K-League 1 news and preview: Suwon moderate expected to overcome Seongnam

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Wed 12.October
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Suwon Sports Complex

Suwon have delivered 8 home wins this season, Seongnam have won 3 away. Which team betters their results after this meeting?

Insights:
  • Suwon have the most scored goals (51) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (30) in K-League 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Suwon form and stats

8 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Suwon have to build on here at Suwon Sports Complex in the K-League 1.

Suwon are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Daegu. The striker Lee edged out all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.5 out of 10. Lee scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

In the match before that, Suwon hosted Sangju Sangmu and drew the game 2-2.

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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Some stats: A review of the 15 latest league games highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal from each side.

There will be little rest for Suwon after this match as they are travelling to Suwon Bluewings for a K-League 1 game in only four days.

The Suwon manager Do-Kyun has got the team scoring with 36 from 17 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Suwon defense is not exactly impregnable. 33 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Seongnam form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Seongnam so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-11 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sangju Sangmu in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Attacker Ku got a player rating of 7.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Ku hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

A loss against Suwon Bluewings was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Seongnam are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The K-League 1 trip to Seoul.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Seongnam as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Seongnam have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Seongnam - Suwon 2-1 was the story when these two participants formerly met, also in this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Suwon won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Seongnam have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.

Top Goalscorers

SuwonS. Lee
S. Lee
14 goals
SuwonH. Kim
H. Kim
8 goals
SuwonJ. Jeong
J. Jeong
7 goals

Suwon missing players

Seongnam missing players

Suwon Seongnam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 18 7 Played P 5 17 35
12 8 5 Won W 2 3 6
9 4 2 Drew D 0 3 8
14 6 0 Lost L 3 11 21
54 38 20 Scored S 5 15 31
57 35 12 Conceded C 8 28 64
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
74% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 59% 74%
63% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 46%
43% 61% 71% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 34%
20% 33% 43% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 24% 17%
63% 78% 86% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 49%
20% 11% 14% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 11%
23% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 46%
 
3.7 4.2 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.6 4.1
5.2 5.1 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5.6 5.1
1.3 1.2 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.6 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.7 11.4 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.2 9.7
4 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 3.9
38% 43% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 26% 23%
 
11.5 12.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 13.4 11.2
5 5.2 5.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.3
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Seongnam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Seongnam have the fewest clean sheets (4) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest points from losing position (1) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (14) away in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (30) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (18) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals (61) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals in the second half (47) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-31) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Suwon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Suwon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Seongnam have scored away.
  • Suwon have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most matches over the total-line (19) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most scored goals (36) at home in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most scored goals (51) in K-League 1
  • Suwon have the most scored goals in the first half (24) 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 33 19 9 5 48 28 17 11 4 2 28 14 16 8 5 3 20 14 20 66
2 Jeonbuk Motors 33 17 10 6 47 31 16 5 8 3 17 16 17 12 2 3 30 15 16 61
3 Pohang Steelers 33 15 10 8 47 34 15 8 5 2 23 11 18 7 5 6 24 23 13 55
4 Incheon United 33 12 13 8 41 35 16 6 6 4 19 13 17 6 7 4 22 22 6 49
5 Jeju United 33 12 10 11 45 41 17 5 7 5 23 19 16 7 3 6 22 22 4 46
6 Gangwon 33 13 6 14 47 47 16 8 2 6 23 20 17 5 4 8 24 27 0 45
7 Suwon 33 12 8 13 51 53 17 8 3 6 36 33 16 4 5 7 15 20 -2 44
8 Seoul 33 10 11 12 38 42 16 6 4 6 21 20 17 4 7 6 17 22 -4 41
9 Daegu 33 7 14 12 40 50 17 7 5 5 23 19 16 0 9 7 17 31 -10 35
10 Sangju Sangmu 33 8 10 15 39 40 17 5 4 8 20 20 16 3 6 7 19 20 -1 34
11 Suwon Bluewings 33 8 10 15 35 46 17 5 6 6 20 20 16 3 4 9 15 26 -11 34
12 Seongnam 33 6 7 20 30 61 17 3 5 9 16 34 16 3 2 11 14 27 -31 25

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.