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Pohang Steelers and Seongnam meet at Steelyard Stadium, in a match for the 20th round of the K League. In the last direct match for this edition of the league, on 04-13-2019, Seongnam won at home by (2- 0). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 5 wins and 2 draws in the last 7 games. In fact, the last time these teams met at this stadium, on 05-11-2016, in a match for the K League, Pohang Steelers won by (1-0). The only goal of the match was scored by Dong-Hyun Yang (28 ‘). In this game the home factor may be decisive, since the Pohang Steelers presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.
Pohang:
The home team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 22 points won, after 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Jeonbuk Motors, by (1-1). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Sangju Sangmu, by (1-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses in away matches; against 6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats in their stadium. In the last 9 home league matches Pohang Steelers has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 15 points out of 27 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 9 matches). Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 6 of the last 9 matches have ended with less than 3 goals. In 19 matches in this competition, they only won 1 comeback in the 9 matches in which they suffered the first goal.
The Pohang Steelers is doing a slightly less than desired campaign. It reaches this round 20 slightly below the first half of the K League, which is the main objective of the team of coach Kim Di-Dong. In the round of the last weekend, Pohang Steelers added his seventh consecutive game without winning, but he conquered a point with a special taste, by the way he added it. In the displacement to Sangju Sangmu’s stadium, Pohang’s team almost lost, with a goal suffered in the third minute of play. The draw came close to the final whistle, through Bae Seul-Gi, confirming the team’s second draw, having tied with Jeonbuk, playing with 10.
Seongnam:
After 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, the away team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 21 points won. In their last match, they lost in an away match against Jeonbuk Motors by (3-1), after in the previous round they won at home, against Sangju Sangmu, by (1-0). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses at their stadium. In the last 9 away league matches Seongnam has a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 8 points out of 27 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 10 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores a few times first: they only opened the scoring in 3 of their last 19 matches for the K League, of these 3 they reached the halftime lead in 2 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 19 matches in this tournament, suffered the first goal 5 times and only got 1 comeback.
Despite slightly lower than expected, the Seongnam campaign is not very bad. He has managed to win two games in the last three games for the K League, against Jeju United (2-1) and Sangju Sangmu (1 -0). Last Sunday, Seongnam visited the champion Jeonbuk Motors, leaving Jeonju with a 3-1 defeat, in a game in which the first half was dominated by Jeonbuk, who scored at 17 minutes, but allowed the equalizer 24 ‘, by Éder, confirming the comeback even in the first half. In the second half, the formation of Nam Ki-Il had no strength to react and was limited to see Jeonbuk control the advantage, which scored the goal of tranquility near the end of the match.
Pohang vs Seongnam head to head matches
13.04.19 KL1 Seongnam Pohang 2 : 0
05.11.16 KL1 Pohang Seongnam 1 : 0
02.10.16 KL1 Seongnam Pohang 1 : 4
15.06.16 KL1 Pohang Seongnam 3 : 1
02.04.16 KL1 Seongnam Pohang 1 : 0