Football match preview: Seongnam vs Pohang Steelers

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Competition: Korea Republic K-League 1
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tancheon Sports Complex

Seongnam are believing in their home following to support them when playing this match hosting Pohang Steelers. Who wins at Tancheon Sports Complex?

Insights:
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (30) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in K-League 1

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!

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Seongnam form and stats

Seongnam have collected 22 points from their K-League 1 home games so far after 6-4-6. Seongnam has recorded two wins in a row here at Tancheon Sports Complex, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Seongnam's previous game was a K-League 1 match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Ulsan. The home side are looking to build on that result. Seongnam goalkeeper Young-kwang Kim did an outstanding job against Ulsan with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. Young-kwang Kim, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.15 out of 10 in that game. Kim stopped the opponent with eight saves.

Heartbreak before that as Seongnam lost 1-2 at Jeju United's place.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the K-League 1 game versus Incheon United in only four days. This game is also played here at Tancheon Sports Complex.

Seongnam are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 16 games. Seongnam's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.

Steelers failed to get anything from their last game, a K-League 1 home match vs Incheon United that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfield player Soo-bin Lee was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Lee hit two key passes and had 111 successful passes (of 119 total).

Before that, Steelers travelled to Ulsan (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the AFC Champions League game finished 1-1.

A new game in only four days for Steelers, the K-League 1 home match versus Gangwon. Busy days.

Steelers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 20 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Pohang Steelers have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Seongnam and Pohang Steelers have played each other earlier this season: Seongnam - Pohang Steelers 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - zero - seven (Seongnam wins - draws - Pohang Steelers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SeongnamF. Mulić
F. Mulić
12 goals
Pohang SteelersS. Lim
S. Lim
10 goals
SeongnamS. Ma
S. Ma
3 goals

Seongnam missing players

Pohang Steelers missing players

Seongnam Pohang Steelers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 6 16 33
9 6 0 Won W 4 6 11
10 4 0 Drew D 1 4 9
14 6 3 Lost L 1 6 13
30 16 3 Scored S 11 20 35
40 18 7 Conceded C 7 20 40
82% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
55% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 58%
42% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 39%
24% 19% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 21%
6% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 9%
45% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 52%
33% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 12% 24%
39% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 31% 33%
 
3.5 3.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.4 4.8
3.7 3.8 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.4 3.3
2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.9
5 2 0 Red cards R C 2 4 6
 
8.8 9.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.7 10.1
3.4 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 3.7
27% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 31% 29%
Key stats in K-League 1 this season:
  • Pohang Steelers have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers have the most matches under the total-line (18) in K-League 1
  • Pohang Steelers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Seongnam have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals (30) in K-League 1
  • Seongnam have the fewest scored goals in the second half (19) 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 Jeonbuk Motors 33 18 10 5 58 32 17 11 3 3 33 18 16 7 7 2 25 14 26 64
2 Ulsan 33 18 10 5 54 35 16 10 5 1 30 16 17 8 5 4 24 19 19 64
3 Daegu 33 13 10 10 37 37 16 7 6 3 19 15 17 6 4 7 18 22 0 49
4 Jeju United 33 10 15 8 43 39 16 5 6 5 21 24 17 5 9 3 22 15 4 45
5 Suwon Bluewings 33 12 9 12 41 40 17 5 5 7 21 25 16 7 4 5 20 15 1 45
6 Suwon 33 12 9 12 45 49 16 7 3 6 22 24 17 5 6 6 23 25 -4 45
7 Pohang Steelers 33 11 9 13 35 40 17 5 5 7 15 20 16 6 4 6 20 20 -5 42
8 Incheon United 33 11 7 15 33 42 17 6 5 6 15 14 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 40
9 Seoul 33 9 10 14 37 40 17 4 5 8 18 22 16 5 5 6 19 18 -3 37
10 Gangwon 33 9 10 14 35 43 17 6 7 4 22 17 16 3 3 10 13 26 -8 37
11 Seongnam 33 9 10 14 30 40 16 6 4 6 16 18 17 3 6 8 14 22 -10 37
12 Gwangju 33 9 5 19 34 45 16 5 3 8 17 20 17 4 2 11 17 25 -11 32

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.