K-League 1: Top level against modest, at least based on the matches so far. Pohang Steelers - Seoul. Home win or a surprise result?
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in K-League 1
- Seoul have scored at least twice as many goals away as Pohang Steelers have scored home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
In their previous game, the manager Kim led his Pohang Steelers to a defeat away at Ulsan. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Steelyard Stadium. Midfielder Sin was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Sin hit three key passes and had 73 successful passes (of 85 total).
Before that, Pohang Steelers played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Suwon Bluewings.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 eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Pohang Steelers, as the K-League 1 home game vs Suwon is only three days away.
Seoul form and stats
Playing away, Seoul have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the K-League 1 this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Seoul as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Seongnam match.
The manager Ahn was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Seoul World Cup Stadium. Seoul suffered a 1-2 loss to Jeju United (placed 3rd). Silva, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.03. Silva won 4 of 6 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Ulsan before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Seoul in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Seoul, four draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gangwon in just three days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Many of these goals have been scored late in the games; more than 55 % (14 goals) after the 60th minute.
Head 2 Head
Pohang Steelers-Seoul H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pohang Steelers five wins, Seoul three wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Heo 3 goals |  S. Lim 3 goals |   Y. Cho 2 goals |
Pohang Steelers missing players
Seoul missing players
| Pohang Steelers | Seoul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 4.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 2.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11 | 10.2 |
| 5.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 26% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 6.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.4 | 7.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
- All of Pohang Steelers's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Pohang Steelers have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Pohang Steelers have lost all their home matches so far.
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have won all their matches at home so far.
- Pohang Steelers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Seoul have scored at least twice as many goals away as Pohang Steelers have scored 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Gangwon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Suwon | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Daegu | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Suwon Bluewings | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Seoul | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Jeonbuk Motors | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 2 |
