Suwon, which is tied with Jeonnam, and distant direct promotion Sungnam Busan won side by side. The fight for 5th place is up in the air
Oct 25, 2025
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The 36th round on the 25th made the composition even more complicated. For now, Suwon Samsung has moved away from direct promotion. Suwon drew 2-2 with the Jeonnam Dragons at home. If he had won, he could have continued the competition for the championship until the end, but he collapsed on his own after getting an equalizer from Honan just before the end.
Suwon only added one more point, reaching 67 points. The gap with Incheon United (74 points) is 7 points. If Incheon wins the match against Gyeongnam FC on the 26th, the difference in points will be 10 points, and the championship will be confirmed regardless of the results of the remaining three games. In fact, the second place is most likely. The second place will play the 11th-ranked team in the K League 1 in the promotion and playoffs.
With Jeonnam adding one point to 59 points, Bucheon FC also drew 0-0 with Chungcheongbuk-do Cheongju to 60 points. He stayed in third place but couldn't run away. They maintained the third and fourth places with the first points.
The competition for the fifth place is too hot to be fierce. Seongnam FC beat Hwaseong FC 1-0 at home and became 55 points. He was on par with fifth-place Seoul E-Land (55 points), but ranked sixth after falling behind in multiple points. Busan I'Park, which had recently slowed down, took a 4-1 victory over Gimpo FC at home and started chasing again with 54 points. Gimpo was in eighth place with 51 points, falling into a quagmire of three consecutive losses. It seems that they are gradually moving away from playoff competition.
E-Land will face Chungnam Asan, which is on a three-game winning streak at home on the 26th, and if it wins here, it will widen the gap between the sixth and fourth places and narrow down to two and one points, respectively, and if it loses, it will have to compete with Seongnam and Busan for fifth place until the end. Pee-malley is continuing to fight one way or the other.
Meanwhile, Cheonan City and Ansan Greeners' last-place scramble ended with a score of 0-0. Cheonan ranked 12th with 29 points and Ansan was at the bottom with 26 points.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
