On Tue Sep 13th, in week 32, Gangwon will travel to Seoul to battle Seoul in a clash of these two evenly matched K-League 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 8th placed Seoul is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Jeonbuk Motors. Neither Jeonbuk Motors nor Seoul could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Seoul is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while gangwon is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Sangju Sangmu. Min-Woo Seo struck first for Sangju Sangmu on an own goal in the 44th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Gangwon was frustrated by Sangju Sangmu’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sangju Sangmu ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Gangwon should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Chuncheon Songam Stadium, Gangwon was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Hwang Mun Ki struck first for Gangwon in the 30th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Seoul couldn’t muster any offence and Gangwon ran away with the shutout win.
Both Jefferson and Jin-Ho Kim have been the hottest scorers for Gangwon in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Seoul’s most prolific scorer has been Stanislav Iljutcenko. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.