Match Report
The table read 6th (Gangwon, 46 pts) against 5th (Gyeongnam, 33 pts), 13 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Gangwon: only 18th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Gangwon were scoring 1.45 and conceding 1.42, Gyeongnam 1 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Gangwon had lost three in a row.
The venue was Chuncheon Songam Stadium in Chuncheon, with room for 30,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.