Match Report
Beijing Guoan beat Pohang Steelers 3-1 on 15 September 2026. Chadrac Akolo opened the scoring inside the first 2 minutes for Beijing Guoan to make it 1-0. Jakob Tranziska levelled it from the penalty spot inside the first 6 minutes for Pohang Steelers to make it 1-1. Beijing Guoan regained the lead through Zhang Xizhe inside the first 12 minutes to make it 2-1. Jeremy Dudziak added to the tally 46 minutes into the game for Beijing Guoan, set up by Zhang Xizhe, to make it 3-1. Kim Ho-Jin (40'), Wang Gang (43'), Jo Sung-Wook (52'), Juninho Rocha (67') and Wang Yu (88') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Pohang Steelers clearly the stronger side, by 125 rating points over Beijing Guoan, even though it was Beijing Guoan who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Beijing Guoan only a 28.4% chance in this pairing, less than one in three.