National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Daegu or Pohang Steelers that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Daegu and Pohang Steelers.
Daegu form and stats
Daegu was eliminated in the final last season in the Korean Cup. Jeonnam Dragons was too strong.5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the K-League Classic numbers at home for Daegu so far this season.
The Daegu manager Casado and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Jeonbuk Motors. Cesinha, who plays in attack, was the champion player for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.83 (out of 10). Cesinha hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 25 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Jeju United.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 Daegu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Suwon are coming to town in four days.
Daegu have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Daegu are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
They also participated in Korean Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their K-League Classic travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Pohang Steelers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sangju Sangmu that finished 1-1. Steelers coach Kim could be heard cursing the gods after the 1-1 draw against Sangju Sangmu, as the team hit the posts three times. Midfield player Lim was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Lim scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Suwon before that.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 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Pohang Steelers wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
After this away game Pohang Steelers return home for a K-League Classic game against Ulsan. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Steelers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Pohang Steelers in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Daegu won two games, seven matches ended in a draw and Pohang Steelers have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  Y. Heo 6 goals |  C. Silva dos Santos 5 goals |
Daegu missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Daegu | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.1 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 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 | Ulsan | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Incheon United | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Pohang Steelers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Daegu | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Seoul | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Suwon | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sangju Sangmu | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Gangwon | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -16 | 12 |
