National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gangwon or Daegu that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Gangwon form and stats
Gangwon participated in Korean Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.6-7-4 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League Classic numbers at home for Gangwon so far this season. On the other hand, in the Korean Cup, Gangwon has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Gangwon's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Seoul. Midfielder Dae-won Kim was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.85 (out of ten) in that game. Kim hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Gwangju.The Gangwon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 17 matches. 17 goals have been conceded.
Daegu form and stats
Daegu's mission in Korean Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.6-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Daegu in their K-League Classic matches away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a K-League Classic home defeat versus Suwon Bluewings with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Bruno Lamas got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Lamas hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 71 successful passes (of 82 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Seoul.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Daegu have scored 18 goals in 17 league games away. 22 goals have been conceded by Daegu in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gangwon two wins, two draws and Daegu six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Silva dos Santos 9 goals |  E. Bruno da Silva 8 goals |   M. Ko 6 goals |
Gangwon missing players
Daegu missing players
| Gangwon | Daegu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | Ulsan | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 54 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 64 |
| 3 | Daegu | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 49 |
| 4 | Jeju United | 33 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Suwon Bluewings | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Suwon | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -4 | 45 |
| 7 | Pohang Steelers | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Incheon United | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -9 | 40 |
| 9 | Seoul | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -8 | 37 |
| 11 | Seongnam | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 37 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 25 | -11 | 32 |