J-League: Two squads in fairly good shape get together for this match. Urawa Reds with a wee upper hand with their 4th spot in the standings?
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
- Urawa Reds have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Urawa Reds could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a J-League game only three sleeps ago.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Sagan Tosu have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. Sagan have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Sagan Tosu are returning here after visiting Shonan Bellmare and winning with a 6-0 scoreline. Kabayama, Fujiwara, Horigome and Ono scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sagan played a great game against Shonan Bellmare and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Il-Kyu loved the game against Shonan Bellmare. With a stunning ten saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 6-0 victory. Goalkeeper Il-Kyu got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.7 out of ten. Il-Kyu topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Yokohama F. Marinos in the Nabisco Cup.
Sagan Tosu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sagan Tosu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Playing away, Urawa Reds have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season. Urawa are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Impressive finishing from Kanté, Koroki and Sekine (2) secured the home win 4-1 against Shonan Bellmare in their previous game. That win felt nice as this team had gone three league games without victory. Midfielder Sekine was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.15. Sekine scored two goals, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Kawasaki Frontale.The attacking power of Urawa Reds when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H encounter ended Urawa Reds - Sagan Tosu 0-2, played this season. Data for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Sagan, two draws and five wins for Urawa Reds. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ono 6 goals |  Y. Naganuma 5 goals |   S. Koroki 4 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 67% | 78% |
| 67% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 72% |
| 39% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 39% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 11% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 67% | 39% |
| 22% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 39% |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.9 | 5.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 9.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.9 | 12.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 45% | 40% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 24% | 33% |
| 16.6 | 16.2 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 11.7 | 10.8 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
- Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in J-League
- Urawa Reds have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 36 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -23 | 13 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -14 | 12 |
