Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Yokohama F. Marinos & Sagan Tosu face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's quite the trip for Sagan Tosu when visiting Yokohama F. Marinos as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Yokohama F. Marinos and Sagan Tosu 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.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the J-League Cup. Sanfrecce Hiroshima was too strong.6-2-0 is the performance here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium so far in the J-League, giving Yokohama F. Marinos a total of 20 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!
A nice win for Yokohama F. Marinos last time playing, versus Kashiwa Reysol. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-3 with Lopes (2) and Élber scoring for the victors. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfielder Élber was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.64 (out of ten) in that game. Élber scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
Ahead of that result, a home victory hosting Urayasu in the Emperor Cup.
Yokohama are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals in 8 matches. From these home matches, Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded only 7 goals.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sagan Tosu playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Sagan played 1-1 against Consadole Sapporo in their previous match. Defender Hwang was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Hwang won 7 of 13 duels.
A home victory as expected against Tegevajaro Miyazaki preceding that, in the Emperor Cup.
Sagan Tosu are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Yokohama have managed a streak of 10 consecutive games without defeat (6-4-0) when playing Sagan Tosu.Sagan Tosu - Yokohama F. Marinos 0-2 was the score in these sides' latest h2h game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 13 goals | J. Pimentel da Silva 5 goals |  Y. Naganuma 5 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 52 | 28 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 14 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Sagan Tosu | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
