K League 1 16 goals Ulsan Yago and Seoul Klimala clash head-on in Sangam on the 8th

Ulsan HD's Yago (27, Brazil) and FC Seoul's Klimala (28, Poland), who are fiercely competing to determine who is the best goal scorer in professional soccer K-League 1, will face off in the final match of the season.

It will be held at the Hana Bank K League 1 2026 35th round stage at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 2 p.m. on the 8th.

This is the fourth and final clash of the season between Seoul (67 points), which confirmed its first K-League 1 championship in 10 years, and Ulsan (54 points), which is currently in second place.

In this season's K-League 1, where each team has four games left, it is highly likely that a foreign striker will become the top scorer.

In particular, there is a growing possibility that the title of top scorer will go to Jagona Klimala, who is currently ranked first and second in scoring with 16 goals. The two are two goals ahead of Incheon United's Mugosa, who is chasing with 14 goals.

Yago has the same number of points as Klimala, but ranks first in the number of games he has played in.

According to the K-League 1 competition guidelines, when the number of points is the same, the rankings are determined by the player with the fewest games played and the player with the least playing time.

Yago has played 27 games (1,893 minutes) and Klimala has played 31 games (2,659 minutes) through the 34th round this season.

Yago is an orthodox striker who uses his strong physical ability to play in front of the goal and is a threat with left-foot kicks regardless of position.

Yago, who debuted in the K-League in 2023 wearing a Gangwon FC uniform, spent the first half of the 2024 season in Gangwon, recording 9 goals and 1 assist in 18 K-League 1 games, before moving to Ulsan in the second half of the season, where he scored 4 goals and 1 assist in 12 games.

Last year, he only scored five games in the first half of the year, but after being loaned to Zhejiang Lucheng (China) in the summer, he left a strong impression by recording 10 goals and one assist in 14 games, and returned to Ulsan ahead of this season.

Until last year, Yago had scored a total of 14 goals in 46 games in K League 1, but this year he has already scored 16 goals.

Klimala is a striker whose strengths include penetrating into the back space using his speed and a wide radius of action.

Klimala, who joined Seoul last summer, finished his K-League debut season after playing only 4 games (1 goal, 1 assist) due to injury. However, this season's completely different appearance was a great help in helping Seoul secure the championship early.

Klimala continues his challenge for top scorer with strong support from the team that won the K League 1 championship.

Yago and Klimala have been silent for two consecutive games in the recent league, so their desire to score will be greater.

In the three meetings between the two teams this season, Ulsan has won two games in a row and is ahead with 2 wins and 1 loss (5 goals, 5 conceded). Yago scored a key goal in the second match against Seoul, leading to a 3-1 victory.

Currently, in Final A (1st to 6th places), only Seoul's victory has been confirmed, and the ranking battle is so heated that the point difference between 2nd place Ulsan and 6th place Gangwon (48 points) is only 6.

Ulsan, who is undefeated in the last 3 games (2 wins, 1 draw), desperately needs a win against Seoul to secure second place.

At the same time, at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium, 3rd place Daejeon Hana Citizens (50 points) will face 4th place Incheon, which has 1 point.

Then, at 4:30 pm on this day, at Gangneung High1 Arena, 5th place Jeonbuk Hyundai (49 points) will also clash with Gangwon, which is one point behind.

In this round's Final B (7th to 12th places), 11th place Bucheon FC will try again to confirm its retention in the first division.

Bucheon, who entered the K-League 1 ground this year for the first time since its founding, will confirm its stay in K-League 1 if it wins the home game against Pohang Steelers at 4:30 p.m. on the 8th, regardless of the result of 12th-place Gwangju FC.

Bucheon has been struggling with 2 draws and 8 losses in 10 games, including 5 consecutive losses, but recorded 2 wins and 1 draw against Pohang this season. While scoring a total of 5 goals, they did not give up a single goal.

◇ Hana Bank K League 1 2026 Round 35 Schedule

▲ 7th (Sat)

Jeju-Gwangju (2 p.m., Jeju World Cup Stadium)

Gimcheon-Anyang (4:30 p.m., Gimcheon Sports Complex)

▲ 8th (Sun)

Seoul-Ulsan (Seoul World Cup Stadium)

Daejeon-Incheon (Daejeon World Cup Stadium, 2 p.m. above)

Gangwon-Jeonbuk (Gangneung High1 Arena)

Bucheon-Pohang (Bucheon Sports Complex, 4:30 p.m.)