Gangwon FC vs FC Seoul Predictions

• Over 2.5 goals were registered in four of the last five meetings between these clubs.
• FC Seoul scored exactly two goals on each of their last three visits to play Gangwon.
• The two most recent meetings between the sides at the Chuncheon Songam Stadium averaged 5.0 goals per game.
• Over 2.5 goals were scored in 63% of Gangwon’s K League 1 home games last term.

History of exciting encounters

If recent head-to-head records from this fixture are anything to go by, then Gangwon FC’s clash with FC Seoul in the last K League 1 game of the weekend promises to be a thrilling encounter.

Four of the last five meetings between these clubs produced over 2.5 goals, and in each of their two most recent encounters at the Chuncheon Songam Stadium, Gangwon came out on the right side of five-goal thrillers.

The Kodiaks made it to the Championship round of the K League 1 in 2019, and though they didn’t make much of an impact in the competition’s final phase, they would have gained enough confidence from their efforts to enter the fresh campaign with renewed vigour.

Key Gangwon attacking duo return

With key attacking pair Kim Ji-hyun and Cho Jae-wan fit and firing again and an interesting midfield recruit in Han Kook-young also drafted in, Gangwon will be launching their K League 1 assault with an exciting side this season.

24-year-old striker Kim Ji-hyun, who ended the 2019 season with the Young Player of the Year Award despite suffering a season-ending injury with three months of the season still left to run, scored twice in one game against FC Seoul last year and is one to watch on Sunday.

FC Seoul will have plenty of talent on display in the final third themselves, with new signing Adriano and Serbian Aleksandar Pešića forming a potentially devastating double act up front.

The Dragons finished 3^rd last season, and having added some much needed energy in midfield with Han Chan-hee and Han Seung-gyu, a title challenge is expected this year from Choi Yong-soo’s charges.

Goals and excitement likely

As we mentioned earlier, when these sides meet, penalty area drama generally tends to flow, and we think Sunday’s game has all the ingredients required for another cracking face off.

Over 2.5 goals were scored in 63% of Gangwon’s K League home fixtures last season, while their last two games against Seoul on their own patch averaged 5.0 goals per 90 minutes.

The sheer volume attacking talent involved this weekend along with those promising goal-scoring statistics combine to make the over 2.5 total goals market well worth considering for Sunday’s game, while our correct score prediction of 2-2 leans on the same information.

FC Seoul scored exactly two goals on each of their last three visits to the Chuncheon Songam Stadium, though we’re tipping the hosts, reenergised by the return of Kim Ji-hyun to match the Dragons for potency in the final third.