Ulsan Hyundai reported its first win in a long time. They defeated Suwon FC at home to end a three-match winless streak.
Ulsan extended its unbeaten streak to nine games against Suwon FC with a 3-0 victory in the sixth round of the Hana Bank K League 1 2024 at the Munsu Football Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
With the win, Ulsan moved to 11 points from three wins, two draws and one loss to take the lead at the top of the standings, ahead of Pohang (10 points), who have played one game less. Suwon FC, which hasn’t won in five matches, remains in ninth place with one win, three draws and two losses and six points.
Ulsan deployed a 4-3-3 formation. Rubikson-Martin Adam-Lee Cheong-yong, Bojanic-Dong-Kyung Lee-Kyu-Sung, Lee Myung-Jae-Lim Jong-Eun, Hwang Seok-Ho-Seol Young-Woo, and Cho Hyun-Woo started. Veteran defender Kim Young-kwon, who made a costly mistake in the last match, was left off the roster altogether.
Suwon FC started with a 3-4-3 formation. Andersson, 안전놀이터 Ji Dong-won, Lee Seung-woo, Park Chul-woo, Lee Jae-won, Jeong Seung-woo, Jackson, Kwon Kyung-won, Kim Tae-han, and Labor made up the starting lineup.
Lee Seung-woo missed a crucial early goal.
In the 10th minute, Ji Dong-won made a perfect run down the right flank on a solo dribble and sent a ground ball cross in front of the goal. Lee Seung-woo was untouched by the defense and went straight at it, but the ball sailed high over the crossbar.
Ulsan survived the scare and took the lead. In the 18th minute, the Suwon FC defense cleared the ball away from Lee Dong-gyeong. Lee Dong-kyung didn’t hesitate and fired an accurate left-footed shot into the corner of the goal.
Suwon FC would be disappointed. In the 40th minute, on a counter-attack, Andersson received a pass from Lee Seung-woo and got into the box. Andersson calmly folded and beat two defenders before shooting, only to be denied by Lee Dong-kyung’s physical defense at the last second.
Ulsan capitalized on their dominant 80 percent possession to push for another goal. In the 44th minute, Lee Dong-gyung sent in a low corner kick that Lee Myung-jae raced onto and connected with a shot. The ball sailed just over the crossbar. The first half ended with Ulsan leading 1-0.
Suwon FC came out in the second half with a full lineup to fight back.
Ji Dong-won and Andersson centered the attack in search of an equalizer, causing Ulsan to panic. In the third minute of the second half, Jeong Seung-won took a direct shot on goal from a deflected ball, but Seol Young-woo was there to make the save.
After conceding the lead, Ulsan made a substitution to try to change the atmosphere. Head coach Hong Myung-bo took off Martin Adam and Bojanic in the 12th minute of the second half and brought on Lee Min-gyu and Ko Seung-beom.
Ulsan got the goal they were waiting for. In the 19th minute of the second half, Lee Cheong-yong’s pass found Rubiksson, who slipped past Lee Min-gyu and into the box. Rubiksson found the back of the net with a precise right-footed shot. Initially, the goal was called offside, but video review showed that Lee Min-gyu did not touch the ball and the goal was allowed to stand.
Cho Hyun-woo made a super save to preserve Ulsan’s victory. He stopped Lee Jae-won’s decisive shot in the 30th minute after a mistake by Lee Kyu-sung. 바카라사이트 In the 43rd minute, he also stretched out his arm to block Lee’s shot after he broke through alone. Lee shook his head in disbelief.
Lee In-gyu drove a wedge into the game just before the end. Ulsan had a chance to counterattack in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time when Lee stole the ball from Lee Seung-woo. Kim Min-woo calmly crossed the ball to the left side of the box, where Lee In-gyu slotted it home for his first goal of the league. The game ended with a 3-0 victory for Ulsan.