Nothing but a win will be enough for the Pohang Steelers club members in this Steelyard Stadium duel with Suwon, as they enjoy a healthy lead on their opponents in the K-League 1 table.
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in K-League 1
- Suwon have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in K-League 1
It's no vacation for neither Pohang Steelers nor Suwon as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
A K-League 1 draw at home so far for Pohang Steelers. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 3 matches.
Pohang Steelers drew their last game, also a home match. Seoul (placed 11th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Defender Grant got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Grant won 2 of 2 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Steelers lost 0-2 at Ulsan's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Pohang Steelers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won nine times, drawn five and lost four.
Pohang Steelers are traveling soon after this match as the K-League 1 match at Gangwon awaits in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Pohang Steelers at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Suwon form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.
Suwon might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Seongnam proved too strong as Suwon slumped to a 3-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Suwon Civil Stadium. Kim got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Kim served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-3 vs Daegu.Suwon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
A new game in only four days for Suwon, the K-League 1 home match versus Sangju Sangmu. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Suwon as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Suwon are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. More than 50 % of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings featuring these contenders: Steelers won three, Suwon triumphed in four and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Heo 3 goals |  S. Lim 3 goals |  S. Kim 2 goals |
Pohang Steelers missing players
Suwon missing players
| Pohang Steelers | Suwon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 43% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 43% |
| 4.3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 4.3 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.6 | 8.4 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 25% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 21% | 40% |
| 6.7 | 6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7.8 | 9.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
- All of Pohang Steelers's home-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 (1) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Pohang Steelers have yet to win a game at home.
- Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Suwon have scored at least twice as many goals away as Pohang Steelers have scored home.
- Suwon have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in K-League 1
- Suwon have the most scored goals in the first half (5) 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Sangju Sangmu | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Gangwon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Daegu | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Jeonbuk Motors | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Suwon | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Suwon Bluewings | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Seoul | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
