Korean K-League
2020-05-16 - Sangju Sangmu vs Gangwon
A Sports Betting Pick by ArmchairPunter
Football : Korean Republic : K-League 1
Venue : Sangju Stadium
Saturday 16th May 2020, 1400hrs
Sangju Sangmu will no doubt be looking forward to returning to the more familiar surroundings of their Sangju Stadium this Saturday following last weekend’s season-opening mauling at the hands of Ulsan Hyundai.
Sangju suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat on the opening day of the new K-League 1 season away from home, but they’ll be hoping they can redeem themselves in this upcoming clash against Gangwon this weekend, where the hosts will be bidding to record a fourth league win in five matches on home turf.
Towards the end of last season, Sangju Sangmu registered wins against Gangwon 2-1, Jeju United 2-1 and a resounding 4-1 victory over Suwon Bluewings, and although they also suffered defeat to Seongnam during this latter period of the campaign, Sangju will fancy their chances on home turf here.
Onto Gangwon, and the visitors opened their account on the first day of this new Korean top flight season with a convincing 3-1 home win against FC Seoul, to get them off to a good start for this new campaign.
Having lost 3 of their last 4 league matches of last term in K-League 1, Gangwon will be pleased to have turned things around on the opening day of this new season and they’ll be confident that they can get something out of this upcoming encounter at Sangju Sangmu on Saturday.
However, results away from home in recent times for Gangwon have been far from impressive as the visitors have lost 6 of their last 7 matches on their travels and are without an away win from their last 10 matches on the road overall.
This poor period of results on the road also include 7 defeats, so the straight win markets should be avoided here, but 6 of Gangwon’s last 10 matches away from home have seen both teams score.
The Betting Verdict
Sangju Sangmu will be keen to set the record straight at home while Gangwon bring an opening day victory into this clash. Therefore, both teams could hit the back of the net here.
The Pick :
Sangju Sangmu 1-2 Gangwon
