K-League 1 forecast and pre-match guide: Pohang Steelers moderate expected to overcome Daegu

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Thu 05.May
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Steelyard Stadium (25000 seats)

There should be a significant gap in quality between these sides based on table positions so far, with Pohang Steelers in front of Daegu by 7 points.

Insights:
  • Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in K-League 1
  • Daegu have the fewest points (1) away in K-League 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

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

Steelers are returning here after guesting Gimhae City in a FA Cup game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline.

1-1 away at Gangwon before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pohang Steelers handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, five draws and four defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Steelers, as the K-League 1 home game vs Seongnam is only three days away.

At Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Steelers has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Daegu form and stats

0-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Daegu in their K-League 1 matches away.

Two trips in a row for Daegu, whose boss Casado could celebrate last time after the AFC Champions League win against Home United. Midfielder Lamas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.51. Lamas hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

We have checked recent matches where Daegu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, four draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Suwon Bluewings in just three days.

Daegu have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Pohang SteelersY. Heo
Y. Heo
5 goals
DaeguJ. Ko
J. Ko
4 goals
Pohang SteelersS. Lim
S. Lim
3 goals

Pohang Steelers missing players

Daegu missing players

Pohang Steelers Daegu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 2 1 Played P 1 4 9
4 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 5
12 3 2 Scored S 1 4 10
8 1 0 Conceded C 3 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 89%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
22% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 56%
44% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
4.4 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.5 3.3
4.1 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.5 5.6
2.6 2.5 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 14 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.2 8.7
5.3 7.5 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.3
25% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 33%
 
6.9 6.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.5 9.9
2.4 1.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.2 4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • All of Pohang Steelers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Daegu have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Daegu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Daegu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Daegu have the fewest points (1) away in K-League 1
  • Daegu have the most conceded goals (9) away in K-League 1
  • Daegu have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in K-League 1
  • Daegu have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Daegu have yet to win a game away.
  • Pohang Steelers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home 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 Ulsan 9 7 2 0 15 5 5 4 1 0 9 3 4 3 1 0 6 2 10 23
2 Incheon United 9 5 3 1 10 6 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 3 0 0 4 1 4 18
3 Pohang Steelers 9 4 3 2 12 8 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 3 2 2 9 7 4 15
4 Jeonbuk Motors 9 4 2 3 10 7 4 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 14
5 Jeju United 9 3 4 2 8 8 6 1 3 2 3 5 3 2 1 0 5 3 0 13
6 Sangju Sangmu 9 3 3 3 12 9 3 2 1 0 6 3 6 1 2 3 6 6 3 12
7 Gangwon 9 2 4 3 10 10 6 2 1 3 6 6 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 10
8 Seoul 9 2 4 3 10 10 3 1 1 1 5 4 6 1 3 2 5 6 0 10
9 Suwon 9 3 1 5 13 15 3 2 0 1 10 9 6 1 1 4 3 6 -2 10
10 Daegu 9 2 2 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 0 1 3 4 9 -5 8
11 Suwon Bluewings 9 1 4 4 7 11 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 0 2 2 3 6 -4 7
12 Seongnam 9 1 2 6 7 20 6 0 2 4 2 12 3 1 0 2 5 8 -13 5

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.