Week 23 brings us a match on Aug 27th, where Suwon Bluewings will play host to Gangwon 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 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. Suwon Bluewings is fresh off their 2-1 win against Jeju United. Sung-Wook Jin struck first for Jeju United in the 17th minute, but Oh Hyun-Gyu got the equalizer for Suwon Bluewings in the 22nd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 31st minute on a goal by Ryu Seung-Woo. Suwon Bluewings is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Gangwon, recorded a 2-3 loss against Suwon. Jae-Yong Jeong struck first for Suwon in the 12th minute on a feed from Jae-Woong Jang, then Jin-Ho Kim tied it up for Gangwon in the 26th minute , but fortunately for Suwon it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Gangwon should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sun May 29th, Gangwon and Suwon Bluewings battled to a 1-1 draw. Kim Young-Bin struck first for Gangwon in the 22nd minute, then Oh Hyun-Gyu tied it up for Suwon Bluewings in the 65th minute earning them at least the one point.
Gangwon’s most prolific scorer has been Lee Jeong-hyeop. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Oh Hyun-Gyu has been the most effective weapon for Suwon Bluewings lately. The attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches.