K-League 1 preview and statistics: Pohang Steelers - Incheon United at Steelyard Stadium

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Steelyard Stadium (25000 seats)

K-League 1: Pohang Steelers receive Incheon United in what could be an absorbing football game. Tipsway gives you all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both contenders have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's look for an energetic game!

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League 1 numbers at home for Pohang Steelers so far this season.

Steelers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Jeju United (0-5). Pohang Steelers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The gifted forward Wanderson edged out all others in that game and received a match rating of 7.05 out of 10. Wanderson hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Gangwon in a game that was won 2-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Pohang Steelers matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

The Steelers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. Pohang Steelers have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Incheon United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Incheon United had fun at their own home (Steelyard Stadium) last time out, beating Jeonbuk Motors 3-1. Hernandes (2) and Song scored. The attacker Hernandes got a match rating of 8.44 in that game. Hernandes scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Daegu.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Incheon when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Incheon United have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Incheon United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Pohang Steelers - Incheon United 2-0 was the result in these participants' latest head-to-head match, played this season. Steelers-Incheon United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pohang Steelers five wins, Incheon United two wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Pohang SteelersY. Heo
Y. Heo
9 goals
Pohang SteelersS. Lim
S. Lim
6 goals
Pohang SteelersJ. Jeong
J. Jeong
5 goals

Pohang Steelers missing players

Incheon United missing players

Pohang Steelers Incheon United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 3 13 26
12 7 3 Won W 0 5 10
7 4 1 Drew D 2 5 10
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 6
35 18 9 Scored S 5 17 34
27 9 5 Conceded C 6 17 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
73% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 62%
35% 23% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 54% 42%
19% 8% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 38% 35%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
50% 54% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 58%
35% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 27%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 19%
 
4.8 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.2
4.1 4.5 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.5 4.4
2.2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.2 12.2 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.6 9.2
4.3 5.2 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 4
31% 27% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 34% 33%
 
8.3 7 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 12.9 11.6
3.3 2.5 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 4.7
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 26 16 7 3 41 22 14 9 4 1 24 12 12 7 3 2 17 10 19 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 27 14 7 6 34 25 13 4 6 3 14 14 14 10 1 3 20 11 9 49
3 Pohang Steelers 26 12 7 7 35 27 13 7 4 2 18 9 13 5 3 5 17 18 8 43
4 Jeju United 26 11 7 8 36 30 13 5 5 3 19 13 13 6 2 5 17 17 6 40
5 Incheon United 26 10 10 6 34 29 13 5 5 3 17 12 13 5 5 3 17 17 5 40
6 Suwon 27 10 6 11 43 44 14 6 2 6 31 30 13 4 4 5 12 14 -1 36
7 Seoul 26 8 9 9 32 32 12 4 3 5 15 15 14 4 6 4 17 17 0 33
8 Gangwon 27 9 6 12 37 42 14 7 2 5 21 18 13 2 4 7 16 24 -5 33
9 Daegu 27 5 12 10 33 39 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 0 8 6 14 25 -6 27
10 Suwon Bluewings 26 6 9 11 23 32 13 5 5 3 13 9 13 1 4 8 10 23 -9 27
11 Sangju Sangmu 26 6 8 12 32 32 13 4 3 6 15 14 13 2 5 6 17 18 0 26
12 Seongnam 26 4 6 16 25 51 13 1 4 8 11 28 13 3 2 8 14 23 -26 18

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.