Football match preview: Incheon United vs Pohang Steelers

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sungui Arena Park (20891 seats)

Incheon United prepare to battle it out with Pohang Steelers in this K-League 1 match. Everything you need to know about the fixture can be found here!

Insights:
  • Pohang Steelers have the most scored goals (6) 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 Incheon United and Pohang Steelers.

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Incheon United form and stats

Only two K-League 1 home games for Incheon United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Incheon enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gangwon's place. The match ended 1-0 with Kim scoring. Kim, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.45 out of 10 in that game. Kim topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Incheon United drew at home versus Seoul.

At Sungui Arena Park, Incheon United has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the K-League 1 away games so far for Pohang Steelers with six points collected from three matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Pohang Steelers, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Jeonbuk Motors (placed 7th) last time out. Midfield player Jeong was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.72/10. Jeong scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sangju Sangmu wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

It's early days yet, but Pohang Steelers has scored 6 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Incheon victories, three draws and five Pohang Steelers wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pohang SteelersY. Heo
Y. Heo
3 goals
Incheon UnitedS. Mugoša
S. Mugoša
1 goals
Incheon UnitedJ. Kim
J. Kim
1 goals

Incheon United missing players

Pohang Steelers missing players

Incheon United Pohang Steelers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 0 3 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 2 1 Scored S 0 6 6
1 1 1 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
33% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
67% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.3 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.7 3.7
5 6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.3 5.3
3 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 10.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.7 11.7
5.7 5.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7
18% 18% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 29%
 
7.3 6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.7 7.7
1.7 2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Pohang Steelers have the most points (6) away in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the most scored goals (6) away in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the most scored goals (6) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the most scored goals in the second half (4) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the the best goal difference (+3) away in K-League 1
Incheon United Last season Pohang Steelers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   18 38
12 7   Won W   6 12
11 6   Drew D   5 10
15 6   Lost L   7 16
38 17   Scored S   20 41
45 14   Conceded C   21 45
87% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 89%
63% 47%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   56% 58%
39% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 42%
18% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 21%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
45% 32%   BTTS BTTS   50% 50%
29% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 26%
39% 47%   Failed to Score F T   39% 34%
 
3 3.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.8
4.5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.5
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   4 8
 
8.3 8.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.1
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.7
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 29%
 
11.8 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 9.3
4.4 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ulsan 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 7
2 Incheon United 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Pohang Steelers 3 2 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 6
4 Seoul 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 5
5 Gangwon 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Sangju Sangmu 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
7 Jeonbuk Motors 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
8 Daegu 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4
9 Jeju United 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 4
10 Suwon Bluewings 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
11 Seongnam 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 1
12 Suwon 3 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 4 -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 Seoul 5 3 1 1 9 6 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 6 6 3 47
2 Incheon United 5 1 4 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 47
3 Pohang Steelers 5 1 1 3 6 5 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 46
4 Seongnam 5 2 1 2 4 6 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 44
5 Gangwon 5 1 3 1 5 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 2 6 -3 43
6 Gwangju 5 1 2 2 8 9 3 0 2 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 37

Read more about K-League 1

The K League 1 is the top level of the South Korean football league pyramid. It was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League, later renamed K League Classic and in 2018 renamed K League 1. It currently has twelve teams playing 33 fixtures each, then enter championship and relegation rounds.