FC Seoul vs Pohang Steelers — K League 1 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 134+ matches
FC Seoul37%
Pohang Steelers36%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.5% correct across 577,134 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.8% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 134 home / 139 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes53
- No47
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
FC Seoul ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
FC Seoul at home — creates 1.38, concedes 1.22 · 134 matches
Pohang Steelers away — creates 1.37, concedes 1.25 · 139 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
FC Seoul attack 1.38 + Pohang Steelers defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.31
Pohang Steelers attack 1.37 + FC Seoul defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.29
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 37%?"
FC Seoul at 37% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 37% does not mean "FC Seoul will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Pohang Steelers substitutes
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
FC Seoul host Pohang Steelers on Saturday, 18 October 2025 at 05:00. The match is part of the K League 1 2026/2027 season.
K League 1: FC Seoul 1–2 Pohang Steelers
Pohang Steelers beat FC Seoul 2-1 in K League 1 on October 18, 2025.
Goals: Lee Ho-Jae (29'), Cho Young-Wook (67'), J. da Rocha Junior (85').
FC Seoul controlled possession (65%) and registered 8 shots to 7.
The match was played at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul.