Incheon United tops Pohang Steelers 2-0 on Sunday

POHANG. Incheon United conquers Pohang Steelers with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Ji-Hwan (56') and a goal from C. Seong-hoon (66').

By
Mark Hall
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Incheon United tops Pohang Steelers 2-0 on Sunday

POHANG. Incheon United overcomes Pohang Steelers with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Ji-Hwan (56′) and a goal from C. Seong-hoon (66′).

The match was played at the Steelyard Stadium stadium in Pohang on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hyung-Jin Ko with the assistance of Ji-Wook Kim and Joo-Kyung Sung. The 4th official was Yong-Jun Shin. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.7 degrees Celsius or 69.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Pohang Steelers

0 - 2

Team 1

Incheon United

  • 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
  • 12 Total 14
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 3 Off Target 5
  • 7 Shots blocked 6
  • 86 Attack 103
  • 58 Dangerous attack 72
  • 71 Ball safe 93
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 7 Total 17
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Pohang Steelers was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Incheon United that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Incheon United was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Incheon United won the encounter.​

Pohang Steelers shot 6 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Incheon United shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Pohang Steelers received 3 yellow cards (Kim In-Sung, Ha Chang-Rae and Shin Kwang-Hoon). Regarding the opposition, Incheon United received 3 yellow cards (Mun Ji-Hwan, Hernades and Sin Jin-Ho).

Kim In-Sung (Pohang Steelers) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (45′).

Match Timeline

18'
Mun Ji-Hwan- Yellow
Kim In-Sung- Yellow
35'
41'
Oh Ban-Suk(var)
Kim In-Sung(yellowred)
45'
46'
54'
Kim Bo-Sub- sub ->Min Kyeong-Hyeon
56'
Mun Ji-Hwan(goal)Kim Bo-Sub
60'
Shin Kwang-Hoon- sub ->Lee Seung-Mo
61'
61'
66'
Cheon Seong-Hoon(goal)Gerso Fernandes
75'
Jung Dong-Yoon- sub ->Kim Jun-Yeop
76'
Jae-hun Cho- sub ->Goh Young-Joon
79'
81'
Hong Si-Hoo- sub ->Gerso Fernandes
81'
Song Si-Woo- sub ->Hernades
90'
90'
Shin Kwang-Hoon- Yellow
90'
90'
Shin Jin-Ho- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ulsan
76
5
Pohang Steelers
58
33
Gwangju
59
5
Jeonbuk Motors
57
5
Incheon United
48
33
Daegu
53
5
Seoul
47
33
Daejeon Citizen
45
33
Jeju United
35
33
Suwon
31
33
Gangwon
26
33
Suwon Bluewings
25
33

After this match, Pohang Steelers will stay with 19 points like Seoul to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Incheon United will have 12 points like Suwon to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the K-League 1, Pohang Steelers will play away against Suwon Bluewings on the 8th of October with a 18-17 head to head record in favor of Pohang Steelers (17 draws).

Incheon United will play away agasint Ulsan on the 8th of October with a 23-9 head to head stats in favor of Ulsan (15 draws).

Pohang Steelers – Formation

Pohang Steelers
G
Hwang In-Jae 21.South Korea
D
A. Grant 5.Australia
D
Sim Sang-Min 2.South Korea
D
Yong-hwan Kim 3.South Korea
46'
D
Chang-rae Ha 45.South Korea
90'
M
Kim In-Sung 7.South Korea
45'
M
Baek Sung-Dong 10.South Korea
M
Oberdan 8.Brazil
M
Lee Seung-Mo 16.South Korea
61'
M
Young-jun Go 11.South Korea
79'
F
Zeca 9.Brazil
61'
Substitutes
G
Yun Pyeong-Gook 1.South Korea
D
Shin Kwang-Hoon 17.South Korea
61' 90'
D
Park Chan-Yong 20.South Korea
D
Park Seung-Wook 14.South Korea
46'
D
S. Shin 17.Korea Republic
M
Jae-hun Cho 26.South Korea
79'
M
J. Choe 26.Korea Republic
F
Seung-dae Kim 12.South Korea
61'
F
Lee Ho-Jae 33.South Korea

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, Yong-hwan Kim, Chang-rae Ha, Alex Grant, Sang-min Shim, Oberdan Alionço, Seung-mo Lee, In-sung Kim, Young-jun Go, Sung-dong Baek and Zeca.

The home team had on the bench: Seung-dae Kim, Pyeong-guk Yun, Kwang-hun Shin, Cho Jae-hoon, Lee Ho-jae, Chan-yong Park, Seung-wook Park, Kwang-hun Shin and Cho Jae-hoon.

Substitutions

Pohang Steelers made 5 changes: Kim Yong-Hwan for Park Seung-Wook (46′), Lee Seung-Mo for Shin Kwang-Hoon (61′), Zeca for Kim Seung-Dae (61′), Goh Young-Joon for Jae-Hun Cho (79′) and Baek Sung-Dong for Ho-Jae Lee (85′).

Incheon United – Formation

Incheon United
G
Min Seong-Jun 23.South Korea
D
Oh Ban-Suk 4.South Korea
D
Kwon Han-Jin 55.South Korea
D
Kim Dong-Min 47.South Korea
M
Kim Jun-Yub 17.South Korea
75'
M
Mun Ji-Hwan 6.South Korea
76' 18' Goals56'
M
Shin Jin-Ho 8.South Korea
90'
M
Min Gyeong-Hyeon 28.South Korea
54'
F
Hernandes 10.Brazil
81' 60'
F
Gerso 11.Guinea-Bissau
81'
F
Cheon Seong-Hoon 99.Korea DPR
Goals66'
Substitutes
G
Tae-heui Lee 21.South Korea
D
Jung Dong-Yoon 14.South Korea
75'
M
Lee Dong-Su 16.Korea Republic
76'
F
Kim Bo-Sub 27.South Korea
54'
F
Hong Si-Hoo 37.South Korea
81'
F
Song Si-Woo 19.South Korea
81'

Incheon United started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Sung-Hwan Cho played with: Seong-jun Min, Ban-suk Oh, Dong-min Kim, Kweon Hang-Jin, Jun-yeob Kim, Ji-hwan Mun, Jin-ho Sin, Kyeong-hyeon Min, Hernandes, Seong-Hoon Cheon and Gerso Fernandes.

These were the players on the bench: Dong-yun Jeong, Tae-heui Lee, Bo-seob Kim, Si-hoo Hong, Dong-su Lee and Shi-uh Song.

Substitutions

Incheon United made 5 changes: Min Kyeong-Hyeon for Kim Bo-Sub (54′), Mun Ji-Hwan for Jung Dong-Yoon (76′), Gerso Fernandes for Lee Dong-Su (76′), Hernades for Song Si-Woo (81′) and Gerso Fernandes for S. Hong (81′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the K-League 1.​