SUWON. Pohang Steelers and Suwon Bluewings draw 1-1. L. Sang-Hyub scored the first goal (57′) for Pohang Steelers. K. Gun-Hee made it even (77′) with a penalty. Pohang Steelers was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

Kim Gun-Hee didn’t score a decisive penalty (74′). That would have allowed Suwon Bluewings to win the match.​

The match was played at the Suwon World Cup Stadium stadium in Suwon on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Dong-Jin Kim who was helped by Jung-Min Lee and Joo-Kyung Sung. The 4th official was Jae-Hoon Ahn. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.7 degrees Celsius or 62.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Pohang Steelers had a strong ball possession 58% while Suwon Bluewings was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pohang Steelers was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Pohang Steelers to win the encounter​.

Suwon Bluewings shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pohang Steelers shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Suwon Bluewings didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Pohang Steelers received 3 yellow cards (Park Seung-Wook, Lim Sang-Hyub and Sin Jin-Ho).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Suwon Bluewings will have 5 points like Seoul to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Pohang Steelers will have 10 points like Incheon United to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the K-League 1, Suwon Bluewings will host Jeonbuk Motors on the 18th of September with a 25-8 head to head in favor of Jeonbuk Motors (12 draws).

Pohang Steelers will play away agasint Seongnam on the 18th of September with a 23-8 head to head statistic in favor of Pohang Steelers (6 draws).

Suwon Bluewings – Formation

Suwon Bluewings started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Kun-Ha Park decided to play with the following team: Hyeong-mo Yang (7.0), Daewon Park (7.0), Sang-ki Min (6.7), Dave Bulthuis (6.8), Tae-hwan Kim (7.1), Sang-jun Kim (6.8), Hyung-Jin Park (6.5), Ki Je Lee (6.8), Hyun-gyu Oh (6.6), Sebastian Grønning (6.9) and Seung-uh Ryu (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Hyun-muk Kang (7.0), Yu Je-ho (6.6), No Dong-Geon, Go Myeong-Seok, Dae-yeong Ku (6.4), Ki-hun Yeom (6.8) and Geon-heui Kim (6.9).

Substitutions

Suwon Bluewings made 4 changes: S. Gronning for Kim Gun-Hee (65′), Park Hyung-Jin for Yu Je-Ho (69′), Park Hyung-Jin for Yu Je-Ho (69′) and Kim Sang-Jun for Koo Dae-Young (86′).

Best player: Tae-hwan Kim​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Suwon Bluewings was Tae-hwan Kim.

His rating is (7.1) with 22 passes (59% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Pohang Steelers – Formation

Pohang Steelers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Gi-Dong Kim played with: Pyeong-guk Yun (7.3), Seung-wook Park (6.2), Chan-yong Park (7.0), Alex Grant (7.0), Sim Sang-Min (7.0), Kwang-hun Shin (6.9), Jin-ho Sin (7.3), Kwang-hyeok Lee (6.5), Young-jun Go (6.9), Sang-hyeob Lim (7.1) and Seung-mo Lee (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Cho Sung-Hoon, Lee Ho-Jae, Kim Ji-Min (6.2), Soo-bin Lee (6.6), Jae-heui Jeong (6.8), Kim Yong-Hwan and Park Kun.

Substitutions

Pohang Steelers made 5 changes: Lee Gwang-Hyeok for Jeong Jae-Hee (46′), Shin Kwang-Hoon for Lee Soo-Bin (84′), Shin Kwang-Hoon for Lee Soo-Bin (84′), Goh Young-Jun for Lee Ho-Jae (90′) and Goh Young-Jun for Lee Ho-Jae (90′).

Best player: Jin-ho Sin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Pohang Steelers was Jin-ho Sin.

His rating is (7.3) with 86 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Suwon Bluewings – Pohang Steelers – 1-1
• Jeju United – Jeonbuk Motors – 2-0