Incheon United go on their trip to Pohang Steelers and Steelyard Stadium packed with optimism, but the home side is not a walk in the park. More info on the game here!
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in K-League 1
- Incheon United have not yet lost a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Pohang Steelers have to build on here at Steelyard Stadium in the K-League 1.
Young-Jun was the last player to score a league goal for Steelers and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pohang Steelers haven't scored in 197 minutes.
Pohang Steelers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Jeonbuk Motors (placed 2nd). Lee (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Lee hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Seoul (0-1).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 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Pohang Steelers, as the FA Cup home game vs Seongnam is only four days away.
Steelers have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Incheon United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Visiting Incheon United has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Incheon United delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Daegu (placed 9th) in their previous fixture. Mugoša, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.22. Mugoša scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Incheon United travelled to Ulsan and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.We have checked recent matches where Incheon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 7 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Incheon United's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played previously this season: Incheon United - Pohang Steelers 0-1. Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: five wins for Pohang Steelers, three draws and two wins for Incheon United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mugoša 11 goals |   Y. Heo 5 goals |  S. Lim 3 goals |
Pohang Steelers missing players
Incheon United missing players
| Pohang Steelers | Incheon United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 54% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 38% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 54% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 31% |
| 23% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 4.9 | 6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.1 | 15.2 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 21% | 16% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 7.5 | 6.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 10.3 |
| 2.1 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
- Incheon United have not yet lost a game away.
- Incheon United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Incheon United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Incheon United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Seoul | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Sangju Sangmu | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Suwon Bluewings | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Daegu | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Suwon | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -16 | 6 |
