After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Sangju Sangmu and Pohang Steelers in this fresh K-League 1 season. Read our match preview!
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.
Sangju Sangmu form and stats
Perfect K-League 1 season at home so far for Sangju Sangmu 2 wins from 2 appearances.
An away draw last time out for Sangju Sangmu, facing Busan I'Park in a game that ended 1-1. Before that, Sangju played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Daegu.
Moon Seon-Min was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Busan I'Park after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the K-League 1 game versus Seoul in only four days. This game is also played here at Sangju Stadium.
Sangju Sangmu has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
Four points from two away games for Pohang Steelers, meaning one draw and one victory in the K-League 1 so far.
Pohang Steelers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ulsan proved too strong as Steelers slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Steelyard Stadium. Preceding that game was the away victory against Incheon United with the score of 4-1.
Steelers lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A new game in only three days for Steelers, the K-League 1 home match versus Jeonbuk Motors. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Pohang Steelers has scored 5 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Sangju Sangmu-Pohang Steelers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sangju Sangmu five wins, Pohang Steelers three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Iljutcenko 3 goals |   S. Kang 2 goals | S. Moon 2 goals |
Sangju Sangmu missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Sangju Sangmu | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 22 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 22 | 52 |
| 19 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 23 |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 35% |
- All of Pohang Steelers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pohang Steelers has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Pohang Steelers has the most dropped points from leading position (5)
- Pohang Steelers have not yet lost a game away.
- Pohang Steelers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Pohang Steelers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sangju Sangmu have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sangju Sangmu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Sangju Sangmu | Last season | Pohang Steelers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 21 | 49 | ||
| 53 | 23 | Conceded | C | 29 | 49 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 79% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 74% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 55% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 37% | 50% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 29% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 29% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 363 | 203 | Total Shots | T S | 186 | 431 | ||
| 137 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 80 | 177 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Motors | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Ulsan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Gangwon | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Seongnam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Sangju Sangmu | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Pohang Steelers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Seoul | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 8 | Suwon Bluewings | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Daegu | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Busan I'Park | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Incheon United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 2 |
| 12 | Gwangju | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |