Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ulsan & Gangwon 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 Ulsan nor Gangwon 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.
Ulsan form and stats
Ulsan participated in Korean Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.13 points is a decent return from 6 K-League Classic games here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium for Ulsan. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Ulsan are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ulsan after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Ulsan enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sangju Sangmu's place. The match ended 5-1 with Junior Negao (2) and Kim In-Sung scoring. Previous to that game, a K-League Classic home match hosting Gangwon in a game that was won 1-0.
As mentioned above, Ulsan "killed" Sangju Sangmu in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ulsan as they are travelling to their away game against Busan I'Park in the K-League Classic. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Ulsan in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Ulsan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Gangwon form and stats
They also participated in Korean Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from Gangwon's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the K-League Classic. Gangwon only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Gangwon have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 187 minutes ago. Cho Jae-Wan was the goal scorer.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Seongnam in their previous outing. The K-League Classic match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Ulsan's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sangju Sangmu in just four days.
The attacking power of Gangwon when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Gangwon have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ulsan won eight games, two matches ended with a draw and Gangwon has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 17 goals |   M. Ko 5 goals |  J. Cho 4 goals |
Ulsan missing players
Gangwon missing players
| Ulsan | Gangwon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 237 | 120 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 207 | ||
| 114 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 76 | ||
| 41% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 32 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Sangju Sangmu | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | Daegu | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Busan I'Park | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Gangwon | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Seongnam | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Suwon Bluewings | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Gwangju | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 11 | Seoul | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | Incheon United | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 4 |