Jeonju World Cup Stadium AFC Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Pohang Steelers - Nagoya Grampus action

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jeonju World Cup Stadium (42477 seats)

AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Pohang Steelers and Nagoya Grampus meet at Jeonju World Cup Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

This should be an appealing match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

When playing at home in the K-League 1, Pohang Steelers have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Pohang Steelers has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Three consecutive losses here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Steelers are returning here after visiting Gwangju in a K-League 1 game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Manuel Palacios scored the goal(s). Park Seung-wook was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Seung-wook hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Gangwon in the K-League 1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Steelers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost three.

Pohang Steelers aren't scoring a lot here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in the league, with only 15 goals from 16 games. Steelers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 6W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.

There might be some fixture complaints from Grampus as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Nabisco Cup match against Tokyo (1-2).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Tokyo.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Grampus, three draws and eight defeats.

The visiting Nagoya Grampus have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 16 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H meeting ended Steelers - Nagoya Grampus 1-1, played this season. Pohang Steelers-Nagoya Grampus H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Pohang Steelers zero wins, Nagoya Grampus one win, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SteelersS. Lim
S. Lim
10 goals
Nagoya GrampusS. Inagaki
S. Inagaki
8 goals
Nagoya GrampusM. dos Santos Castro
M. dos Santos Castro
7 goals

Pohang Steelers missing players

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pohang Steelers Nagoya Grampus
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
10 5   Won W   4 17
5 2   Drew D   2 3
10 4   Lost L   5 5
29 16   Scored S   13 41
27 12   Conceded C   12 18
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
56% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 72%
36% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 40%
24% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 16%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
40% 55%   BTTS BTTS   36% 36%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 52%
36% 18%   Failed to Score F T   27% 12%
 
5.1 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.8
3.5 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.2
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.7 0.9
4 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.8 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 10
3.8 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 5.1
31% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 32%

  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 32 18 10 4 53 33 16 10 5 1 30 16 16 8 5 3 23 17 20 64
2 Jeonbuk Motors 32 18 9 5 56 30 17 11 3 3 33 18 15 7 6 2 23 12 26 63
3 Daegu 32 13 10 9 37 35 15 7 6 2 19 13 17 6 4 7 18 22 2 49
4 Suwon 32 12 9 11 44 46 15 7 3 5 21 21 17 5 6 6 23 25 -2 45
5 Jeju United 32 10 14 8 41 37 15 5 5 5 19 22 17 5 9 3 22 15 4 44
6 Suwon Bluewings 32 11 9 12 39 40 17 5 5 7 21 25 15 6 4 5 18 15 -1 42
7 Pohang Steelers 32 11 9 12 35 39 16 5 5 6 15 19 16 6 4 6 20 20 -4 42
8 Incheon United 32 10 7 15 32 42 17 6 5 6 15 14 15 4 2 9 17 28 -10 37
9 Seoul 32 8 10 14 33 39 17 4 5 8 18 22 15 4 5 6 15 17 -6 34
10 Gangwon 31 8 10 13 32 38 15 5 7 3 19 12 16 3 3 10 13 26 -6 34
11 Seongnam 32 8 10 14 28 39 15 5 4 6 14 17 17 3 6 8 14 22 -11 34
12 Gwangju 31 8 5 18 30 42 16 5 3 8 17 20 15 3 2 10 13 22 -12 29
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 31 21 6 4 67 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 16 10 3 3 32 19 39 69
3 Vissel Kobe 31 16 9 6 50 30 15 8 4 3 25 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 20 57
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 31 16 6 9 36 32 15 10 3 2 20 13 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 54
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 31 14 9 8 38 29 15 9 4 2 25 11 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 31 13 7 11 38 33 16 9 1 6 22 15 15 4 6 5 16 18 5 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 31 12 6 13 40 43 16 7 2 7 23 25 15 5 4 6 17 18 -3 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 31 10 4 17 31 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 15 5 2 8 13 17 -12 34
14 Gamba Osaka 31 9 6 16 25 39 16 4 3 9 15 25 15 5 3 7 10 14 -14 33
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 7 11 13 31 45 15 3 5 7 12 24 16 4 6 6 19 21 -14 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 31 8 5 18 25 43 16 4 4 8 15 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -18 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 31 5 12 14 30 37 16 2 9 5 11 13 15 3 3 9 19 24 -7 27
18 Oita Trinita 31 6 6 19 21 48 16 5 5 6 13 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -27 24
19 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 11 16 24 50 15 2 5 8 9 19 16 2 6 8 15 31 -26 23
20 Yokohama 31 5 7 19 25 66 15 3 5 7 16 25 16 2 2 12 9 41 -41 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 31 21 6 4 67 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 16 10 3 3 32 19 39 69
3 Vissel Kobe 31 16 9 6 50 30 15 8 4 3 25 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 20 57
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 31 16 6 9 36 32 15 10 3 2 20 13 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 54
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 31 14 9 8 38 29 15 9 4 2 25 11 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 31 13 7 11 38 33 16 9 1 6 22 15 15 4 6 5 16 18 5 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 31 12 6 13 40 43 16 7 2 7 23 25 15 5 4 6 17 18 -3 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 31 10 4 17 31 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 15 5 2 8 13 17 -12 34
14 Gamba Osaka 31 9 6 16 25 39 16 4 3 9 15 25 15 5 3 7 10 14 -14 33
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 7 11 13 31 45 15 3 5 7 12 24 16 4 6 6 19 21 -14 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 31 8 5 18 25 43 16 4 4 8 15 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -18 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 31 5 12 14 30 37 16 2 9 5 11 13 15 3 3 9 19 24 -7 27
18 Oita Trinita 31 6 6 19 21 48 16 5 5 6 13 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -27 24
19 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 11 16 24 50 15 2 5 8 9 19 16 2 6 8 15 31 -26 23
20 Yokohama 31 5 7 19 25 66 15 3 5 7 16 25 16 2 2 12 9 41 -41 22

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