Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Kawasaki Frontale welcomes Sagan Tosu

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sun 07.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Kawasaki Frontale leading Sagan Tosu by 15 points.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

Kawasaki Frontale, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in J-League, have played 10 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-7-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Kawasaki Frontale tasted defeat here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games. Kawasaki Frontale haven’t lost a game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Ulsan.

The points were shared in Kawasaki Frontale's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sagan Tosu travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Meiji University.

The Kawasaki Frontale fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Kawasaki Frontale have only conceded 7 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

There's been little loot from Sagan Tosu's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games. Sagan Tosu only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Sagan Tosu has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Kawasaki Frontale for a J-League game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Roasso Kumamoto.

Sagan Tosu are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 3 goals from 10 away games. As opposed to that, Sagan Tosu have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Kawasaki Frontale - Sagan Tosu 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Kawasaki Frontale, 5 draws and 1 win for Sagan Tosu. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 9 games.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Kobayashi
6 goals / 1 assists
K. Chinen
5 goals
Leandro Damião
5 goals / 1 assists

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Kawasaki Frontale Sagan Tosu
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
17 10 2 Played 4 10 18
8 2 1 Won 0 1 5
8 7 0 Drew 1 2 2
1 1 1 Lost 3 7 11
25 10 2 Scored 1 3 12
11 7 1 Conceded 7 14 25
88% 80% 100% Over 0.5 75% 80% 89%
71% 70% 50% Over 1.5 75% 50% 50%
29% 10% 0% Over 2.5 25% 30% 33%
24% 10% 0% Over 3.5 25% 10% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 60% 0% BTTS 25% 20% 22%
41% 30% 50% Clean Sheets 25% 30% 28%
18% 30% 50% Failed To Score 75% 70% 61%
 
5.7 6.5 6.5 Corners For (avg) 5 4.9 4.7
4 4.4 7 Corners Against (avg) 6.8 5.8 5.2
0.9 0.9 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Sagan Tosu.
  • Sagan Tosu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Kawasaki Frontale
All Emperor Cup AFC Champions League Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
01-06-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 1 Urawa Reds
14-06-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
30-06-19 JL Jubilo Iwata 1 - 3 Kawasaki Frontale
03-07-19 EC Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 0 Meiji University
07-07-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 0 Sagan Tosu
14-07-19 JL Tokyo 10:00 Kawasaki Frontale
27-07-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 10:00 Oita Trinita
31-07-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 10:00 Kawasaki Frontale
04-08-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 10:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
10-08-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 10:00 Kawasaki Frontale
Sagan Tosu
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
15-06-19 JL Urawa Reds 2 - 1 Sagan Tosu
22-06-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 3 - 1 Sagan Tosu
30-06-19 JL Sagan Tosu 4 - 2 Shimizu S-Pulse
03-07-19 EC Sagan Tosu 1 - 1 Roasso Kumamoto
07-07-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 0 Sagan Tosu
13-07-19 JL Sagan Tosu 10:30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
20-07-19 JL Kashima Antlers 09:30 Sagan Tosu
04-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 10:30 Oita Trinita
11-08-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 09:00 Sagan Tosu
17-08-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Sagan Tosu

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 18 12 3 3 28 13 11 10 0 1 23 7 7 2 3 2 5 6 15 39
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 18 10 3 5 30 24 9 6 3 0 17 6 9 4 0 5 13 18 6 33
3 Kawasaki Frontale 17 8 8 1 25 11 10 2 7 1 10 7 7 6 1 0 15 4 14 32
4 Kashima Antlers 17 9 4 4 28 15 9 7 1 1 19 5 8 2 3 3 9 10 13 31
5 Oita Trinita 18 8 5 5 21 15 9 4 2 3 10 5 9 4 3 2 11 10 6 29
6 Consadole Sapporo 18 8 4 6 24 22 9 5 2 2 17 10 9 3 2 4 7 12 2 28
7 Cerezo Osaka 18 8 3 7 17 12 8 4 1 3 8 4 10 4 2 4 9 8 5 27
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 7 4 6 21 13 9 3 3 3 8 5 8 4 1 3 13 8 8 25
9 Nagoya Grampus 18 7 4 7 27 22 8 5 0 3 11 5 10 2 4 4 16 17 5 25
10 Urawa Reds 17 7 3 7 14 21 9 3 1 5 7 15 8 4 2 2 7 6 -7 24
11 Vegalta Sendai 18 7 1 10 22 26 9 6 1 2 15 9 9 1 0 8 7 17 -4 22
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 6 4 8 26 39 8 4 0 4 13 19 10 2 4 4 13 20 -13 22
13 Vissel Kobe 18 6 3 9 29 31 8 3 2 3 16 14 10 3 1 6 13 17 -2 21
14 Gamba Osaka 18 5 5 8 22 27 9 2 3 4 11 13 9 3 2 4 11 14 -5 20
15 Shonan Bellmare 18 6 2 10 20 26 9 2 2 5 9 13 9 4 0 5 11 13 -6 20
16 Matsumoto Yamaga 18 4 5 9 10 23 9 2 2 5 5 11 9 2 3 4 5 12 -13 17
17 Sagan Tosu 18 5 2 11 12 25 8 4 0 4 9 11 10 1 2 7 3 14 -13 17
18 Júbilo Iwata 18 3 5 10 12 23 9 1 4 4 9 12 9 2 1 6 3 11 -11 14

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