All available information for the Sagan Tosu - Júbilo Iwata fixture:

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Júbilo Iwata, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

Sagan Tosu and Júbilo Iwata should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Sagan Tosu form and stats

Sagan Tosu have collected 17 points from their J-League home games so far after 4-5-2.

Sagan shared the glory with Shimizu S-Pulse in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. Opportunity lost for Sagan Tosu in the Shimizu S-Pulse match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Horigome was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Shimizu S-Pulse after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The striker Naganuma was declared "man of the match" for Sagan Tosu with a rating of 7.84/10. Naganuma scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the match before that, Sagan hosted Yokohama F. Marinos and drew the game 2-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sagan Tosu matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

Sagan Tosu have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Sagan Tosu have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Júbilo Iwata form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Júbilo Iwata so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-6 (win-draw-lose).

Kaneko scored in Júbilo's previous match, the home game against Shonan Bellmare that ended 1-0. That win felt good as this team had gone five league fixtures without winning. The attacker Kaneko got a match rating of 7.61 in that game. Kaneko scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Júbilo Iwata playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

Some info for sports gamblers wanting to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no side finding the net.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Júbilo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the squads met earlier this campaign; Júbilo Iwata - Sagan Tosu 3-1. Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Sagan, three draws and five wins for Júbilo Iwata. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Kakita 5 goals

Y. Suzuki 5 goals

F. González Lasso 5 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Júbilo Iwata missing players