Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gangwon & Cheongju face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Korean Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gangwon and Cheongju.
Gangwon form and stats
Gangwon participated in Korean Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Gangwon have played three K-League Classic home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Gangwon's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Jeju United.
Before that, Gangwon played out a K-League Classic draw 1-1 when visiting Suwon Bluewings.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gangwon, as the K-League Classic home game vs Incheon United is only four days away.
The lack of attacking qualities in Gangwon means that they have only scored {1 goals} in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match.
Cheongju form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Jungnang Chorus Mustang in order to reach 3rd round of Korean Cup. Cheongju's mission in Korean Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Cheongju are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the K League 2, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
There were no winners in Cheongju's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Gimpo.
A 2-3 defeat away at Seongnam before that.The schedule is very tough for Cheongju now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A K League 2 game at Jeonnam Dragons is waiting in only three days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Cheongju are regular goalscorers on their travels. For Cheongju, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. de Menezes Melo 2 goals | J. Barbosa Teixeira 2 goals |  J. Isídio 1 goals |
Gangwon missing players
Cheongju missing players
| Gangwon | Cheongju | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 52% | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| 11.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Seoul | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Daejeon Citizen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Gwangju | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Jeonbuk Motors | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Suwon | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Daegu | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Jeju United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anyang | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Gyeongnam | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | Busan I'Park | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Bucheon 1995 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Gimpo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Seongnam | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Jeonnam Dragons | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | Cheongju | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Chungnam Asan | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | Seoul E. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Ansan Greeners | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Cheonan City | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -13 | 0 |
