Nervous top table potboiler in J-League as Sagan Tosu have travelled the 745 miles needed to meet Kashima Antlers at their Kashima Soccer Stadium.
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sagan Tosu have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Kashima Antlers nor Sagan Tosu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers are steadily winning J-League games and points here at Kashima Soccer Stadium. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Two home wins in a row for Kashima Antlers bring valid hopes of a third.
Kashima Antlers shared the glory with Urawa Reds in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Higuchi (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Higuchi hit two key passes.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kashima handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
There will be little rest for Kashima Antlers after this match as they are travelling to Tokyo for a J-League game in only four days.
The Kashima fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kashima Antlers have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Playing away, Sagan Tosu have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season.
Sagan have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 189 minutes ago. Horigome was the goal scorer.
Sagan Tosu played 0-0 against Kawasaki Frontale in their previous match. Il-Kyu (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.1. Il-Kyu topped it up with a clean sheet.
Sagan Tosu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sagan are hosting Gamba Osaka in the J-League only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sagan Tosu as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sagan have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these participants: Kashima Antlers won six, Sagan Tosu were winners in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 8 goals |  Y. Suzuki 6 goals |  A. do Nascimento Cruz 4 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 14 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 62% | 64% |
| 79% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 57% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| 36% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 57% |
| 29% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 43% |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 10.8 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 6.8 | 8.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 31% | 34% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 9 | 8.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
