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
Pohang Steelers
2 - 0
Gwangju
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 9 Total 7
- 5 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 88 Attack 103
- 56 Dangerous attack 73
- 77 Ball safe 90
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 9
- 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
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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 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′).
