The K-League 1 overall standings tell the truth about these contenders up until now, with Pohang Steelers ahead of Seongnam by 11 points. Here's our preview:
- Pohang Steelers have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the most conceded goals (22) 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
Pohang Steelers must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three K-League 1 games here at Steelyard Stadium.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Pohang Steelers, who played 1-1 against Daegu. That match was also played at this venue (Steelyard Stadium). Midfield player Sin got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Sin served one assist, hit two key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 72 total).
Steelers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Pohang Steelers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Steelyard Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Seongnam form and stats
Things could have gone better for Seongnam in their K-League 1 away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. It's a growing despair in Seongnam as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Home advantage was not enough for Seongnam in their previous game as they lost hosting Jeju United, 1-2. Defender Kim was the best team player with a rating of 7.15. Kim scored one goal and won 4 of 8 duels.
Seongnam has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Seongnam are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these teams: Pohang Steelers won six, Seongnam were winners in four and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Heo 5 goals |  S. Lim 3 goals |  F. Mulić 2 goals |
Pohang Steelers missing players
Seongnam missing players
| Pohang Steelers | Seongnam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 10% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 12.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 8.9 |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 25% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 6.9 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.7 | 9 |
| 2.3 | 1.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- All of Pohang Steelers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Seongnam's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pohang Steelers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Seongnam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Seongnam have the fewest clean sheets (1) in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the most conceded goals (22) in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in K-League 1
- Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-14) in K-League 1
- Seongnam have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Seongnam have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Jeju United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Sangju Sangmu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Jeonbuk Motors | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Seoul | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Suwon | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Gangwon | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Suwon Bluewings | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Daegu | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -14 | 5 |
