Open game expected at Steelyard Stadium: Pohang Steelers vs Daegu preview

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Fri 02.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Steelyard Stadium (25000 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Pohang Steelers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Daegu.

Insights:
  • Pohang Steelers have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in K-League 1
  • Daegu have the most conceded goals (12) in K-League 1

Pohang Steelers and Daegu 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.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Pohang Steelers have to build on here at Steelyard Stadium in the K-League 1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Steelers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the K-League 1 game versus Jeonbuk Motors in only four days. This game is also played here at Steelyard Stadium.

Steelers has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Daegu form and stats

No K-League 1 points yet away for Daegu, from their first 2 matches. Daegu has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The end of the last match, against Ulsan, was very satisfying as Cesinha scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Daegu in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Daegu, one draw and three defeats.

A new game in only four days for Daegu, the K-League 1 home match versus Seongnam. Busy days.

It's early days yet, but Daegu has scored 3 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Steelers wins - draws - Daegu wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SteelersM. Song
M. Song
3 goals
DaeguC. Silva dos Santos
C. Silva dos Santos
3 goals
DaeguJ. Kim
J. Kim
3 goals

Pohang Steelers missing players

Daegu missing players

Pohang Steelers Daegu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 2 6
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
7 3 0 Scored S 1 3 8
9 5 0 Conceded C 2 5 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
67% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 10.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 16 16.5 14
3.8 3.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 4.2
30% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 32%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • All of Daegu's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Pohang Steelers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Daegu have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Daegu have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Daegu have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Daegu have the most conceded goals (12) in K-League 1
  • Daegu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pohang Steelers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Pohang Steelers have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the most points from losing position (7) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 6 4 2 0 11 5 4 3 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 6 14
2 Seoul 6 4 0 2 8 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 12
3 Ulsan 6 3 2 1 11 4 3 2 1 0 8 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 7 11
4 Suwon Bluewings 6 3 2 1 7 3 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 11
5 Seongnam 6 3 2 1 5 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 11
6 Jeju United 6 1 5 0 4 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 8
7 Pohang Steelers 6 2 1 3 7 9 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 1 0 2 4 4 -2 7
8 Incheon United 6 2 0 4 8 10 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 3 2 7 -2 6
9 Daegu 6 1 2 3 8 12 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 0 2 3 5 -4 5
10 Gangwon 6 1 2 3 5 11 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 2 8 -6 5
11 Gwangju 6 1 1 4 6 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 4 1 1 2 6 5 -2 4
12 Suwon 6 0 3 3 4 11 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 3 9 -7 3

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.