A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Seoul fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Pohang Steelers's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Seoul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pohang Steelers is in the worst form (0-2-4)
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 Seoul and Pohang Steelers.
Seoul form and stats
Seoul must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three K-League 1 games here at Seoul World Cup Stadium.
Seoul lost their last game at Ulsan (placed 2nd) after a 2-3 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Gangwon that was lost 0-1.
Han-been Yang had a busy but productive day in the Ulsan match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Seoul, as the FA Cup home game vs Seoul E. is only four days away.
Seoul have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Seoul World Cup Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Seoul are not conceding a lot of goals here at Seoul World Cup Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
Pohang Steelers are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the K-League 1, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). Steelers seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Steelers's previous game was their home loss versus Jeonbuk Motors (1-3). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Daegu.
The visiting Steelers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. Steelers have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Seoul, one draw and five wins for Pohang Steelers. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Ki 3 goals |  S. Na 3 goals |  M. Song 3 goals |
Seoul missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Seoul | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 13.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| 26% | 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 30% |
- Pohang Steelers have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in K-League 1
- Pohang Steelers is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Seoul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Ulsan | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Suwon Bluewings | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Seoul | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Seongnam | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Gwangju | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Jeju United | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Gangwon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Pohang Steelers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Daegu | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Suwon | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 6 |