Betting preview: Suwon vs Gangwon should be interesting

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon Sports Complex

The football year has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, highs and lows resulting in mid-table places so far. Pave the way for Suwon - Gangwon!

Insights:
  • Suwon is in the best form (5-1-0) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in K-League 1

Gangwon are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Suwon form and stats

5-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Suwon, who have the most scored goals (23) at home in K-League 1, so far this season. Suwon are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Suwon's last game was hosting Seoul (placed 9th) and winning 4-3. The game against Seoul had lots of late drama as Suwon came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Yong's goal in the 90th minute. A late climax in the match against Seoul as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Yong. Yong (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Yong scored one goal and hit two key passes.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Incheon United.

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 16 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Suwon can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Suwon are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (21 from 10 played).

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Gangwon form and stats

Gangwon have only collected 7 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 1-4-5 (10 played).

The followers enjoyed Gangwon's previous game versus Sangju Sangmu (placed 10th), a 3-2 win played at home. Kim, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.45. Kim signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Ulsan's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Gangwon in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Gangwon, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored in 12 of this club's latest 16 league games.

As for defending, Gangwon rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the result Gangwon - Suwon 0-2 registered in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the last four meetings): Suwon won three games, one match ended with a draw and Gangwon have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three

Top Goalscorers

SuwonS. Lee
S. Lee
9 goals
GangwonD. Kim
D. Kim
8 goals
SuwonS. Kim
S. Kim
5 goals

Suwon missing players

Gangwon missing players

Suwon Gangwon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
8 5 1 Won W 0 1 6
4 1 1 Drew D 0 4 6
9 4 0 Lost L 2 5 9
31 23 6 Scored S 1 10 26
32 21 5 Conceded C 7 18 32
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
67% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 81%
57% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 48%
38% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 33%
19% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 10% 14%
52% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 57%
29% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 24%
29% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 24%
 
3.4 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 4.1
5.1 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4 4.2
1.4 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 11.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.2 9.1
4 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.3
37% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 30% 37%
 
10.4 11.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 5.5 9.2 9
4.7 4.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 3.7
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Gangwon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gangwon have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in K-League 1
  • Gangwon have the most conceded goals (18) away 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 most matches over the total-line (9) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most scored goals (23) at home in K-League 1
  • Suwon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Suwon is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 21 13 5 3 31 18 10 6 3 1 15 9 11 7 2 2 16 9 13 44
2 Jeonbuk Motors 21 11 6 4 26 17 10 2 5 3 9 11 11 9 1 1 17 6 9 39
3 Pohang Steelers 21 10 6 5 30 18 10 6 3 1 14 5 11 4 3 4 16 13 12 36
4 Jeju United 21 9 6 6 27 26 11 4 5 2 13 11 10 5 1 4 14 15 1 33
5 Incheon United 21 7 9 5 25 22 11 4 4 3 13 10 10 3 5 2 12 12 3 30
6 Suwon 21 8 4 9 31 32 10 5 1 4 23 21 11 3 3 5 8 11 -1 28
7 Daegu 21 5 11 5 27 25 11 5 4 2 16 9 10 0 7 3 11 16 2 26
8 Gangwon 21 6 6 9 26 32 11 5 2 4 16 14 10 1 4 5 10 18 -6 24
9 Seoul 21 5 8 8 25 26 10 3 3 4 13 12 11 2 5 4 12 14 -1 23
10 Sangju Sangmu 21 5 7 9 27 27 10 4 3 3 14 10 11 1 4 6 13 17 0 22
11 Suwon Bluewings 21 4 8 9 14 24 11 4 4 3 9 8 10 0 4 6 5 16 -10 20
12 Seongnam 21 2 6 13 16 38 11 0 4 7 7 23 10 2 2 6 9 15 -22 12

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.