National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Seongnam or Pohang Steelers that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Seongnam nor Pohang Steelers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Seongnam form and stats
Seongnam participated in Korean Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Seongnam have collected 11 points from their K League 2 home games so far after 3-2-1.
Seongnam enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ansan Greeners's place. The match ended 3-0 with Manzinga and dos Santos scoring.
A 2-2 draw away in the K League 2 before that, with Gyeongnam the opponent.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Anyang are coming to town in three days.
Seongnam have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Seongnam Tancheon Sports Complex with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Seongnam have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
They also participated in Korean Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W2-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the K-League Classic.
Pohang Steelers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Gangwon.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Daejeon Citizen in the K-League Classic.Steelers have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Pohang Steelers have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Seongnam.Top Goalscorers
  Go Young-jun 5 goals |   J. Lee 4 goals |  C. Manzinga 4 goals |
Seongnam missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Seongnam | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| 12.2 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gimpo | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Anyang | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Sangju Sangmu | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Busan I'Park | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Bucheon 1995 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Gyeongnam | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Seongnam | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Seoul E. | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Asan Mugunghwa | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Jeonnam Dragons | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Cheongju | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 13 |
| 12 | Ansan Greeners | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 13 | Cheonan City | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -23 | 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | Seoul | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Jeju United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Pohang Steelers | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Daejeon Citizen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Daegu | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Jeonbuk Motors | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Gwangju | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Suwon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 15 |
| 10 | Incheon United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Gangwon | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Suwon Bluewings | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
