Pohang Steelers have travelled here for an exciting battle versus the home team Jeonbuk Motors. Get ready for the game with this thorough K-League 1 preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Jeonbuk Motors form and stats
The hosts won their first K-League 1 game here at Jeonju World Cup Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Jeonbuk Motors last season were 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses from 2 games.
An away draw last time out for Jeonbuk Motors, facing Daegu in a game that ended 1-1. Song, a natural forward, was the champion player for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). Song hit one key pass.
Before that, Jeonbuk had a home game versus Suwon which ended with a victory 1-0.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 seven games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost three.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Jeonbuk Motors as they have a new game in only four days, a K-League 1 match thankfully also at home. Ulsan are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Jeonbuk Motors at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
Things could have gone better for Pohang Steelers in their K-League 1 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Steelers are travelling again after losing away to Sangju Sangmu in their previous match (2-3). The attacker Heo got a match rating of 7.64 in that game. Heo scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Pohang Steelers won their away game at Jeju United. The scoreline was 3-0.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 four wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Steelers have another fixture that requires travelling in just three nights, a K-League 1 fixture versus Incheon United. A hard fixture list for the guests!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Pohang Steelers has managed 5 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Jeonbuk Motors won seven games, one match ended with a draw and Pohang Steelers have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  Y. Heo 3 goals |   B. Kim 1 goals | M. Song 1 goals |
Jeonbuk Motors missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Jeonbuk Motors | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 36% | 36% |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Jeonbuk Motors | Last season | Pohang Steelers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 38 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 71 | 38 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Conceded | C | 21 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 76% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 58% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 37% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 21% | ||
| 21% | 26% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 39% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 26% | ||
| 16% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 34% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 9.8 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 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 | Seoul | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Sangju Sangmu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Gangwon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Jeonbuk Motors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Jeju United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Pohang Steelers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Suwon Bluewings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Daegu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 | Jeonbuk Motors | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 76 |
| 2 | Ulsan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 74 |
| 3 | Daegu | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 55 |
| 4 | Jeju United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Suwon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| 6 | Suwon Bluewings | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 46 |
