Both participants are in pretty good shape, Pohang Steelers enjoying a 9 point lead on Gwangju in the standings. Let's start!
- Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Gwangju and Pohang Steelers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Gwangju form and stats
When playing at home in the K-League 1, Gwangju have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
Gwangju enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Suwon's place. The match ended 2-0 with Letschert and Asani scoring. A huge relief, as that was the first league victory after playing, but not winning, seven games in a row.
Before that, a strong away victory at Seoul E.. A FA Cup game.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the K-League 1 game versus Suwon Bluewings in only four days. This game is also played here at Gwangju World Cup Stadium.
From these home matches, Gwangju have conceded only 5 goals.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
As the visiting team in K-League 1 matches, Pohang Steelers have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Steelers, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Pohang Steelers have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper In-Jae Hwang. It's been 193 minutes since they last conceded in K-League 1.
Impressive finishing from Go secured the home win 1-0 against Jeonbuk Motors in their previous game. Go got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Go scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previously, the FA Cup win away at Seongnam.
A new game in only three days for Pohang Steelers, the K-League 1 home match versus Jeju United. Busy days.
Pohang Steelers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier on this season: Pohang Steelers - Gwangju 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gwangju one win, one draw and Pohang Steelers eight victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Go Young-jun 6 goals |  J. Asani 5 goals |  S. Baek 4 goals |
Gwangju missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Gwangju | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 87% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 87% |
| 73% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 73% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 40% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 60% |
| 40% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 15 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.7 | 13.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 28% |
| 11.6 | 10.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 |
- Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in K-League 1
- Gwangju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in K-League 1
- Gwangju have the most clean sheets (4) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Seoul | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Daejeon Citizen | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Daegu | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Gwangju | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Incheon United | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Suwon | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 8 |
