In this week 24 match on Aug 20th, Incheon United will travel to Pohang to battle Pohang Steelers in a meeting of these two evenly matched K-League 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 3rd placed Pohang Steelers, recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Jeju United. Yoon Bit-Garam scored the first goal for Jeju United in the 19th minute, then Gerso Fernandes added another in the 33rd minute In the end, Pohang Steelers couldn’t muster any offence and Jeju United ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Pohang Steelers should be reasonably happy with their performance, while incheon United is fresh off their 3-1 win against Jeonbuk Motors. Song Min-Kyu scored the first goal for Jeonbuk Motors in the 15th minute, then Hernades tied it up for Incheon United in the 30th minute But luckily in the 50th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Song Si-Woo. Incheon United is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On May 21st, Pohang Steelers hosted Incheon United at the Steelyard Stadium in their last match together. Pohang Steelers won by a score of 2 to 0. Jeong Jae-Hee scored the first goal for Pohang Steelers in the 15th minute, then Jeong Jae-Hee added another in the 17th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Incheon United couldn’t manage to score, and Pohang Steelers took the shutout win.
Hernades has been the most prolific scorer on Incheon United in the last five matches with 3 goals. Pohang Steelers’s top weapon lately has been Heo Young-Joon, who has two goals in the last five matches.