Pohang Steelers have taken 20 of their 42 in total here in their own stadium fortress. Will they claim the win against Gangwon?
- Pohang Steelers is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Gangwon have the fewest points (12) away 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 Steelers and Gangwon.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
The overall K-League 1 stats playing at home this season for Pohang Steelers are 5-5-7 (wins-draws-losses). The home stadium (Steelyard Stadium) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Steelers it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Stress levels are on the rise for Pohang Steelers's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. Lee Ho-Jae was their last goal scorer.
Steelers lost their last game at Seongnam after a 0-1 scoreline. Sang-woo Kang was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.75 out of 10. The defender Kang hit two key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Steelers lost 0-1 at home to Incheon United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pohang Steelers handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, five draws and three defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Steelers as they have a new game in only four days, a K-League 1 match thankfully also at home. Gwangju are visiting.
Pohang Steelers have scored 15 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. Steelers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gangwon form and stats
Gangwon have only collected 12 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 3-3-10 (16 played).
Gangwon has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Gwangju for a K-League 1 game that ended a draw (2-2). As mentioned above, Gangwon drew the match against Gwangju. Manager B. Kim brought on Se-gye Sin to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. The attacker Dae-won Kim got a match rating of 8.65 in that game. Kim scored one goal, hit eight key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting Daegu before that.Gangwon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, four draws and seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
After this away game Gangwon return home for a K-League 1 game against Incheon United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gangwon as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gangwon have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the participants played each other earlier this season; Gangwon - Steelers 1-0. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Pohang Steelers won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Gangwon have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  S. Lim 10 goals |   D. Kim 7 goals |  M. Ko 6 goals |
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| Pohang Steelers | Gangwon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 3 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 35 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 37 |
| 41 | 20 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 28 | 45 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 56% | 53% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 68% |
| 38% | 41% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 47% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | 26% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | 9% |
| 50% | 47% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | 50% |
| 24% | 35% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | 29% |
| 35% | 35% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 10.5 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 28% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 31% |
- Gangwon have the fewest points (12) away in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the fewest scored goals (13) away in K-League 1
- Gangwon have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in K-League 1
- Gangwon haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have the most matches under the total-line (19) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Pohang Steelers is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | Ulsan | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 54 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 64 |
| 3 | Daegu | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 49 |
| 4 | Jeju United | 33 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Suwon Bluewings | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 45 |
| 6 | Suwon | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -4 | 45 |
| 7 | Pohang Steelers | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Incheon United | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -9 | 40 |
| 9 | Seoul | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -8 | 37 |
| 11 | Seongnam | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 37 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 25 | -11 | 32 |