Daejeon Citizen greet Pohang Steelers for another absorbing K-League 1 fixture here at Daejeon World Cup Stadium.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Daejeon Citizen form and stats
Daejeon Citizen have only played one K-League 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat from 20 matches.
Daejeon Citizen drew their last game, 3-3 away at Incheon United (placed 7th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The Daejeon Citizen goalkeeper Chang-Geun was crucial in the match against Incheon United last time out, making nine saves. The attacker Lee was announced as "man of the match" for Daejeon with the rating of 8.11/10. Lee served one assist, hit four key passes and had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).
Ahead of that match, Daejeon Citizen won a home game hosting Gangwon (2-0).It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Daejeon Citizen at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the K-League 1, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 2 matches.
Pohang Steelers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Suwon (placed 10th). Go got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Go scored one goal and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Daegu.{2 goals} so far away for Pohang Steelers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Pohang Steelers have won all of the 6 most recent battles against this team. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  T. Pereira da Silva 2 goals | Kim In-Gyun 2 goals |  H. Lee 2 goals |
Daejeon Citizen missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Daejeon Citizen | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 13.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 7.5 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Daejeon Citizen | Last season | Pohang Steelers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 38 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 70 | 44 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 98% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 57% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 37% | ||
| 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 21% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 11% | ||
| 65% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 58% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 12% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 13% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seoul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Ulsan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Daejeon Citizen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Gwangju | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Jeju United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Incheon United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Daegu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Jeonbuk Motors | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Suwon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Gangwon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gwangju | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 36 | 86 |
| 2 | Daejeon Citizen | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 70 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 74 |
| 3 | Anyang | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 69 |
| 4 | Bucheon 1995 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 61 |
| 5 | Gyeongnam | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 60 | 61 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 36 | -1 | 56 |
| 6 | Asan Mugunghwa | 40 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 39 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -5 | 52 |
| 7 | Seoul E. | 40 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -1 | 48 |
| 8 | Gimpo | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 65 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -26 | 41 |
| 9 | Ansan Greeners | 40 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 49 | 67 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 32 | -18 | 37 |
| 10 | Busan I'Park | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 52 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -18 | 36 |
| 11 | Jeonnam Dragons | 40 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 58 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 33 | -11 | 35 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 76 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 73 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 60 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 52 |
| 6 | Gangwon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 49 |
