Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Seoul & Pohang Steelers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Korean Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Seoul form and stats
Seoul participated in Korean Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the K-League Classic this season. Seoul have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Seoul World Cup Stadium. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Seoul to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager Y. Choi led his Seoul to a defeat in the K-League Classic match away at Jeonbuk Motors. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Ahead of that match, Seoul lost 1-3 at home to Pohang Steelers.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Seoul as they are travelling to their away game against Seongnam in the K-League Classic. That match is three days after this one.
Seoul aren't scoring a lot here at Seoul World Cup Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Seoul have conceded 10 from these games.
Pohang Steelers form and stats
Last season their Korean Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.The strength of Pohang Steelers on their travels this season is incredible with 16 points collected from 6 K-League Classic away games. Pohang Steelers has 5-1-0 on the road, with 18 goals scored and 5 conceded. Pohang Steelers are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Steelers's last game was the home draw against Incheon United (1-1). Preceding that game was the away K-League Classic victory against Seoul with the score of 3-1.
Pohang Steelers has another fixture away, a K-League Classic game, against Jeonbuk Motors in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The Steelers manager G. Kim has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 18 goals in 6 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Seoul, two draws and four wins for Pohang Steelers. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Iljutcenko 10 goals |  M. Song 5 goals |  A. Paločević 4 goals |
Seoul missing players
Pohang Steelers missing players
| Seoul | Pohang Steelers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 29 | 46 | ||
| 45 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 244 | 130 | Total Shots | T S | 128 | 263 | ||
| 97 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 65 | 111 | ||
| 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 32 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Motors | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Sangju Sangmu | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 5 | Daegu | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Busan I'Park | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Gangwon | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Seongnam | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Suwon Bluewings | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Gwangju | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 11 | Seoul | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -19 | 10 |
| 12 | Incheon United | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 5 |