Pohang Steelers have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Ulsan. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ulsan and Pohang Steelers.
Ulsan form and stats
Ulsan was eliminated in the finals last season in the AFC Champions League.Ulsan are steadily winning K-League Classic games and points here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium. 10 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Ulsan has performed like this (both home and away): 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Hyun-Woo Cho not having conceded a league goal in 184 minutes.
Happy days for Ulsan in their previous game, a AFC Champions League match away at Jeonbuk Motors (after extra-time) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Manager M. Hong felt very clever after Lee Dong-Gyeong scored the winning goal against Jeonbuk Motors (after extra-time), having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Suwon and winning 3-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Ulsan perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ulsan as a small favourite), we find three games. Ulsan has won one of these, drawn two and lost zero.
Ulsan are traveling soon after this match as the K-League Classic match at Seongnam awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Ulsan in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 16 league matches. On the other hand, Ulsan have conceded 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
As the visiting team in K-League Classic matches, Pohang Steelers have produced an overall stat of 6-4-6 so far. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 5W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
Lee Seung-Mo and Lim Sang-Hyub scored in Steelers's previous match, the home game against Nagoya Grampus that ended 3-0.
Prior to that result Pohang Steelers won their away game at Gwangju in the K-League Classic. The scoreline was 3-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Steelers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Pohang Steelers, four draws and five defeats.
After this away game Steelers return home for a K-League Classic game against Incheon United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Pohang Steelers find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Pohang Steelers have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Ulsan wins - draws - Pohang Steelers wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Lee 11 goals |   S. Lim 10 goals |  V. Qazaishvili 8 goals |
Ulsan missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Ulsan | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 46% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 34% | ||
| 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 | Gangwon | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -5 | 37 |
| 9 | Incheon United | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -10 | 37 |
| 10 | Seoul | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -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 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 29 |