POHANG. Pohang Steelers overcomes Gwangju with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Young-Joon (49′) and a goal from B. Sung-Dong (59′). Gwangju was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Steelyard Stadium stadium in Pohang on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Dong-Sik Jeong who was helped by Seung-Min Ji and Ki-Yeol Bang. The 4th official was Seung-Hwan Choi. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 10 Total 6
- 5 On Target 1
- 4 Off Target 2
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 88 Attack 103
- 56 Dangerous attack 73
- 77 Ball safe 90
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Gwangju had a strong ball possession 63% while Pohang Steelers was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gwangju was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Pohang Steelers succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Pohang Steelers shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Gwangju shot 7 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Pohang Steelers received 2 yellow cards (Park Seung-Wook and Kim In-Sung). On the opposite side, Gwangju received 2 yellow cards (Ho-yeon Jeong and Sandro Cesar).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Pohang Steelers will have 14 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Gwangju will stay with 9 points to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the K-League 1, Pohang Steelers will play away with Suwon Bluewings on the 8th of October with a 17-17 head to head.
Gwangju will host Gangwon on the 8th of October with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Gwangju (8 draws).
Pohang Steelers – Formation
Pohang Steelers
15'
79'
59'
Pohang Steelers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Gi-Dong Kim decided to play with the following team: In-jae Hwang, Seung-wook Park, Chang-rae Ha, Alex Grant, Sang-min Shim, Oberdan Alionço, Jong-uh Kim, In-sung Kim, Yoon Jae-woon, Sung-dong Baek and Zeca.
The home team had on the bench: Pyeong-guk Yun, Chan-yong Park, Kwang-hun Shin, Young-jun Go, Jae-hee Jeong, Seung-dae Kim, Lee Ho-jae and Kwang-hun Shin.
Substitutions
Pohang Steelers made 5 changes: Yoon Jae-woon for Y. Go (46′), Kim In-Sung for Jeong Jae-Hee (61′), Baek Sung-Dong for Kim Seung-Dae (61′), Jeong Jae-Hee for Ho-Jae Lee (67′) and Jong-woo Kim for Shin Kwang-Hoon (79′).
Gwangju – Formation
Gwangju
Gwangju started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Jung-Hyo Lee played with: Kyeong-min Kim, Min-ki Lee, Yeong-kyu Ahn, Timo Letschert, Hyeon-seok Du, Ju Young-Jae, Soon-min Lee, Jung Ho-Yeon, Jasir Asani, Heui-kyun Lee and Yool Heo.
These were the players on the bench: Jun Lee, Aaron Calver, Chang-mu Shin, Seung-un Ha, Sandro Lima, Park Han-Bin and Hu-sung Oh.
Substitutions
Gwangju made 4 changes: Yool Heo for Ha Seun Gun (21′), Heui-kyun Lee for Oh Hoo-Sung (65′), Soon-min Lee for Park Han-Bin (65′) and Timo Letschert for Aaron Calver (75′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the K-League 1.
- Pohang Steelers – Gwangju – 2-0
- Seoul – Daegu – 3-0
- Ulsan – Suwon Bluewings – 2-1
