Gangwon - Pohang Steelers in K-League 1: Numbers, line-ups, games, tendencies and headlines. Get our complete preview!
- Gangwon have the fewest points from losing position (2) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have the most matches under the total-line (17) in K-League 1
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 Gangwon and Pohang Steelers.
Gangwon form and stats
The story so far in the K-League 1 for Gangwon at their home stadium (Gangneung Stadium) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Gangwon to get some points in this home game.
Gangwon are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Seongnam. Guk-yeong Han (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.01/10. Han had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Suwon Bluewings.The match schedule is unforgiving for Gangwon as they have a new game in only three days, a K-League 1 match thankfully also at home. Jeonbuk Motors are visiting.
The Gangwon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Gangwon have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. It's a growing despair in Pohang Steelers as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Pohang Steelers failed to get anything from their last game, a K-League 1 home match vs Jeju United (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 2-4. An insane match with heaps of goals last time out for Pohang Steelers, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this match be as refreshing? Alex Grant was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.05. The defender Grant scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 8 duels.
A loss against Ulsan was the result prior to that, in a home game.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The K-League 1 trip to Gwangju.
Steelers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Steelers have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Pohang Steelers - Gangwon 1-1. Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Gangwon won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Pohang Steelers got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  S. Lim 10 goals |   M. Ko 6 goals |  J. Cho 4 goals |
Gangwon missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Gangwon | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 28 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 35 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 60% |
| 44% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 36% | 40% |
| 22% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 48% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 53% |
| 30% | 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 14% | 27% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 30% |
| 4 | 4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9.4 | 10.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.6 | 10.1 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 30% | 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | 30% |
- Gangwon have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest points from losing position (2) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have the most matches under the total-line (17) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 50 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 61 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 55 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 25 | 60 |
| 3 | Daegu | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 48 |
| 4 | Suwon | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 45 |
| 5 | Suwon Bluewings | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Pohang Steelers | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 39 |
| 7 | Jeju United | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Incheon United | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -8 | 37 |
| 9 | Seongnam | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -10 | 34 |
| 10 | Seoul | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Gwangju | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 12 | Gangwon | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -7 | 27 |