On Mon Aug 15th, Gangwon will host Suwon 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 27 degrees, a perfect day for football. 7th placed Gangwon is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Daegu. Jefferson struck first for Gangwon in the 87th minute on a feed from Jin-Ho Kim, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Daegu was frustrated by Gangwon’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Gangwon ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Gangwon should be reasonably happy with their performance, while suwon sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Jeonbuk Motors. Song Min-Kyu struck first for Jeonbuk Motors in the 8th minute on a feed from Kim Jin-Gyu, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Suwon was frustrated by Jeonbuk Motors’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Jeonbuk Motors ended the match with the shutout victory. Suwon should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 16th of July, Suwon hosted Gangwon at the Suwon Civil Stadium in their last match together. Gangwon took the match by a score of 4 to 2. Yang struck first for Gangwon in the 19th minute, then in the 44th minute, Murilo sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jae-Yong Jeong , but Gangwon kept scoring and walked away with the win.
Kim Hyun has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Suwon. Yang has been the most prolific scorer on Gangwon in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.