In a weekend match in week 9, on Sunday Apr 10th, Pohang Steelers and Gangwon will play a match in Chuncheon in a clash of the K-League 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. 7th placed Gangwon is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Seoul. Kim Dae-Won struck first for Gangwon in the 26th minute, then Kim Dae-Won added another in the 57th minute on a penalty shot. Gangwon is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while pohang Steelers sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Suwon. Heo Young-Joon struck first for Pohang Steelers in the 25th minute, then Sin Jin-Ho added another in the 78th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Suwon couldn’t manage to score, and Pohang Steelers took the shutout win. Pohang Steelers is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Pohang Steelers won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
Pohang Steelers’s most prolific scorer has been Lim Sang-Hyub. The midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Kim Dae-Won has been the most prolific scorer on Gangwon in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.