Get ready for Pohang Steelers - Gwangju! Despite the season performances so far this game should be cracking!
- Gwangju is in the worst form (0-1-5)
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a FA Cup match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Asan Mugunghwa.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Pohang Steelers so far this season. Steelers have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A strong away win for Steelers against Asan Mugunghwa the last match.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ulsan in the K-League 1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Steelers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn one and lost one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Steelers here at Steelyard Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). Steelers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Gwangju form and stats
Gwangju have only collected 7 points from their away games in the K-League 1, after 2-1-6 (9 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on H. Kim, the Gwangju manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Gwangju might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Suwon Bluewings proved too strong as Gwangju slumped to a 3-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Gwangju World Cup Stadium. Heui-hun Han, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Han scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Gwangju, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Gwangju were so close to getting something from the game against Suwon Bluewings, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal eight minutes into overtime.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Jeju United.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Gwangju playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
The visiting Gwangju have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Gwangju have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Gwangju - Steelers 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Steelers eight wins, two draws and Gwangju zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Song 6 goals |  S. Lim 6 goals |  F. de Sousa Silva 3 goals |
Pohang Steelers missing players
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| Pohang Steelers | Gwangju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 35% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 41% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 10.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.2 | 10.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 22% |
- Gwangju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gwangju have the most matches under the total-line (10) in K-League 1
- Gwangju haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Gwangju is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ulsan | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Suwon Bluewings | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Motors | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Daegu | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 6 | Jeju United | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Incheon United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 19 |
| 8 | Suwon | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 9 | Seongnam | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Seoul | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 14 |