National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Suwon Bluewings or Gangwon 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.
Suwon Bluewings form and stats
Last season their Korean Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Overall K-League Classic results at home this season for Suwon Bluewings are 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Suwon Bluewings shared the glory with Jeju United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Defender Lee got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.24/10. Lee won 6 of 6 duels.
Previous to that game, a K-League Classic home match hosting Sangju Sangmu in a game that was won 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Suwon Bluewings perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Suwon Bluewings as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Bluewings has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 5.
The manager Lee will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gangwon in only four days.
Suwon Bluewings are not conceding a lot of goals here at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Gangwon form and stats
Gangwon was sent out of Korean Cup in the semi-finals last season.Gangwon have only collected 4 points from their away games in the K-League Classic, after 0-4-2 (6 played).
There might be some fixture complaints from Gangwon as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-3 against Daegu. Rim was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Rim won 8 of 12 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Seoul.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Gangwon in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Gangwon, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Gangwon are hosting Suwon Bluewings in the K-League Classic only four days away.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Gangwon have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Suwon Bluewings-Gangwon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Suwon Bluewings four wins, Gangwon two wins, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Kim 5 goals |  S. Kim 2 goals | G. Kim 2 goals |
Suwon Bluewings missing players
Gangwon missing players
| Suwon Bluewings | Gangwon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Incheon United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Daegu | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Seoul | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Suwon Bluewings | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Sangju Sangmu | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Suwon | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -15 | 9 |
