K-League 1 match prediction and preview for Ulsan vs Suwon Bluewings clash

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium (44466 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Ulsan and Suwon Bluewings, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.

Insights:
  • Ulsan have the most clean sheets (8) in K-League 1

It's no vacation for neither Ulsan nor Suwon Bluewings as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ulsan form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 6 K-League 1 games here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium for Ulsan. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

The home team returns to Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Gangwon (placed 9th) on their last time out; the K-League 1 game ended 2-2. Defender Dave Bulthuis got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Bulthuis scored one goal and won 5 of 11 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Gwangju in a game that was won 2-0.

Ulsan are traveling soon after this match as the K-League 1 match at Jeonbuk Motors awaits in three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Ulsan's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Ulsan have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1. Suwon Bluewings love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Bluewings won their last game, 3-2 versus Jeju United played at home. The attacker Uroš Đerić got a match rating of 8.2 in that game. Đerić hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. An amazing comeback from Bluewings last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Doneil Henry scoring the winning goal in the 86th minute.

Prior to that result Bluewings won their away game at Jeonbuk Motors. The scoreline was 3-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Bluewings are hosting Daegu in the K-League 1 only three days away.

Bluewings find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Bluewings are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Suwon Bluewings - Ulsan 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Ulsan victories, three draws and one Suwon Bluewings win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

UlsanI. Kim
I. Kim
4 goals
UlsanD. Lee
D. Lee
4 goals
Suwon BluewingsG. Kim
G. Kim
4 goals

Ulsan missing players

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Ulsan Suwon Bluewings
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 2 7 15
7 4 0 Won W 1 3 7
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
20 13 0 Scored S 3 8 20
11 3 0 Conceded C 2 4 13
79% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 87%
57% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 60%
43% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 47%
29% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 20%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
36% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 47%
57% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 57% 47%
29% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.1 13.3 6 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 9.3 9.9
4.6 5.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.6 3.4
31% 37% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 32% 39%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Ulsan have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ulsan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ulsan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most clean sheets (4) at home in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the most clean sheets (8) in K-League 1
  • Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+10) at home 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 Jeonbuk Motors 14 8 5 1 26 12 8 5 2 1 16 8 6 3 3 0 10 4 14 29
2 Ulsan 14 7 5 2 20 11 6 4 2 0 13 3 8 3 3 2 7 8 9 26
3 Suwon Bluewings 15 7 4 4 20 13 8 4 2 2 12 9 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 25
4 Daegu 14 6 4 4 18 17 7 3 3 1 9 7 7 3 1 3 9 10 1 22
5 Pohang Steelers 15 5 6 4 15 16 8 2 4 2 6 9 7 3 2 2 9 7 -1 21
6 Jeju United 15 4 8 3 17 15 7 3 3 1 9 8 8 1 5 2 8 7 2 20
7 Seongnam 13 4 4 5 10 11 7 3 1 3 6 6 6 1 3 2 4 5 -1 16
8 Suwon 15 4 4 7 16 24 8 3 2 3 10 11 7 1 2 4 6 13 -8 16
9 Gangwon 15 3 6 6 15 20 7 2 3 2 9 7 8 1 3 4 6 13 -5 15
10 Incheon United 15 4 3 8 14 25 8 3 3 2 8 7 7 1 0 6 6 18 -11 15
11 Seoul 13 4 2 7 15 17 6 2 1 3 8 7 7 2 1 4 7 10 -2 14
12 Gwangju 14 4 1 9 12 17 6 2 0 4 4 6 8 2 1 5 8 11 -5 13

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.