Pohang Steelers expected to challenge Seongnam at their own home

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Tue 05.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex (16000 seats)

Seongnam have found it difficult to get points this season. Will they get some when Pohang Steelers come to visit Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex?

Insights:
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals (31) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Seongnam have had a bad season and will be relegated from K-League 1.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Seongnam and Pohang Steelers.

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Seongnam form and stats

Seongnam's struggle is real here at Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex with only 4 points collected from 10 K-League 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-6.

Stress levels are on the rise for Seongnam's attacking players as they have now played 251 minutes without scoring in a league game. Mulic was their last goal scorer.

Seongnam's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Gangwon (placed 9th). The first loss after going undefeated through three league matches. Lee, defender, was given a rating of 7.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Lee hit one key pass and won 1 of 5 duels.

Before that, Seongnam played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Ulsan.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have produced two goals or less.

There will be little rest for Seongnam after this match as they are travelling to Jeju United for a K-League 1 game in only three days.

Seongnam aren't scoring a lot here at Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex in the league, with only 6 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Seongnam defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Seongnam hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Gangwon, Sangju Sangmu and Suwon Bluewings), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Steelers go into this game after a win, the home game against Ulsan that ended 2-0. Midfield player Kim was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.2/10. Kim scored two goals.

A tale of few goals? 14 of this team's most recent 17 league matches have contained two goals or less.

Pohang Steelers have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Pohang Steelers have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Pohang Steelers - Seongnam 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Seongnam victories, zero draws and seven Pohang Steelers wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

Seongnam missing players

Pohang Steelers missing players

Seongnam Pohang Steelers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 19
2 0 0 Won W 0 3 8
6 4 0 Drew D 2 3 6
11 6 3 Lost L 1 4 5
13 6 1 Scored S 4 12 25
31 19 8 Conceded C 5 12 17
89% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
63% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 74%
37% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 26%
26% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 5%
37% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 47%
16% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 37%
58% 60% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 16%
 
4 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.9 4.5
5.2 4.8 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 4.1 4.5
1.9 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.3 7.9 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 8.1 10.5
3.3 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.9 4.6
21% 17% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 28%
 
10.8 8.9 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 9 8.2
3.8 3.1 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 2.6
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Seongnam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Seongnam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Seongnam have the fewest clean sheets (3) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest points (4) at home in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals (19) at home in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals (31) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the the worst goal difference (-18) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have yet to win a game 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 19 12 4 3 28 16 9 5 3 1 13 8 10 7 1 2 15 8 12 40
2 Jeonbuk Motors 19 10 5 4 23 15 9 2 4 3 7 9 10 8 1 1 16 6 8 35
3 Pohang Steelers 19 8 6 5 25 17 9 5 3 1 13 5 10 3 3 4 12 12 8 30
4 Jeju United 19 8 6 5 24 20 10 3 5 2 10 9 9 5 1 3 14 11 4 30
5 Incheon United 18 7 7 4 23 19 10 4 4 2 13 9 8 3 3 2 10 10 4 28
6 Daegu 18 5 8 5 25 23 9 5 2 2 15 8 9 0 6 3 10 15 2 23
7 Seoul 19 5 8 6 22 21 9 3 3 3 13 11 10 2 5 3 9 10 1 23
8 Suwon 18 6 3 9 26 29 9 4 1 4 19 18 9 2 2 5 7 11 -3 21
9 Gangwon 19 5 6 8 22 28 10 4 2 4 13 12 9 1 4 4 9 16 -6 21
10 Sangju Sangmu 19 4 7 8 21 24 9 3 3 3 10 10 10 1 4 5 11 14 -3 19
11 Suwon Bluewings 18 4 6 8 13 22 9 4 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 5 15 -9 18
12 Seongnam 19 2 6 11 13 31 10 0 4 6 6 19 9 2 2 5 7 12 -18 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.