A highly important game in K-League 1 as both participants are challenging for the top league positions. With Pohang Steelers in 3rd place and Ulsan at 1st, this has all the looks of a thriling battle. Read on to learn more!
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals (28) 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 have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 15 games.
The spoils were shared in Steelers's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ulsan travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Ho-jae was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Ulsan after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Sin was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.74 (out of ten) in that game. Sin hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 100 successful passes (of 109 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Jeju United with the scoreline 1-2.Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 8 of them had goals from both teams.
A decent goal production from Pohang Steelers in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 15 league matches. From these home matches, Pohang Steelers have conceded only 11 goals.
Ulsan form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Ulsan has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Pohang Steelers for a 1-1 draw. Jung, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Jung won 5 of 7 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Jeonbuk Motors.Ulsan find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Ulsan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Pohang Steelers - Ulsan 1-1 was the score in these teams' previous head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Steelers won three, Ulsan triumphed in three and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Eom 11 goals | L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 11 goals |  Y. Heo 10 goals |
Pohang Steelers missing players
Ulsan missing players
| Pohang Steelers | Ulsan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 17 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 50 | 25 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | 54 |
| 40 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 94% | 92% |
| 78% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 83% | 81% |
| 39% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 33% | 47% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 14% |
| 11% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 65% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | 58% |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 28% | 33% |
| 14% | 6% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 22% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 9 | 11.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 32% | 30% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | 32% |
| 8.6 | 7.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- Pohang Steelers have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals (14) away in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals (28) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the most points from losing position (26) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have the the best goal difference (+20) in K-League 1
- Ulsan have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 66 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 61 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 49 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 46 |
| 6 | Gangwon | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Suwon | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 44 |
| 8 | Seoul | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 41 |
| 9 | Daegu | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -10 | 35 |
| 10 | Sangju Sangmu | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 34 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 61 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 27 | -31 | 25 |
