It's round two of the K-League 1 campaign and everything to play for. Don't miss our detailed preview of Sangju Sangmu-Pohang Steelers!
It's no vacation for neither Sangju Sangmu nor Pohang Steelers 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.
Sangju Sangmu form and stats
The season before, Sangju Sangmu's league results were 20 wins, 11 draws and 5 losses, results that produced 1st position in the K League 2. Over these 36 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home in the last season Sangju Sangmu produced 11-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 14 conceded. Sangju haven’t lost a league-game in 18 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Anyang, 231 days ago.
Sangju Sangmu's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Pohang Steelers (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The striker Cho won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sangju Sangmu with a rating of 7.44/10. Cho scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Ulsan that finished 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Sangju Sangmu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sangju as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Sangju Sangmu has won eleven of these, drawn four and lost one.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Pohang Steelers performed last season in the K-League 1: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 20/20 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the K-League 1 so far for Pohang Steelers and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 1 loss from 2 travels.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Pohang Steelers, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Sangju Sangmu (placed 8th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Jeju United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Steelers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Pohang Steelers, four draws and four defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Pohang Steelers has managed 3 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sangju Sangmu victories, one draw and five Pohang Steelers wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Sangju Sangmu missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Sangju Sangmu | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 11.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sangju Sangmu | Last season | Pohang Steelers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 38 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 60 | 30 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 21 | 45 | ||
| 86% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 72% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 58% | ||
| 56% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 31% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 21% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 26% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 34% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seoul | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Gangwon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Ulsan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Jeonbuk Motors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Suwon Bluewings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Sangju Sangmu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Jeju United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Daegu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Suwon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sangju Sangmu | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 60 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 26 | 71 |
| 2 | Anyang | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 62 |
| 3 | Daejeon Citizen | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 48 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 58 |
| 4 | Jeonnam Dragons | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 52 |
| 5 | Busan I'Park | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 56 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | -10 | 45 |
| 6 | Gyeongnam | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 43 |
| 7 | Ansan Greeners | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -12 | 43 |
| 8 | Asan Mugunghwa | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 41 |
| 9 | Seoul E. | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 37 |
| 10 | Bucheon 1995 | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 53 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -21 | 37 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seoul | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 47 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 47 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| 4 | Seongnam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 44 |
| 5 | Gangwon | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 43 |
| 6 | Gwangju | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 37 |
