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Beijing Guoan — Pohang Steelers: 3:1, AFC Champions League

AFC Champions League
Beijing Guoan W18 Aug · Away Shanghai Shenhua · 3:0D22 Aug · Home Yunnan Yukun · 3:3D28 Aug · Away Dalian Zhixing · 1:1L1 Sep · Away Rizhao Yuqi · 1:3D5 Sep · Away SHANGHAI SIPG · 0:0W15 Sep · Home Pohang Steelers · 3:1
3:1
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Pohang Steelers D30 Aug · Home Gangwon FC · 0:0L5 Sep · Away Jeonbuk Motors · 0:2D9 Sep · Home Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 0:0D12 Sep · Away Daejeon Hana Citizen · 2:2L15 Sep · Away Beijing Guoan · 1:3W20 Sep · Home FC Seoul · 2:1
Venue: Workers' Stadium City: Beijing

In the AFC Champions League game on 15 September 2026, Beijing Guoan beat Pohang Steelers 3:1. Match numbers: shots on target 6:3, corners 2:3.

Match report

Beijing Guoan beat Pohang Steelers 3:1 in the League Phase opener of the AFC Champions League at the Workers' Stadium on Monday. The hosts took an early lead through Chadrac Akolo in the second minute before Jakob Tranziska equalised from the penalty spot six minutes later. Zhang Xizhe restored Beijing's advantage twelve minutes in and Jeremy Dudziak sealed the points forty-six minutes after the restart.

By then the match had settled into its rhythm, and here's the thing — it was not a game decided by volume. Beijing had six shots on target against Pohang's three, while both sides shared possession equally. The visitors created fewer clear-cut opportunities, registering two big chances compared to the hosts' three, and their expected goals figure sat at 1.08 against 1.73 for Beijing.

To be fair, Pohang did not lack for effort. They launched 106 attacks to the hosts' 96 and attempted twenty-three dribbles, though only twelve came off. Their crossing was ineffective — zero successful attempts from thirteen — and they conceded more clearances than they created, with thirty-four defensive blocks against twenty-one for Beijing.

The yellow cards tell a different story. Kim Ho-Jin went off early at forty minutes, followed by Wang Gang at forty-three. Jo Sung-Wook received his booking at fifty-two, Juninho Rocha at sixty-seven, and Wang Yu at eighty-eight. The hosts kept their discipline better with just two cautions throughout.

Substitutions began around the half-hour mark when Akolo was replaced at thirty-four, with Pohang making three changes at forty-five. Beijing brought on Wang Gang and Zhang Xizhe together at sixty-eight, while Lee Chang-Woo came on at seventy-three. Dudziak and Béni Nkololo were the final replacements for the hosts at eighty-two.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50
Shots on target 6 – 3
Shots off target 2 – 3
Expected goals 1.73 – 1.08

Match events

  1. 2' 1:0 Beijing Guoan Goal Chadrac Akolo
  2. 6' 1:1 Pohang Steelers Penalty Jakob Tranziska
  3. 12' 2:1 Beijing Guoan Goal Zhang Xizhe
  4. 34' 2:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Chadrac Akolo off: Yang Liyu
  5. 40' 2:1 Pohang Steelers Yellow card Kim Ho-Jin
  6. 43' 2:1 Beijing Guoan Yellow card Wang Gang
  7. 45' 2:1 Pohang Steelers Substitution An Jae-Joon off: Juninho Rocha
  8. 45' 2:1 Pohang Steelers Substitution Kim Ye-Sung off: Wanderson Oliveira
  9. 45' 2:1 Pohang Steelers Substitution Kim Ho-Jin off: Jorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira
  10. 46' 3:1 Beijing Guoan Goal Jeremy Dudziak assist: Zhang Xizhe
  11. 52' 3:1 Pohang Steelers Yellow card Jo Sung-Wook
  12. 58' 3:1 Pohang Steelers Substitution Jung Han-Min off: Kim Dong-Jin
  13. 67' 3:1 Pohang Steelers Yellow card Juninho Rocha
  14. 68' 3:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Wang Gang off: Li Lei
  15. 68' 3:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Zhang Xizhe off: Abduhamit Abdugheni
  16. 73' 3:1 Pohang Steelers Substitution Lee Chang-Woo off: Shin Kwang-Hoon
  17. 82' 3:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Jeremy Dudziak off: Wang Yu
  18. 82' 3:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Béni Nkololo off: Fabio Abreu
  19. 88' 3:1 Beijing Guoan Yellow card Wang Yu

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50
6 Shots on target 3
2 Shots off target 3
1.73 Expected goals 1.08
3 Big chances 2
96 Attacks 106
2 Corners 3
14 Fouls 17
17 Free kicks 11
0 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
3 Goal kicks 4
15 Throw-ins 15
All statistics
14/2264% Aerial duels 8/2236%
74 Backward passes 77
3 Blocked shots 3
21 Clearances 34
3/1421% Crosses 0/130%
8/1080% Dribbles 12/2352%
0.53 Expected assists 0.37
83 Failed passes 80
2 Goalkeeper saves 2
8 Interceptions 6
6 Key passes 6
21/4745% Long passes 23/5145%
62 Passes into the final third 78
203 Passes in the opposition half 270
303 Passes in own half 244
0.55 Shot accuracy 0.33
0 Shots from outside the box 5
11 Shots inside the box 4
12/1771% Tackles 4/1040%
492 Total passes 501

Line-ups

Beijing Guoan

Starting XI
# Player number
34 Hou Sen 34
5 Guilherme Magro Pires Ramos 5
21 Tze Nam Yue 21
27 Gang Wang 27
28 Jeremy Dudziak 28
7 Sérgio Antônio Soler de Oliveira Júnior 7
20 Béni Nkololo 20
23 Dawhan Fran Urano Da Purificação Oliveira 23
47 Dan Zifu 47
10 Xizhe Zhang 10
77 Chadrac Akolo Ababa 77
Substitutes
# Player number
31 Shaoziyang Liu 31
4 Li Lei 4
24 Abduhamit Abdugheni 24
25 Uroš Spajić 25
30 Shuangze Fan 30
6 Zhongguo Chi 6
18 Wang Yu 18
41 Cheng Xi 41
43 Xia Xiaoyu 43
50 Zhang Haozhen 50
17 Yang Liyu 17
29 Fábio Gonçalves Abreu 29
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Pohang Steelers

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Pyeong-Gook Yun 1
3 Ye-Sung Kim 3
5 Jin Si-u 5
33 Jo Sung-Wook 33
36 H. Kim 36
8 Seung-Ho Kim 8
14 Chang-u Lee 14
31 Kento Nishiwaki 31
9 Jae-Jun An 9
10 Jakob Tranziska 10
37 Han-Min Jung 37
Substitutes
# Player number
29 Hong Seong-Min 29
4 Min-Gwang Jeon 4
17 Kwang-hun Shin 17
20 Chan-Yong Park 20
77 Wanderson 77
16 Kim Dong-Jin 16
70 Hwang So-Wun 70
7 Ki-jong Won 7
11 Paulo Afonso da Rocha Júnior 11
18 Sang-hyok Cho 18
25 Jorge Teixeira 25
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