Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gimhae City & Pohang Steelers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Korean Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Gimhae have less rest than Pohang Steelers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a K2-League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dangjin Citizen, was also a home game here at Gimhae Civil Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Gimhae City form and stats
Action has already taken place for Gimhae City in Korean Cup as they have defeated Pukyeong National Uni. to reach the 3rd Round. Gimhae City participated in Korean Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.When playing at home in the K2-League, Gimhae City have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
The Gimhae City regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Dangjin Citizen and win 3-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Daejeon Korail in the K2-League.The match schedule is unforgiving for Gimhae as they have a new game in only three days, a K2-League match thankfully also at home. Pocheon are visiting.
The Gimhae City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
They also participated in Korean Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Pohang Steelers have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the K-League Classic this season.
Steelers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Gangwon. Midfield player Sin was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Sin hit two key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 69 total).
Before that, Pohang Steelers secured a home win against Suwon with the score 2-0.Pohang Steelers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Heo 5 goals |  S. Lim 3 goals |  M. Rajković 2 goals |
Gimhae City missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Gimhae City | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 26% | ||
| 8.1 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Changwon City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Gyeongju HNP | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Siheung Citizen | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Paju Citizen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Daejeon Korail | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 6 | Ulsan Citize | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Gangneung City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Busan Transportation | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Cheongju | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Yangju Citizen | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Hwaseong | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Gimhae City | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Pocheon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Mokpo City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Cheonan City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Dangjin Citizen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Jeonbuk Motors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Gangwon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Seoul | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Suwon | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Daegu | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 5 |
