A brief glance at the K-League 1 standings indicate an advantage to Pohang Steelers when they travel to Gangwon. Even so; let's play before we award the win!
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (7) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have scored more than double the goals of Gangwon.
Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!
Gangwon form and stats
Gangwon's struggle is real here at Chuncheon Songam Stadium with only 4 points collected from 6 K-League 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4. Gangwon has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Choi and the players.
Gangwon are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 270 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Hyun-Jun).
The Gangwon supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Chuncheon Songam Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Suwon Bluewings (placed 12th). Kim, a striker, was the champion player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.41 (out of 10). Kim hit one key pass.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ulsan.Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 13 league matches, 12 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
The manager Choi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gimpo in only three days.
Gangwon have scored {4 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Pohang Steelers playing as the away team in the K-League 1 this season.
Pohang Steelers go into this game after a win, the home game against Daejeon Citizen that ended 3-2. Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone three league games without victory. The end of the last match, against Daejeon Citizen, was very satisfying as Go scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Go got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Go scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Daegu.Steelers have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a FA Cup game vs Seongnam. A gruelling itinerary for them!
Pohang Steelers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Pohang Steelers have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Pohang Steelers have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (4-2-0) against Gangwon.Pohang Steelers - Gangwon 1-1 was the result in these squads' latest h2h fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  Go Young-jun 5 goals |  S. Baek 4 goals | H. Lee 3 goals |
Gangwon missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Gangwon | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 62% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 85% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 46% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 69% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 62% | 67% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 10 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 13.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 23% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 32% |
| 12.8 | 11.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 8.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
- Gangwon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gangwon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Gangwon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gangwon have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (7) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the most matches under the total-line (12) in K-League 1
- Gangwon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Seoul | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Daejeon Citizen | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Daegu | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Suwon | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 9 | Gwangju | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 10 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 8 |
