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K-League Preview: Pohang, Jeju meet in crunch clash

The K-League season was put on hold due to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, with South Korea's top-flight on hiatus since May 18.

But the competition returns to action over the weekend as Korea attempt to forget about their national team's disappointing group-stage exit from the World Cup.

League-leading Pohang and their trip to Jeju on Saturday highlights the weekend's fixtures, with just four points separating the two teams after 12 rounds.

Korean forward Kim Seung-Dae - the league's top scorer with seven goals - scored three goals in that period and Hwang Sun-Hong's men will be hoping he is at his best against a Jeju outfit, who are level on 21 points alongside Jeonbuk Motors.

In other fixtures on Saturday, Jeonbuk Motors are away to seventh-placed Busan I'Park.

Veteran Jeonbuk captain Lee Dong-Gook - Korea's ninth most-capped player with 99 appearances - missed out on World Cup selection and will be determined to make a statement at the Busan Asiad Stadium.

On Sunday, cellar-dwellers Incheon United take on Sangju Sangmu in a battle of the league's bottom two.

Meanwhile, fifth-placed Ulsan make their way to Seongnam in Sunday's only other game.