Pohang Steelers manager Kim looking for three points in Suwon Bluewings showdown

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sun 10.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Steelyard Stadium (25000 seats)

Welcome to Steelyard Stadium and this match between Pohang Steelers and Suwon Bluewings in the K-League 1. Here's everything you must know!

Insights:
  • Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in K-League 1

Steelers can neither be promoted or relegated from K-League 1. Suwon Bluewings are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Suwon Bluewings could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a K-League 1 game only four sleeps ago.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 K-League 1 games here at Steelyard Stadium for Pohang Steelers. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Pohang Steelers enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Seongnam's place. The match ended 4-1 with Lim, Kim (2) and Heo scoring. Attacking player Heo bettered all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.55 out of 10. Heo scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ulsan.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Steelers handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 18 league matches, 14 have contained two goals or less.

Pohang Steelers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Steelers have conceded only 5 goals.

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Suwon Bluewings form and stats

There's been little loot from Suwon Bluewings's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the K-League 1. Suwon Bluewings only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.

Suwon Bluewings played 1-1 against Daegu in their previous match. The draw against Daegu came from a losing position. The Suwon Bluewings manager Lee brought on Oh as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Min, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.24. Min won 3 of 3 duels.

A draw for Suwon Bluewings before that, at their own venue hosting Incheon United (0-0).

Bluewings are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Suwon Bluewings's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Suwon Bluewings - Pohang Steelers 1-1 was the result in these sides' latest head-to-head game, earlier this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Steelers, five draws and three wins for Suwon Bluewings. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Pohang SteelersY. Heo
Y. Heo
7 goals
Pohang SteelersS. Lim
S. Lim
6 goals
Pohang SteelersJ. Jeong
J. Jeong
4 goals

Pohang Steelers missing players

Suwon Bluewings missing players

Pohang Steelers Suwon Bluewings
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 2 9 20
9 5 2 Won W 0 0 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
5 1 0 Lost L 1 5 8
29 13 5 Scored S 1 5 14
18 5 2 Conceded C 2 15 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 90%
75% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 55%
30% 11% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 30%
20% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 40%
35% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 11% 25%
15% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 45%
 
4.5 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.1 4.2
4.5 5 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.8
2.2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.7 13.2 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 6.6 7.9
4.6 5.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.3 3.1
32% 27% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 23%
 
8.6 7.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.1 9.1
2.9 1.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 4
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Pohang Steelers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pohang Steelers have scored more than double the goals of Suwon Bluewings.
  • Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Suwon Bluewings have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Suwon Bluewings have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest points (4) away in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest scored goals (5) away in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in K-League 1
  • Suwon Bluewings have yet to win a game away.

  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 20 13 4 3 30 17 10 6 3 1 15 9 10 7 1 2 15 8 13 43
2 Jeonbuk Motors 20 11 5 4 24 15 9 2 4 3 7 9 11 9 1 1 17 6 9 38
3 Pohang Steelers 20 9 6 5 29 18 9 5 3 1 13 5 11 4 3 4 16 13 11 33
4 Jeju United 20 8 6 6 24 24 10 3 5 2 10 9 10 5 1 4 14 15 0 30
5 Incheon United 20 7 8 5 23 20 11 4 4 3 13 10 9 3 4 2 10 10 3 29
6 Daegu 20 5 10 5 26 24 10 5 3 2 15 8 10 0 7 3 11 16 2 25
7 Suwon 20 7 4 9 27 29 9 4 1 4 19 18 11 3 3 5 8 11 -2 25
8 Seoul 20 5 8 7 22 22 10 3 3 4 13 12 10 2 5 3 9 10 0 23
9 Sangju Sangmu 20 5 7 8 25 24 10 4 3 3 14 10 10 1 4 5 11 14 1 22
10 Gangwon 20 5 6 9 23 30 10 4 2 4 13 12 10 1 4 5 10 18 -7 21
11 Suwon Bluewings 20 4 8 8 14 23 11 4 4 3 9 8 9 0 4 5 5 15 -9 20
12 Seongnam 20 2 6 12 14 35 11 0 4 7 7 23 9 2 2 5 7 12 -21 12

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.