% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 10%
20% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
20% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 20%
40% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 50%
 
4 4.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 5
5.1 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.6 3.6
1.6 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 13.7 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.2 8.9
4.1 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.2
29% 34% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 32%
 
14 12.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.2 12.8
5.5 4.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.2 4.4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (7) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the most matches under the total-line (9) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Suwon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gangwon have scored away.
  • Suwon have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most conceded goals (10) at home in K-League 1
  • Suwon 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 Ulsan 11 9 1 1 22 9 5 4 1 0 11 5 6 5 0 1 11 4 13 28
2 Seoul 11 6 2 3 22 13 5 3 1 1 10 5 6 3 1 2 12 8 9 20
3 Pohang Steelers 10 5 4 1 14 10 6 3 2 1 8 6 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 19
4 Daejeon Citizen 10 5 2 3 18 17 5 3 1 1 7 6 5 2 1 2 11 11 1 17
5 Jeju United 10 4 2 4 11 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 6 4 1 1 9 4 0 14
6 Gwangju 10 4 1 5 13 12 5 2 1 2 7 3 5 2 0 3 6 9 1 13
7 Daegu 11 3 4 4 12 16 5 2 1 2 7 8 6 1 3 2 5 8 -4 13
8 Suwon 10 3 3 4 12 17 6 3 1 2 10 10 4 0 2 2 2 7 -5 12
9 Incheon United 11 3 3 5 11 16 6 1 3 2 6 7 5 2 0 3 5 9 -5 12
10 Jeonbuk Motors 11 3 2 6 11 12 6 2 1 3 7 6 5 1 1 3 4 6 -1 11
11 Gangwon 10 2 4 4 7 11 5 1 1 3 4 7 5 1 3 1 3 4 -4 10
12 Suwon Bluewings 11 1 2 8 9 18 5 0 1 4 4 9 6 1 1 4 5 9 -9 5

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.