20 rounds of fixtures have been played and Pohang Steelers are 9 points ahead of Seongnam. What happens today?
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-7) 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.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
When playing at home in the K-League 1, Pohang Steelers, who have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in K-League 1, have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
Pohang Steelers drew their last game, 1-1 away at Daegu (placed 2nd). Defender Sang-woo Kang got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.6/10. Kang hit two key passes and won 6 of 12 duels. Young-jun Go was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Daegu after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Ahead of that match, Steelers lost 0-1 at home to Seoul.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Steelers matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and one defeat (from five games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Steelers as they are travelling to their away game against Seongnam in the K-League 1. That match is three days after this 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 (7 from 10 games). On the other hand, Pohang Steelers have conceded 10 goals.
Seongnam form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Seongnam so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-2 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Seongnam, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Gwangju game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Seongnam has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Gwangju for a K-League 1 game that ended a draw (0-0). Kyung-won Kwon, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Kwon hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Gangwon.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Seongnam when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
A quick return to home after this game, as Seongnam are hosting Pohang Steelers in the K-League 1 only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Seongnam as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Seongnam have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Seongnam - Steelers 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Steelers won seven, Seongnam won three and zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Mulić 8 goals |  M. Song 7 goals |  S. Lim 6 goals |
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| Pohang Steelers | Seongnam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 25 |
| 90% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 79% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 25% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 30% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 42% |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 3.1 | 1.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.1 | 9.8 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.3 | 8.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 29% | 22% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 29% |
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Seongnam have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (8) away in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-7) in K-League 1
| 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 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 2 | Daegu | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 34 |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Motors | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Suwon Bluewings | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Incheon United | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -5 | 29 |
| 6 | Pohang Steelers | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | Suwon | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 27 |
| 8 | Gangwon | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Jeju United | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Seoul | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Gwangju | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 19 |