▲ Suwon's Luis (second from right) celebrates scoring a goal.
Professional football club Suwon Samsung, led by manager Lee Jung-hyo, has taken another step closer to winning the K리그2 (K League 2) title and returning to the top tier.
Suwon secured a comfortable 4-1 victory over Ansan Greeners in the round 28 home match of the Hana Bank K League 2 2026 held at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 11th, propelled by a stellar one-man show from Luis, who scored a hat-trick.
Scoring his 13th, 14th, and 15th goals of the season in succession, Luis overtook Garcia (Chungbuk Cheongju, 14 goals) to claim sole possession of the top spot in the league scoring charts.
Colombian forward Luis, who previously played for Gimpo FC in K League 2 before donning a Suwon uniform last August, has exploded for 5 goals in 4 matches since transferring to Suwon.
Extending their undefeated streak to 10 matches (7 wins and 3 draws), including 5 consecutive wins, Suwon maintained their grip on the top spot with 56 points following the victory.
With 6 matches remaining for each team, they hold a 5-point lead over second-place Suwon FC (51 points).
They also cleanly avenged their 1-2 defeat to Ansan in their first encounter of the season back in July.
On the other hand, Ansan fell to 16th place out of 17 teams with 22 points after sliding into a 3-match losing streak.
Playing their first match in about a month due to the international break following an away match against Seoul E-Land on September 12 (a 1-0 victory), Suwon successfully seized early control just 2 minutes into the first half.
Kim Min-woo floated a long pass from the right near the halfway line into the penalty area, which Luis brought down with his chest before slotting it home with his right foot from right in front of the goal to take the lead.
Luis took responsibility for an additional goal in the 27th minute of the first half.
Luis stepped up to take a penalty kick earned by Lebron after a foul by Ansan's Kim Jung-hyun, and although his right-footed shot was blocked by goalkeeper Lee Seung-bin,
Luis followed up to sweep the rebound into the net with his left foot.
Ending the first half ahead 2-0, Suwon effectively sealed the match in the 12th minute of the second half when Luis headed in a corner kick from Jung Hoyeon to complete his hat-trick.
In the 16th minute of the second half, an own goal by Ansan defender JIHOON even came into play.
Ansan scored a consolation goal through Ryu Seung-wan in the 23rd minute of the second half, but the match had already slipped out of reach.
(Photo courtesy of Korea Professional Football League, Yonhap News)
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