It's advantage Pohang Steelers so far, with their 3rd position in the K-League 1 table and hosting Jeju United (who are in 5th).
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in K-League 1
- Jeju United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic game!
Pohang Steelers form and stats
8 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Pohang Steelers have to build on here at Steelyard Stadium in the K-League 1.
Pohang Steelers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Jeonbuk Motors (1-3). The first defeat after going unbeaten through three league rounds. Kang had a busy but productive day in the Jeonbuk Motors match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Seongnam that finished 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Steelers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the K-League 1 game versus Ulsan in only three days. This game is also played here at Steelyard Stadium.
The Pohang Steelers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Pohang Steelers have conceded only 11 goals.
Jeju United form and stats
Playing away, Jeju United have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the K-League 1 this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Jeju in their previous game as they lost hosting Gangwon, 1-2. Midfield player Yoon was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.71/10. Yoon served one assist, hit three key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 71 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Gangwon before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Jeju United in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Jeju United, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Jeju have another match away in just three sleeps, a K-League 1 game versus Incheon United. A rough diary for the guests!
The visiting Jeju United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 16 games. 22 goals have been conceded by Jeju United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Funnily enough, the last time Jeju United kept a "clean sheet" was also versus this opposition, nine league matches ago (Jeju United - Pohang Steelers 5-0). Kun (Steelers) was shown a red card when these teams last met. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pohang Steelers two wins, four draws and Jeju United four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Joo 16 goals |  Y. Heo 10 goals |  S. Lim 8 goals |
Pohang Steelers missing players
Jeju United missing players
| Pohang Steelers | Jeju United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 48 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 46 |
| 37 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 76% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 74% |
| 38% | 27% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 56% | 59% |
| 24% | 13% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 31% | 29% |
| 12% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 56% | 60% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 56% | 56% |
| 29% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | 26% |
| 15% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 11.9 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 30% |
| 8.6 | 7.4 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.4 | 9 |
| 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
- Jeju United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Pohang Steelers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in K-League 1
- 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 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 66 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 61 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 49 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 46 |
| 6 | Gangwon | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Suwon | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 44 |
| 8 | Seoul | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 41 |
| 9 | Daegu | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -10 | 35 |
| 10 | Sangju Sangmu | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 34 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 61 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 27 | -31 | 25 |
