Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Suwon Bluewings & Daegu face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Korean Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Bluewings nor Daegu 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.
Suwon Bluewings form and stats
Suwon Bluewings was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Korean Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the K-League Classic this season. Suwon Bluewings have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Suwon World Cup Stadium.
Suwon Bluewings's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Ulsan. Midfielder Lee was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.3 (out of ten) in that game. Lee scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that match, a K-League Classic win away at Gangwon.The manager Kim will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jeju United in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bluewings here at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Suwon Bluewings with 15 goals conceded in these matches.
Daegu form and stats
They also participated in Korean Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League Classic travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
249 minutes! That's how long the Daegu goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two away games in a row for Daegu, whose coach Choi could celebrate last time after the win against Daejeon Citizen.
Preceding that game was the away K-League Classic victory against Gwangju with the score of 2-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Daegu are hosting Incheon United in the K-League Classic only three days away.
Daegu have the goal stats of 8-8 (for/against) from 8 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Bluewings wins - draws - Daegu wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Silva dos Santos 3 goals |  E. Bruno da Silva 3 goals |
Suwon Bluewings missing players
Daegu missing players
| Suwon Bluewings | Daegu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.1 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 12.4 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | Seoul | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Daejeon Citizen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Daegu | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Gwangju | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Suwon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 15 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
