National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sangju Sangmu or Suwon Bluewings that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Sangju Sangmu and Suwon Bluewings.
Sangju Sangmu form and stats
Sangju Sangmu have reached this Korean Cup stage through battling and winning against Suwon Bluewings and Paju Citizen. Last season their Korean Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Seven points from three K-League Classic home games is a great start for Sangju Sangmu, who are hoping to build on that form here at Gimcheon Stadium.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw against Suwon Bluewings in the Korean Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Suwon (2-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Sangju perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sangju Sangmu as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Sangju Sangmu has won ten of these, drawn three and lost one.
Early season league goal statistics from Sangju Sangmu's 3 home games: 6 goals, 3 conceded.
Suwon Bluewings form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sangju Sangmu in order to reach 3rd round of Korean Cup. Last season their Korean Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Suwon Bluewings playing as the away team in the K-League Classic this season.
The attacking players of Suwon Bluewings have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 207 minutes.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Sangju Sangmu in their previous outing. The Korean Cup battle ended 1-1.
Prior to that match, the Suwon Bluewings manager Park faced defeat when travelling to Seoul and losing 0-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Suwon Bluewings in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Bluewings, two draws and six defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Suwon Bluewings as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Suwon Bluewings's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other already this season, with the result Sangju Sangmu - Suwon Bluewings 1-1 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Sangju wins - draws - Suwon Bluewings wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Cho 7 goals |  S. Kim 2 goals | G. Kim 2 goals |
Sangju Sangmu missing players
Suwon Bluewings missing players
| Sangju Sangmu | Suwon Bluewings | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 48% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| 8.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Jeonbuk Motors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Gangwon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Seoul | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Suwon | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Daegu | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 5 |
