INCHEON. Pohang Steelers conquers Incheon United 1-0 after L. Sang-Hyub scored just 1 goal (37′). Incheon United lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Sungui Arena Park stadium in Incheon on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Yong-Jun Shin who had the assistance of Seung-Min Ji and Dong-Ho Kang. The 4th official was Hee-Gon Kim. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1 degrees Celsius or 33.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 3 Total 9
- 1 On Target 3
- 2 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 104 Attack 80
- 62 Dangerous attack 59
- 91 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 5
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Incheon United had a superior ball possession 56% while Pohang Steelers was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Incheon United had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Pohang Steelers was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Incheon United shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Pohang Steelers shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Incheon United received 2 yellow cards (Kim Dong-Min and Oh Ban-Suk). Talking about the opposition, Pohang Steelers received 2 yellow cards (Kim Yong-Hwan and A. Grant).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Incheon United will stay with 7 points like Gangwon and Ulsan to climb in the 5th place. On the other side, Pohang Steelers will have 9 points to soar in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the K-League 1, Incheon United will play away with Sangju Sangmu on the 18th of September with a 14-11 head to head record in favor of Incheon United (9 draws).
Pohang Steelers will play away agasint Seongnam on the 18th of September with a 23-8 head to head record in favor of Pohang Steelers (6 draws).
Incheon United – Formation
Incheon United started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Sung-Hwan Cho decided to play with the following team: Dong-heon Kim
, Dong-min Kim , Min-su Kang , Ban-suk Oh , Jun-yeob Kim , Myung Joo Lee , Reum Yeo , Kyeong-hyeon Min , Elías Aguilar , Stefan Mugoša and Do-hyeok Kim .The home team had on the bench: Harrison Delbridge
, Yun-gu Kang, Seong-jun Min, Park Chang-Hwan , Shi-uh Song , Dong-su Lee and Yong Jae Lee .Substitutions
Incheon United made 5 changes: Lee Myoung-Joo for Lee Dong-Su (46′), E. Aguilar for Lee Yong-Jae (64′), Kim Do-Hyuk for Song Si-Woo (64′), Yeo Reum for H. Delbridge (85′) and Kim Jun-Yub for Park Chang-Hwan (85′).
Best player: Dong-su Lee
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Incheon United was Dong-su Lee.
His rating is
with 40 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Pohang Steelers – Formation
Pohang Steelers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Gi-Dong Kim played with: Park Seung-Wook, Pyeong-guk Yun
, Chan-yong Park , Alex Grant , Sim Sang-Min , Kwang-hun Shin , Jin-ho Sin , Jae-heui Jeong , Young-jun Go , Sang-hyeob Lim and Seung-mo Lee .The following players were sitting on the bench: Yong-jun Heo
, Manuel Palacios, Hyeon-mu Kang, Kwang-hyeok Lee , Park Geon, Yong-hwan Kim and Soo-bin Lee .Substitutions
Pohang Steelers made 4 changes: Sim Sang-Min for Kim Yong-Hwan (46′), Shin Kwang-Hoon for Lee Soo-Bin (54′), Lee Seung-Mo for Heo Yong-Joon (66′) and Jeong Jae-Hee for Lee Gwang-Hyeok (66′).
Best player: Alex Grant
The most impressive player for Pohang Steelers was Alex Grant even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 43 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the K-League 1.
- Incheon United – Pohang Steelers – 0-1
- Gangwon – Daegu – 2-0
- Seongnam – Suwon Bluewings – 2-2