Home advantage could prove decisive in Pohang Steelers - Jeju United battle

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Tue 06.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Steelyard Stadium (25000 seats)

The Pohang Steelers & Jeju United managers Kim and Nam are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this important match in the top regions of the K-League 1 table.

Insights:
  • Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Jeju United is in the best form (4-2-0) in K-League 1

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.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

Pohang Steelers have performed here at Steelyard Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 K-League 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Pohang Steelers after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Steelers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Gwangju. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in four league fixtures. A goal frenzy last time out for Pohang Steelers, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Gwangju. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that, Pohang Steelers had a home game versus Jeonbuk Motors which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Steelers handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats.

A decent goal production from Pohang Steelers in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches.

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Jeju United form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the K-League 1.

Jeju delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Gangwon (placed 11th) in their previous fixture.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Suwon Bluewings.

We have checked recent matches where Jeju United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Jeju now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A K-League 1 game at Ulsan is waiting in only four days.

Jeju United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Jeju as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Jeju United have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Pohang Steelers.

The former H2H game ended Jeju United - Pohang Steelers 2-1, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Pohang SteelersGo Young-jun
Go Young-jun
6 goals
Jeju UnitedJ. Seo
J. Seo
5 goals
Jeju UnitedY. Vitor Coelho
Y. Vitor Coelho
5 goals

Pohang Steelers missing players

Jeju United missing players

Pohang Steelers Jeju United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 1 8 16
7 5 0 Won W 0 5 8
6 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
22 12 1 Scored S 1 15 25
19 8 1 Conceded C 1 5 16
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 75%
44% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 50%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
19% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
62% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 50%
31% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 38%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
3.6 3.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.1 4.8
3.8 4.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.4
1.9 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.7 15.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 5 11.8 12.6
4.8 5.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.8 5.7
29% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 27%
 
9.1 8.2 5 Shots against (avg) S A 18 13.4 12.8
3.1 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.8
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Jeju United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Jeju United have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in K-League 1
  • Jeju United have the the best goal difference (+10) away in K-League 1
  • Jeju United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Jeju United is in the best form (4-2-0) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 16 12 2 2 32 18 8 6 2 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 14 8 14 38
2 Jeju United 16 8 4 4 25 16 8 3 2 3 10 11 8 5 2 1 15 5 9 28
3 Seoul 16 8 3 5 29 19 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 3 1 4 14 12 10 27
4 Pohang Steelers 16 7 6 3 22 19 8 5 2 1 12 8 8 2 4 2 10 11 3 27
5 Daegu 16 6 6 4 19 19 8 3 3 2 11 11 8 3 3 2 8 8 0 24
6 Daejeon Citizen 16 6 4 6 26 28 8 4 1 3 10 11 8 2 3 3 16 17 -2 22
7 Jeonbuk Motors 16 6 3 7 19 14 8 4 1 3 12 7 8 2 2 4 7 7 5 21
8 Gwangju 16 6 3 7 21 20 8 3 2 3 11 7 8 3 1 4 10 13 1 21
9 Incheon United 16 4 6 6 17 22 8 1 5 2 7 8 8 3 1 4 10 14 -5 18
10 Suwon 16 5 3 8 18 30 9 4 1 4 12 17 7 1 2 4 6 13 -12 18
11 Gangwon 16 2 6 8 9 19 7 1 2 4 4 9 9 1 4 4 5 10 -10 12
12 Suwon Bluewings 16 2 2 12 15 28 8 0 1 7 7 17 8 2 1 5 8 11 -13 8

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.