After the first games for these two it's Suwon - Pohang Steelers 1-3 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second K-League 1 game of the season?
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Suwon form and stats
The previous season, Suwon's league results were 12 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, producing 7th place in the K-League 1. During these 33 matches they scored {51 goals} and conceded 53. Playing at home in the previous season Suwon produced 8-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {36 goals} and 33 conceded.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 304 minutes without scoring a league goal. Veldwijk was the last player to find the net.
Suwon shared the glory with Jeju United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Before that game, the home loss against Seoul with the scoreline 0-2.Pohang Steelers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Pohang Steelers performed last season in the K-League 1: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 24/23 goals scored/conceded.
Steelers had fun at their own home (Suwon Civil Stadium Auxiliary) last time out, beating Daegu 3-2. Jeong and Ho-jae (2) scored. Ho-jae came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Daegu last time out, making the manager Kim feel like a tactical genius.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Gangwon.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Suwon victories, zero draws and four 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
  H. Lee 2 goals | J. Jeong 1 goals |
Suwon missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Suwon | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Suwon | Last season | Pohang Steelers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 56 | 40 | Scored | S | 26 | 52 | ||
| 63 | 38 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 63% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 37% | ||
| 39% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 21% | ||
| 18% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 11% | ||
| 61% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 58% | ||
| 18% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 26% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 13% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 11.5 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Daejeon Citizen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Seoul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ulsan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Gwangju | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Suwon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jeju United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Daegu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Jeonbuk Motors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Gangwon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Suwon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 48 |
| 2 | Daegu | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | -7 | 46 |
| 3 | Seoul | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 46 |
| 4 | Suwon Bluewings | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -5 | 44 |
| 5 | Sangju Sangmu | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 38 |
| 6 | Seongnam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -33 | 30 |
