National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sagan Tosu or Kyoto Sanga that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kyoto Sanga might feel the omen before this devilish trip to Sagan Tosu, as the distance is exactly 600 sinister kilometers.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a J-League Cup game only three days ago. That game, against Consadole Sapporo, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Kyoto Sanga.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Last season, Sagan's J-League Cup journey ended in the group stage.2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Sagan Tosu so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sagan Tosu, who played 0-0 against Shimizu S-Pulse. That match was also played at this venue (Ekimae Real Estate Stadium). Midfield player Koizumi got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, the max score being 10. Koizumi hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 48 successful passes (of 55 total).
Erik lost again The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sagan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost one.
Sagan Tosu have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sagan Tosu have only let in 1 goal at home.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Kyoto Sanga playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Two away games in a row for Kyoto, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 vs Consadole Sapporo in the J-League Cup.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kashiwa Reysol at their stadium, the result 2-0.We have checked recent matches where Kyoto Sanga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, one draw and three defeats.
Kyoto Sanga are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Sagan Tosu and Kyoto Sanga have faced off already this season: Kyoto Sanga - Sagan Tosu 2-1. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Sagan won five, Kyoto Sanga were winners in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 7 goals |   Y. Kakita 3 goals |  T. Ogiwara 2 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 25% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| 10 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Consadole Sapporo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Kyoto Sanga | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
