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​

Incheon United

0 - 1

Pohang Steelers

  • 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

37'
46'
Yong-hwan Kim- sub ->Sim Sang-Min
46'
Kim Dong-Min- Yellow
51'
54'
64'
Song Si-Woo- sub ->Kim Do-Hyuk
64'
67'
67'
Heo Yong-Jun- sub ->Lee Seung-Mo
73'
Yong-hwan Kim- Yellow
Oh Ban-Suk- Yellow
80'
86'
Harrison Delbridge- sub ->Yeo Reum
86'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ulsan
76
5
Suwon
48
5
Jeonbuk Motors
73
5
Daegu
46
5
Pohang Steelers
60
5
Seoul
46
5
Incheon United
54
5
Suwon Bluewings
44
5
Jeju United
52
5
Sangju Sangmu
38
5
Seongnam
30
5
Gangwon
49
5

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
G
Kim Dong-Heon 21.South Korea
6.4
D
M. Kang 4.Korea Republic
6.9
D
Oh Ban-Suk 26.South Korea
6.8
80'
D
Kim Dong-Min 47.South Korea
6.1
51'
M
Kim Jun-Yub 17.South Korea
6.8
86'
M
Lee Myung-Joo 5.South Korea
6.7
46'
M
Yeo Reum 18.Korea Republic
7.0
86'
M
Min Gyeong-Hyeon 28.South Korea
6.2
F
Elías Aguilar 10.Costa Rica
6.8
64'
F
Kim Do-Hyeok 7.South Korea
6.1
64'
F
Stefan Mugosa 9.Montenegro
7.0
Substitutes
G
Min Seong-Jun 23.South Korea
D
Harrison Delbridge 20.Australia
6.4
86'
D
Yun-gu Kang 6.South Korea
M
C. Park 30.Korea Republic
6.8
86'
M
Lee Dong-Su 16.Korea Republic
7.1
46'
F
Song Si-Woo 19.South Korea
6.5
64'
F
Y. Lee 11.Korea Republic
6.8
64'

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 (6.4), Dong-min Kim (6.1), Min-su Kang (6.9), Ban-suk Oh (6.8), Jun-yeob Kim (6.8), Myung Joo Lee (6.7), Reum Yeo (7.0), Kyeong-hyeon Min (6.2), Elías Aguilar (6.8), Stefan Mugoša (7.0) and Do-hyeok Kim (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Harrison Delbridge (6.4), Yun-gu Kang, Seong-jun Min, Park Chang-Hwan (6.8), Shi-uh Song (6.5), Dong-su Lee (7.1) and Yong Jae Lee (6.8).

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 (7.1) 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
G
Yun Pyeong-Gook 1.South Korea
6.6
D
Shin Kwang-Hoon 17.South Korea
54'
D
A. Grant 5.Australia
7.5
90'
D
Sim Sang-Min 2.South Korea
6.6
46'
D
Park Chan-Yong 20.South Korea
6.4
M
Shin Jin-Ho 6.South Korea
7.4
M
Park Seung-Wook 14.South Korea
M
Young-jun Go 11.South Korea
6.4
M
Lim Sang-Hyub 7.South Korea
6.8
37'
M
Jeong Jae-Hee 27.South Korea
7.2
67'
F
Lee Seung-Mo 16.South Korea
6.9
67'
Substitutes
G
Kang Hyeon-Mu 31.South Korea
D
K. Park 15.Korea Republic
D
Yong-hwan Kim 13.South Korea
6.7
46' 73'
M
Lee Gwang-Hyeok 22.South Korea
67'
M
Lee Soo-Bin 4.South Korea
6.5
54'
F
Heo Yong-Jun 8.South Korea
6.7
67'
F
Manuel Palacios 82.Colombia

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 (6.6), Chan-yong Park (6.4), Alex Grant (7.5), Sim Sang-Min (6.6), Kwang-hun Shin (7.0), Jin-ho Sin (7.4), Jae-heui Jeong (7.2), Young-jun Go (6.4), Sang-hyeob Lim (6.8) and Seung-mo Lee (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yong-jun Heo (6.7), Manuel Palacios, Hyeon-mu Kang, Kwang-hyeok Lee (6.4), Park Geon, Yong-hwan Kim (6.7) and Soo-bin Lee (6.5).

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 (7.5) 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.​