K League 1

Incheon United 3–0 Pohang Steelers

Final score · Half-time 3–0 · Latest results

In the sharp price we recorded for this match, Incheon United was the most likely outcome at 42% (fair odds 2.40). No value was flagged: no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule. Recent form — Incheon United: DDLWL; Pohang Steelers: WLDDL.

After the whistle

Match stats

Match statsIncheon UnitedPohang Steelers
Possession %5248
Shots106
Shots on target71
Corners211
Yellow cards02
Red cards00
Fouls68
Offsides01
Goalkeeper saves13

What the market said before kick-off

  • Incheon United win 38% happened
  • Draw 31% did not happen
  • Pohang Steelers win 31% did not happen
  • Over 2.5 goals 37% happened

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin, South Korea · Venue: Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon

Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Incheon United 4-4-2

  1. Kim Dong-Heon GK
  2. Kim Myung-Sun MF
  3. Kim Geon-Hui DF
  4. Juan Fernández DF
  5. Lee Ju-Yong DF
  6. Kim Seong-Min DF
  7. Lee Myung-Joo MF
  8. Min-hyuk Lee MF
  9. Leandro Ribeiro FW
  10. Lee Chung-Yong FW
  11. S. Mugoša FW

Regular starters not in the XI

  • Seo Jae-Min — not in the starting XI (started 4 of the last 5)

Pohang Steelers 3-4-3

  1. Hwang In-Jae GK
  2. Shin Kwang-Hoon MF
  3. Jeon Min-Gwang DF
  4. Park Chan-Yong DF
  5. Eo Jeong-Won DF
  6. Kim Dong-Jin MF
  7. Ki Sung-Yueng MF
  8. Wanderson FW
  9. Juninho Rocha MF
  10. Jorge Luiz FW
  11. K. Nishiya MF

Regular starters not in the XI

  • Hwang Seo-woong — not in the starting XI (started 5 of the last 5)
  • Ki-jong Won — not in the starting XI (started 5 of the last 5)

Not in the XI does not mean injured: it can be rotation, a suspension or a knock. We only compare with the team's last 5 line-ups.

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 41 / 31 / 28% when the line-ups came out, 38 / 31 / 31% at kick-off.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check before kick-off

No value

No value was flagged for this match: before kick-off, no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule.

Two most likely results

1/X Home or draw 72% · as recorded

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded42%30%28%
Other estimates
Our model43%28%28%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.39
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 2.31 / 3.14 / 3.35
Pick result (single or double chance) Won · 1

Match context

Incheon United averaged 0.8 goals scored and 1.0 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Pohang Steelers averaged 1.0 and 1.6 over 5.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Why this price?

Incheon United
D D L W L
avg 0.8 scored · 1 conceded (last 5)
Pohang Steelers
W L D D L
avg 1 scored · 1.6 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
12 May 2026 Incheon United 0–1 Pohang Steelers
15 Mar 2026 Pohang Steelers 1–1 Incheon United

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/X · Home or draw
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.33
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.41
Prediction CLV -5.3%
Result Won
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint e00caca7eb373161

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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