Both Gangwon and Pohang Steelers are itching for points in this match, in spite of the guesting team holding a 29 point lead in the league table.
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (19) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have scored more than double the goals of Gangwon.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gangwon form and stats
Gangwon's struggle is real here at Chuncheon Songam Stadium with only 10 points collected from 14 K-League 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-8. When Gangwon hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Seoul, Jeonbuk Motors and Ulsan), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
The Gangwon club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Chuncheon Songam Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Suwon (placed 10th). The defeat against Suwon was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Yoon).
Ahead of that match, Gangwon won a home game hosting Ulsan (2-0).Some goal stats: A review of the 12 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gangwon here at Chuncheon Songam Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 14 games). Gangwon have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
Playing away, Pohang Steelers have won 3 games, drawn 7 and suffered 2 defeats in the K-League 1 this season. Visiting Pohang Steelers has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Pohang Steelers are travelling after their nice 4-3 home win in the match against Daejeon Citizen (placed 7th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Daejeon Citizen was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Hong came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Daejeon Citizen last time out, making the manager Kim feel like a tactical genius.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Gwangju.Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 10 of this club's last 12 league games.
The visiting Steelers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Pohang Steelers have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Pohang Steelers have avoided defeat in the last 8 games (5-3-0) facing Gangwon.Gangwon and Pohang Steelers have faced off before this season: Gangwon - Pohang Steelers 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  Go Young-jun 8 goals |  H. Lee 6 goals |
Gangwon missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Gangwon | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 43 |
| 32 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 67% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 22% | 36% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 48% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 4% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 48% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 19% | 14% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 44% | 36% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 10.6 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.3 | 13.9 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 23% | 26% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | 33% |
| 13 | 11.7 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.8 | 9.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4 |
- Gangwon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gangwon have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (19) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the most matches under the total-line (21) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pohang Steelers have scored more than double the goals of Gangwon.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ulsan | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 60 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 49 |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Motors | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 41 |
| 4 | Seoul | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Gwangju | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Incheon United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -1 | 37 |
| 7 | Daejeon Citizen | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -5 | 36 |
| 8 | Daegu | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Jeju United | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Suwon | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -25 | 26 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 22 |
| 12 | Gangwon | 27 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 20 |
