A key match in J-League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Kawasaki Frontale in 1st position and Sagan Tosu placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (21) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the J-League. This match was also played here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sagan Tosu have had more rest.
Sagan Tosu have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Overall J-League stats at home this season for Kawasaki Frontale, who have the most scored goals (21) in J-League, are 5-0-0 (wins-draw-losses).
The Kawasaki goalkeeper Kenta Tanno is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.
In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting Urawa Reds.
Kawasaki Frontale are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost one.
Kawasaki Frontale are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Tokyo awaits in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Kawasaki's attacking play is working. Kawasaki have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Things could have gone better for Sagan Tosu in their J-League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
D. Hayashi was the last player to score for the away team. Sagan Tosu haven't scored a league goal in the last 206 minutes.
Sagan lost away at Cerezo Osaka (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A loss against Consadole Sapporo was the result prior to that, in a Nabisco Cup home game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Yokohama in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sagan Tosu's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Sagan's manager M. Kim has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Kawasaki, six draws and one win for Sagan Tosu. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 6 goals |  A. Ienaga 3 goals |  K. Mitoma 3 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 88% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 38% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 38% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 38% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 38% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 80% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 15.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 8.7 | 11.1 |
| 6.8 | 7.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 39% | 26% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 34% |
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Sagan Tosu.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most points (15) at home in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (21) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the the best goal difference (+17) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have won all their matches at home so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 22 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Oita Trinita | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Yokohama | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -14 | 1 |
| 20 | Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 1 |