The Seoul & Pohang Steelers managers Ahn and Kim are both fearful of and feeling excited about this crucial game in the top area of the K-League 1 league table.
- Seoul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Not much time to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a K-League 1 game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Incheon United.
Seoul form and stats
Seoul are steadily winning K-League 1 games and points here at Seoul World Cup Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
Seoul drew their last game, 1-1 away at Incheon United (placed 9th). Kim, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Kim won 6 of 7 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Daegu.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Seoul have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 19 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 8 and lost 4.
Seoul have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Seoul World Cup Stadium with 15 goals in 8 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 7 from 8 matches.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the K-League 1.
Steelers had fun at their own home (Seoul World Cup Stadium) last time out, beating Jeju United 2-1. Park and Ho-jae scored. The end of the last match, against Jeju United, was very satisfying as Park scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gwangju wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pohang Steelers playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Pohang Steelers wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The visiting Steelers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Pohang Steelers have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Seoul have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without defeat (4-3-0) when facing Pohang Steelers.It's not the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent match: Pohang Steelers - Seoul 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Na 8 goals |   Go Young-jun 6 goals | H. Lee 5 goals |
Seoul missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Seoul | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 14.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 11.6 | 13.9 |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 39% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | 29% |
| 10.6 | 10.9 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 9.9 | 8.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
- Pohang Steelers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Seoul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Seoul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Seoul have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Ulsan | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 44 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Seoul | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Jeju United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Daegu | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 6 | Daejeon Citizen | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Gwangju | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Jeonbuk Motors | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Incheon United | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Suwon | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 12 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
