Last-place Suwon (29 points) hosts Seoul (7th – 54 points) in a 37th round visit on the 25th. It’s a rivalry “supermatch” and both teams are desperate for a win, but Suwon’s situation is much more desperate. Suwon has lost all three meetings with Seoul this season 아톰카지노 도메인.
If the 12th-placed Suwon loses this game and Gangwon (11th – 30 points) beats Suwon FC (10th – 32 points) on the same day, Suwon’s relegation to the second division is virtually assured. The 10th-place team has one more chance to stay in the top flight, as they play the eventual winner of a playoff between the third- through fifth-place teams in the second division, and the 11th-place team plays the second-place team in the second division in a relegation playoff, but the 12th-place team is relegated immediately. Gangwon’s fate is equally uncertain, as a loss on the day could see them drop to the bottom of the table, depending on the results of Suwon and Seoul.
If Suwon loses and Gangwon wins, the relegation zone positions and points would be 10th-place Gangwon (33 points), 11th-place Suwon FC (32 points), and 12th-place Suwon (29 points). Depending on the outcome of the season finale on December 2, Suwon and Suwon FC could end up with the same number of points, but Suwon FC has a nine-goal advantage on goal difference. If the teams are tied on points, goal difference decides the standings. Suwon will play Gangwon and Suwon FC will play Jeju in the final match.
Founded in 1995, Suwon is a four-time first division champion. The club has also lifted the Korean Football Association (FA) Cup five times and reached the top of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League twice. However, the club has finished 6th, 8th, 8th, 6th, and 10th in the last five seasons until last year, and is facing relegation to the second division for the first time since its inception.
In the second division, the winner is crowned on the 26th, when the final game of the season is played. The winner of the second division will move up to the first division next season. As of the 24th, Busan is in first place (69 points) and Gimcheon is in second place (68 points), with the two teams separated by one point. Six games will kick off at the same time, including Busan-Chungbuk Cheongju (live on Channel A Plus) and Gimcheon-Seoul Eland, starting at 3 p.m. today. With a win, Busan will return to the top flight after four years. If Busan and Gimcheon end up with the same number of points in the final match, Gimcheon has an absolute advantage in goal difference with 21 goals. Gimcheon was in the first division last season.
Seoul is expected to surpass 400,000 paying fans in a season for the first time in the history of the K League with its home game against Suwon at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Seoul World Cup Stadium. The K League started tracking paid attendance in 2018. Seoul has drawn a total of 394,022 fans (21,890 on average) to its 18 home games this year, leaving 5978 fans short of the 400,000 mark. Over 30,000 tickets have been sold for today’s game, putting the club on track to break the 400,000 mark. The league is also expected to break the record for the highest average attendance in a single season for a domestic professional sport (21,901), which was set by the baseball team Lotte in 2008.
