Pohang Steelers have journeyed here for an appealing fight versus the hosting Jeonbuk Motors. Get smart on the game with this thorough K-League 1 preview!
Jeonbuk Motors 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.
Jeonbuk Motors form and stats
Only two K-League 1 home games for Jeonbuk Motors so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Jeonbuk faced defeat in their previous match, away at Daegu (0-2).
Ahead of that match, Jeonbuk Motors won a home game hosting Gwangju (2-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Jeonbuk Motors have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 6 and lost 2.
At Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonbuk Motors has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
Pohang Steelers are still undefeated on their travels in the K-League 1. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
There were no winners in Pohang Steelers's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Gangwon (placed 11th). As mentioned above, Steelers drew the match against Gangwon. Manager Kim brought on Ho-jae to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Zeca, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.51. Zeca served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Daejeon Citizen.Pohang Steelers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 6 matches.
{2 goals} so far away for Pohang Steelers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jeonbuk Motors six wins, one draw and Pohang Steelers three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Lee 3 goals |  S. Moon 2 goals | J. Jeong 2 goals |
Jeonbuk Motors missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Jeonbuk Motors | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7 | 13.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 21% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 30% |
| 14 | 17 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Jeonbuk Motors | Last season | Pohang Steelers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 38 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 56 | 23 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 66% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 45% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 37% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 21% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 11% | ||
| 55% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 58% | ||
| 34% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 13% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 13% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 10.6 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 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 | Ulsan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Seoul | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Daejeon Citizen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Gwangju | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Daegu | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Suwon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Incheon United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Jeju United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 |
