Kashima Antlers fights Sagan Tosu in J-League battle

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kashima Soccer Stadium (40728 seats)

Only the second game in the J-League for these teams and it's all to play for here at Kashima Soccer Stadium as Kashima Antlers welcomes Sagan Tosu. Check out this preview!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

Kashima Antlers lost their last game at Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline. A Nabisco Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Nagoya Grampus.

Last season, Kashima Antlers's league statistics were 18 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the J-League. Over these 34 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 30. Playing at home last season Kashima Antlers managed 11-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 15 conceded.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first J-League away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 3 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

The attacking players of Sagan Tosu have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 437 minutes.

Sagan Tosu are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Kawasaki Frontale (placed 11th). Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Consadole Sapporo.

Sagan Tosu have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Let's have a look at how Sagan Tosu performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 11/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Kashima Antlers won six, Sagan Tosu won three and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kashima Antlers
S. Ito
7 goals
Sagan TosuM. Kanazaki
M. Kanazaki
7 goals

Kashima Antlers missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kashima Antlers Sagan Tosu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
10 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 8
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 5 5
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 1 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Kashima Antlers Last season Sagan Tosu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
18 11   Won W   3 10
9 3   Drew D   4 6
7 3   Lost L   10 18
54 30   Scored S   11 32
30 15   Conceded C   23 53
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 91%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 62%
44% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 47%
26% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 26%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 12%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   35% 41%
44% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 21%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   59% 47%
 
4.8 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.4
4.8 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5
1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
405 215   Total Shots T S   144 344
144 72   Shots on Target S O   52 124
38% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Urawa Reds 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Gamba Osaka 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Vissel Kobe 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yokohama 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Oita Trinita 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 34 22 4 8 68 38 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 30 70
2 Tokyo 34 19 7 8 46 29 17 12 2 3 29 13 17 7 5 5 17 16 17 64
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 9 7 54 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 17 7 6 4 24 15 24 63
4 Kawasaki Frontale 34 16 12 6 57 34 17 5 9 3 21 17 17 11 3 3 36 17 23 60
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 5 11 39 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 17 9 2 6 18 14 14 59
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 45 29 17 7 7 3 21 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 16 55
7 Gamba Osaka 34 12 11 11 54 48 17 7 6 4 28 18 17 5 5 7 26 30 6 47
8 Vissel Kobe 34 14 5 15 61 59 17 8 3 6 33 26 17 6 2 9 28 33 2 47
9 Oita Trinita 34 12 11 11 35 35 17 7 3 7 18 16 17 5 8 4 17 19 0 47
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 13 7 14 54 49 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 6 3 8 24 27 5 46
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 12 5 17 38 45 17 9 4 4 25 19 17 3 1 13 13 26 -7 41
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 11 6 17 45 69 17 7 1 9 21 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -24 39
13 Nagoya Grampus 34 9 10 15 45 50 17 7 3 7 22 18 17 2 7 8 23 32 -5 37
14 Urawa Reds 34 9 10 15 34 50 17 4 3 10 16 29 17 5 7 5 18 21 -16 37
15 Sagan Tosu 34 10 6 18 32 53 17 7 2 8 21 30 17 3 4 10 11 23 -21 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 6 18 40 63 17 5 3 9 19 34 17 5 3 9 21 29 -23 36
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 6 13 15 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 18 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 31
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 8 7 19 29 51 17 2 5 10 16 28 17 6 2 9 13 23 -22 31

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Urawa Reds 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Gamba Osaka 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Vissel Kobe 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yokohama 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Oita Trinita 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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