Suwon Bluewings will pray that their home support is enough to get some points from this back-breaking battle, vs spirited Pohang Steelers.
- Suwon Bluewings have the fewest clean sheets (4) in K-League 1
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a AFC Champions League game only four days ago.
Suwon Bluewings form and stats
Suwon Bluewings's results here at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the K-League 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 11 defeats. It's trouble wherever Suwon Bluewings are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The followers are hoping that Suwon Bluewings will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Incheon United (placed 6th).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Daejeon Citizen (1-3).Suwon Bluewings aren't scoring a lot here at Suwon World Cup Stadium in the league, with only {12 goals} from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bluewings have conceded 24 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
As the visiting team in K-League 1 matches, Pohang Steelers have produced an overall stat of 4-9-2 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Pohang Steelers as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Zeca was the last player to score for the away team. Pohang Steelers haven't scored a league goal in the last 225 minutes. Steelers have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper In-Jae Hwang. It's been 416 minutes since they last conceded in K-League 1.
The regulars enjoyed Pohang Steelers's previous game versus Wuhan Three Towns, a AFC Champions League win (3-1) played at home. Attacker Zeca got a player rating of 8.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Zeca scored two goals and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Ulsan in the K-League 1.A bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this side have had two goals or less.
The visiting Steelers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Pohang Steelers have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Pohang Steelers have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (3-4-0) when facing Suwon Bluewings.The teams have met each other before in this season, with the result Bluewings - Pohang Steelers 1-1 entered in the official records. Chang-Rae (Pohang Steelers) was sent off by the referee when these teams last played each other.
Top Goalscorers
  Go Young-jun 8 goals |  H. Lee 6 goals |
Suwon Bluewings missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Suwon Bluewings | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 48 |
| 51 | 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 88% |
| 72% | 56% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 75% |
| 47% | 38% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 41% |
| 25% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 6% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 16% |
| 56% | 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 62% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 31% |
| 34% | 50% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| 4 | 4 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 11.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 10.9 | 13.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 30% |
| 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 10.8 | 9.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
- Suwon Bluewings have the fewest clean sheets (4) in K-League 1
- Suwon Bluewings have the fewest points (9) at home in K-League 1
- Suwon Bluewings have the fewest points from losing position (2) in K-League 1
- Suwon Bluewings have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in K-League 1
- Suwon Bluewings have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home 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 | Ulsan | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 66 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 32 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 48 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 58 |
| 3 | Gwangju | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 51 |
| 4 | Daegu | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 48 |
| 5 | Seoul | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 47 |
| 6 | Incheon United | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | Daejeon Citizen | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 31 | -4 | 42 |
| 9 | Jeju United | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Suwon | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 33 | -28 | 30 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 32 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 26 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
