It's been four sleeps since Kyoto Sanga faced Gamba Osaka and the scoreline was 1-1. What happens against Sagan Tosu?
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (2) in J-League
Sagan Tosu might feel the omen before this devilish trip to Kyoto Sanga, as the distance is exactly 600 sinister kilometers.
It's no vacation for neither Kyoto 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.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Kyoto Sanga have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.
Kyoto Sanga drew their last game, also a home match. Gamba Osaka (placed 9th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. The gifted forward Utaka outshone all teammates in that match and managed a match rating of 7.6 out of 10. Utaka scored one goal and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Vissel Kobe and winning 3-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Nabisco Cup game versus Consadole Sapporo in only three days. This game is also played here at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera.
Kyoto aren't scoring a lot here at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kyoto Sanga defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in J-League, on their J-League travels is 0 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. We have seen quite the extraordinary streak of draws for Sagan Tosu when travelling, as their last four away games have all ended as ties. Not since the Sanfrecce Hiroshima match has the points been won by one team.
The Sagan Tosu goalkeeper Il-Gyu Park is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 448 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Sagan had fun at their own home (Sanga Stadium by Kyocera) last time out, beating Consadole Sapporo 5-0. Nakano, Fujita, Honda and Kakita (2) scored. The attacker Kakita got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Kakita scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A 0-0 draw at Avispa Fukuoka's stadium before that.After this away game Sagan Tosu return home for a Nabisco Cup game against Kashiwa Reysol. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Sagan are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. Sagan Tosu are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far. More than 55 % of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Kyoto victories, two draws and six Sagan Tosu wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 4 goals |   Y. Kakita 3 goals |  T. Ogiwara 1 goals |
Kyoto Sanga missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Kyoto Sanga | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 25% | 57% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 75% | 71% |
| 14% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 75% | 43% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.2 | 8 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 31% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 12% | 42% |
| 10.6 | 11.5 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9 | 8.6 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
- Kyoto Sanga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sagan Tosu have scored away.
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sagan Tosu have not yet lost a game.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (2) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the most clean sheets (3) away in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the most clean sheets (5) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
