K League 1 Regular Season - 8

Gangwon FC 1 - 1 FT Jeonbuk Motors

Chuncheon Songam Stadium

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Futmetrix Verdict
56
FT
Sat, Apr 18
한국어
Gangwon FC
1-1
Jeonbuk Motors
⚡ Intensity 43
⚖️ Balance 40
🏆 Stakes 72
🎲 Upset 14
Goalkeeping masterclass ensures honors remain even.

Spectacular Saves Steal the Show in Top-Four Clash

Worth Watching Futmetrix Score: 56/100. An extraordinary display of goalkeeping defined a tense top-tier battle where neither side could find the ultimate breakthrough.

Setting the Standard

The high Stakes were palpable at Chuncheon Songam Stadium as two teams separated by just two points collided with heavy ambitions. Gangwon FC controlled possession with 56% of the ball, weaving intricate passing sequences together in the middle third, but Jeonbuk Motors absorbed the pressure with chilling clinical intent. The Intensity spiked early, fuelled by a rapid flurry of physical challenges and set-pieces that kept both defensive lines perpetually on edge. It was the visiting side who struck the vital first blow on 33 minutes. Tiago Orobo found a clever pocket of space inside the penalty area and finished expertly, rewarding Jeonbuk’s tactical discipline and momentarily silencing the vocal home crowd. The relentless barrage of corners tested defensive resolve, demanding constant vigilance from the backlines as a gruelling first half drew to a close.

The Turning Point

Staring down the barrel of a frustrating home defeat, Gangwon emerged from the tunnel for the second half with renewed attacking vigor and a clear tactical shift. The defining breakthrough arrived just 11 minutes after the restart, sending the home supporters into raptures. Kim Dae-Won carved open the visitors' rigid defence with a wonderfully precise delivery, allowing Mo Jae-Hyeon to latch onto the pass and lash the ball emphatically into the net. This equaliser perfectly shifted the Balance of power, injecting a fresh wave of momentum into the contest. The tactical chess match escalated immediately as both managers looked to their respective benches, desperately trying to snatch a vital victory in this early-season six-pointer. Wave after wave of attacks washed over both penalty areas, yet the final, decisive touch remained agonizingly out of reach for both sets of forwards.

A Shared Spoils Finish

The concluding stages of the match transformed into an absolute masterclass in shot-stopping, ensuring the Upset Factor remained firmly locked away. Between them, the goalkeepers produced an astonishing 13 saves throughout the afternoon, turning away point-blank headers and swerving long-range rockets with equal brilliance. Gangwon unleashed 10 total shots in their quest for a winner, while Jeonbuk fired back with 12 of their own, yet neither side could find a way past the heroics between the posts. The 1-1 draw ultimately serves as a completely fair reflection of a tightly contested and physically demanding affair. For Jeonbuk Motors, the hard-fought point means retaining third place in the league table, while Gangwon remains closely anchored in fourth. Both clubs proved beyond doubt that they possess the defensive grit and attacking flair required to hang with the division's elite challengers this season.

Key Questions

What does this mean for Gangwon FC's season?

Earning a hard-fought draw against a direct rival keeps Gangwon firmly in fourth place. It highlights their resilience and maintains their steady momentum in the top-half battle.

What is the Futmetrix Score?

The Futmetrix Score is our 0-100 verdict on how entertaining a match is. We look at intensity, balance, stakes, and star quality to tell you if it's worth your time.

Match Statistics

Possession
56%
44%
Gangwon FC 56%
Jeonbuk Motors 44%
Shots on Target
7
8
Gangwon FC 7
Jeonbuk Motors 8
Corners
5
5
Gangwon FC 5
Jeonbuk Motors 5
Yellow Cards
3
3
Gangwon FC 3
Jeonbuk Motors 3
Red Cards
0
0
Gangwon FC 0
Jeonbuk Motors 0

Match Events

23' 🟨 Song Jun-Seok
31' 🟨 Mo Jae-Hyeon
Tiago Orobo 33'
Lee Seung-Woo 🟨 37'
37' 🟨 Choe Byeong-Chan
Oberdan 🟨 42'
HT
48' 🟨 Lee Gi-Hyuk
55' 🔄 Seo Min-Woo Lee Seung-Won
55' 🔄 Goh Young-Jun Kim Gun-Hee
56' Mo Jae-Hyeon (Kim Dae-Won)
J. Gamboa Kim Jin-gyu 🔄 59'
Tiago Orobo Bruno Mota 🔄 59'
64' 🔄 Choe Byeong-Chan Shin Min-Ha
Oberdan Maeng Seong-Ung 🔄 75'
Kim Seung-Sub Jin Tae-Ho 🔄 86'
Lee Dong-Jun Lee Yeong-Jae 🔄 86'
Cho Wi-Je 🟨 89'
90'+4 🔄 Kim Dae-Won A. Halaihal
FT

Player Cards

Our take on every player in this match

Gangwon FC

Goalkeepers
Park Cheong-hyo
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Defenders
Kang Joon-hyuk
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Marko Tuci
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Gi-Hyuk Lee
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Song Jun-Seok
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Midfielders
Mo Jae-hyeon
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
You-Hyeon Lee
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Min-woo Seo
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Dae-won Kim
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Forwards
Byeong-chan Choi
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Young-jun Goh
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
BENCH
Kim Jung-hoon
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Shin Min-Ha
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Seung Won Lee
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Kang Yun-Gu
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Dong-hyeon Kim
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Gun-hee Kim
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Abdallah Khalaihal
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Do-Hyun Kim
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Park Sang-Hyeok
👻 Invisible Nothing to note

Jeonbuk Motors

Goalkeepers
Bum-keun Song
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Defenders
Tae-hwan Kim
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Wi-je Cho
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Yeong-bin Kim
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Choi Woo-jin
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Midfielders
Oberdan Alionço
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
João Gamboa
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Dong-jun Lee
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Seung-Woo Lee
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Seung-seob Kim
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Forwards
Tiago Orobó
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
BENCH
Ju-hyeon Lee
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Lee Sang-myung
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Kim Ha-Jun
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Jin-gyu Kim
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Seong-ung Maeng
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Yeong-jae Lee
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Tae-ho Jin
👻 Invisible Nothing to note
Bruno Mota
👻 Invisible Nothing to note

Head to Head

Date Home Score Away Competition Venue
11/01/2025 Gangwon FC 0 - 0 Jeonbuk Motors K League 1 Chuncheon Songam Stadium
08/27/2025 Gangwon FC 1 - 2 Jeonbuk Motors FA Cup Gangneung High1 Arena
08/20/2025 Jeonbuk Motors 1 - 1 Gangwon FC FA Cup Jeonju World Cup Stadium
07/23/2025 Jeonbuk Motors 2 - 0 Gangwon FC K League 1 Jeonju World Cup Stadium
06/13/2025 Gangwon FC 0 - 3 Jeonbuk Motors K League 1 Chuncheon Songam Stadium
03/09/2025 Jeonbuk Motors 0 - 1 Gangwon FC K League 1 Jeonju World Cup Stadium
07/26/2024 Gangwon FC 4 - 2 Jeonbuk Motors K League 1 Gangneung Stadium
05/29/2024 Gangwon FC 2 - 1 Jeonbuk Motors K League 1 Chuncheon Songam Stadium
04/07/2024 Jeonbuk Motors 2 - 3 Gangwon FC K League 1 Jeonju World Cup Stadium
09/16/2023 Jeonbuk Motors 1 - 3 Gangwon FC K League 1 Jeonju World Cup Stadium
11/01/2025
K League 1 Chuncheon Songam Stadium
08/27/2025
FA Cup Gangneung High1 Arena
08/20/2025
FA Cup Jeonju World Cup Stadium
07/23/2025
K League 1 Jeonju World Cup Stadium
06/13/2025
K League 1 Chuncheon Songam Stadium
03/09/2025
K League 1 Jeonju World Cup Stadium
07/26/2024
K League 1 Gangneung Stadium
05/29/2024
K League 1 Chuncheon Songam Stadium
04/07/2024
K League 1 Jeonju World Cup Stadium
09/16/2023
K League 1 Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Gangwon FC Win
Jeonbuk Motors Win
Draw

League Standings

Pos Team P Pts GF GA GD Form
1 FC Seoul 8 19 16 5 +11 LFC Seoul 0 - 1 Daejeon Citizen (18-04-2026)WUlsan Hyundai FC 1 - 4 FC Seoul (15-04-2026)WFC Seoul 1 - 0 Jeonbuk Motors (11-04-2026)DFC Anyang 1 - 1 FC Seoul (05-04-2026)WFC Seoul 5 - 0 Gwangju FC (22-03-2026)
2 Ulsan Hyundai FC 8 16 15 10 +5 WUlsan Hyundai FC 5 - 1 Gwangju FC (19-04-2026)LUlsan Hyundai FC 1 - 4 FC Seoul (15-04-2026)WIncheon United 1 - 2 Ulsan Hyundai FC (11-04-2026)LJeonbuk Motors 2 - 0 Ulsan Hyundai FC (04-04-2026)DUlsan Hyundai FC 0 - 0 Gimcheon Sangmu FC (22-03-2026)
3 Jeonbuk Motors 8 12 9 7 +2 DGangwon FC 1 - 1 Jeonbuk Motors (18-04-2026)LFC Seoul 1 - 0 Jeonbuk Motors (11-04-2026)WJeonbuk Motors 2 - 0 Ulsan Hyundai FC (04-04-2026)WDaejeon Citizen 0 - 1 Jeonbuk Motors (21-03-2026)WJeonbuk Motors 2 - 1 FC Anyang (18-03-2026)
4 Gangwon FC 8 10 9 7 +2 DGangwon FC 1 - 1 Jeonbuk Motors (18-04-2026)WDaejeon Citizen 0 - 2 Gangwon FC (12-04-2026)WGangwon FC 3 - 0 Gwangju FC (04-04-2026)LPohang Steelers 1 - 0 Gangwon FC (28-03-2026)DGangwon FC 1 - 1 Jeju United FC (22-03-2026)
5 Bucheon FC 1995 8 10 8 8 0 DBucheon FC 1995 2 - 2 Incheon United (18-04-2026)WGwangju FC 0 - 1 Bucheon FC 1995 (11-04-2026)LJeju United FC 1 - 0 Bucheon FC 1995 (04-04-2026)DPohang Steelers 0 - 0 Bucheon FC 1995 (22-03-2026)DBucheon FC 1995 0 - 0 Gangwon FC (18-03-2026)
6 FC Anyang 8 10 8 8 0 WPohang Steelers 0 - 1 FC Anyang (19-04-2026)DGimcheon Sangmu FC 1 - 1 FC Anyang (12-04-2026)DFC Anyang 1 - 1 FC Seoul (05-04-2026)LFC Anyang 0 - 1 Incheon United (22-03-2026)LJeonbuk Motors 2 - 1 FC Anyang (18-03-2026)
7 Daejeon Citizen 8 9 7 8 -1 WFC Seoul 0 - 1 Daejeon Citizen (18-04-2026)LDaejeon Citizen 0 - 2 Gangwon FC (12-04-2026)LPohang Steelers 1 - 0 Daejeon Citizen (04-04-2026)LDaejeon Citizen 0 - 1 Jeonbuk Motors (21-03-2026)WIncheon United 1 - 3 Daejeon Citizen (18-03-2026)
8 Jeju United FC 8 9 7 8 -1 DJeju United FC 1 - 1 Gimcheon Sangmu FC (18-04-2026)WPohang Steelers 0 - 2 Jeju United FC (11-04-2026)WJeju United FC 1 - 0 Bucheon FC 1995 (04-04-2026)DGangwon FC 1 - 1 Jeju United FC (22-03-2026)LJeju United FC 0 - 2 Ulsan Hyundai FC (18-03-2026)
9 Pohang Steelers 8 9 4 6 -2 LPohang Steelers 0 - 1 FC Anyang (19-04-2026)LPohang Steelers 0 - 2 Jeju United FC (11-04-2026)WPohang Steelers 1 - 0 Daejeon Citizen (04-04-2026)WPohang Steelers 1 - 0 Gangwon FC (28-03-2026)DPohang Steelers 0 - 0 Bucheon FC 1995 (22-03-2026)
10 Incheon United 8 8 11 14 -3 DBucheon FC 1995 2 - 2 Incheon United (18-04-2026)LIncheon United 1 - 2 Ulsan Hyundai FC (11-04-2026)WIncheon United 2 - 1 Gimcheon Sangmu FC (05-04-2026)WFC Anyang 0 - 1 Incheon United (22-03-2026)LIncheon United 1 - 3 Daejeon Citizen (18-03-2026)
11 Gimcheon Sangmu FC 8 7 7 8 -1 DJeju United FC 1 - 1 Gimcheon Sangmu FC (18-04-2026)DGimcheon Sangmu FC 1 - 1 FC Anyang (12-04-2026)LIncheon United 2 - 1 Gimcheon Sangmu FC (05-04-2026)DUlsan Hyundai FC 0 - 0 Gimcheon Sangmu FC (22-03-2026)DGimcheon Sangmu FC 1 - 1 Gwangju FC (17-03-2026)
12 Gwangju FC 8 6 5 17 -12 LUlsan Hyundai FC 5 - 1 Gwangju FC (19-04-2026)LGwangju FC 0 - 1 Bucheon FC 1995 (11-04-2026)LGangwon FC 3 - 0 Gwangju FC (04-04-2026)LFC Seoul 5 - 0 Gwangju FC (22-03-2026)DGimcheon Sangmu FC 1 - 1 Gwangju FC (17-03-2026)