On Jul 5th, Ulsan hosts Gangwon at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium in a meeting of these two K-League 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. 1st placed Ulsan is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Seongnam. Neither Ulsan nor Seongnam could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Ulsan should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Gangwon recorded a 4-2 win against Jeju United. Kim Dae-Won struck first for Gangwon in the 22nd minute, then Lee Jeong-hyeop added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Kim Dae-Won. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 8th of May, Gangwon hosted Ulsan in their last match together. Ulsan took the match by a score of 3 to 1. scored the first goal for Gangwon in the 18th minute, then in the 28th minute, Eom Won-Sang sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Leonardo But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 35th minute on a goal by Eom Won-Sang.
Gangwon’s most prolific scorer has been Kim Dae-Won. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Both Eom Won-Sang and Valeri Qazaishvili have been the hottest scorers for Ulsan in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.