J-League: Kyoto Sanga - Tokyo pre-match thoughts and the hard facts

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera

Kyoto Sanga welcome Tokyo for another action-packed J-League game here at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera.

Tokyo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Nabisco Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Kyoto Sanga's two home games in the J-League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera.

Kyoto Sanga shared the glory with Shonan Bellmare in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against Júbilo Iwata with the scoreline 1-4.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kyoto Sanga at home in the league. 2 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Tokyo form and stats

Tokyo are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the J-League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Before that, Tokyo secured a home win against Sanfrecce Hiroshima with the score 2-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Tokyo has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last nine meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for Kyoto, four draws and four wins for Tokyo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Kyoto SangaP. Utaka
P. Utaka
3 goals
Kyoto SangaK. Taketomi
K. Taketomi
1 goals
TokyoM. Morishige
M. Morishige
1 goals

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Tokyo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kyoto Sanga Tokyo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 3
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 2 0 Scored S 1 1 3
6 4 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
2 2.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 8.5 7.3
5.2 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.5 6.3
1 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.2 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.5 10.3
3 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6 5.7
33% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 8% 18%
 
12.8 16.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.5 10.7
7.8 9 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4.7
Kyoto Sanga Last season Tokyo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   19 38
24 13   Won W   7 15
12 6   Drew D   5 8
6 2   Lost L   7 15
59 37   Scored S   19 49
31 19   Conceded C   27 53
83% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
64% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 66%
33% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 55%
17% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 26%
7% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
38% 57%   BTTS BTTS   32% 42%
50% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 34%
29% 19%   Failed to Score F T   42% 34%
 
5.8 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.9
4.5 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.1
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 0.9
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 9.9
4.4 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
32% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 33%
 
7.1 6.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.6 10.5
2.9 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.8

  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 6 4 1 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 13
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 3 2 1 12 8 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 11
3 Kashiwa Reysol 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 4 9
4 Kashima Antlers 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
5 Sagan Tosu 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
6 Tokyo 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
7 Júbilo Iwata 4 1 2 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 5
8 Cerezo Osaka 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 5
9 Gamba Osaka 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 5
10 Kyoto Sanga 4 1 2 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 -2 5
11 Nagoya Grampus 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
12 Consadole Sapporo 4 0 4 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 4
13 Urawa Reds 6 1 1 4 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 1 4 -2 4
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 4
15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 3
16 Avispa Fukuoka 4 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 3
17 Vissel Kobe 6 0 3 3 3 9 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 2 2 3 7 -6 3
18 Shonan Bellmare 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 2
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 Júbilo Iwata 42 27 10 5 75 42 21 14 4 3 40 25 21 13 6 2 35 17 33 91
2 Kyoto Sanga 42 24 12 6 59 31 21 13 6 2 37 19 21 11 6 4 22 12 28 84
3 Ventforet Kofu 42 23 11 8 65 38 21 13 6 2 40 20 21 10 5 6 25 18 27 80
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 42 23 9 10 69 44 21 11 6 4 37 21 21 12 3 6 32 23 25 78
5 Machida Zelvia 42 20 12 10 64 38 21 7 7 7 28 22 21 13 5 3 36 16 26 72
6 Albirex Niigata 42 18 14 10 61 40 21 11 4 6 29 14 21 7 10 4 32 26 21 68
7 Montedio Yamagata 42 20 8 14 61 49 21 10 3 8 34 28 21 10 5 6 27 21 12 68
8 JEF United 42 17 15 10 48 36 21 7 9 5 22 18 21 10 6 5 26 18 12 66
9 Ryukyu 42 18 11 13 57 47 21 10 6 5 28 16 21 8 5 8 29 31 10 65
10 Mito Hollyhock 42 16 11 15 59 50 21 8 5 8 24 21 21 8 6 7 35 29 9 59
11 Fagiano Okayama 42 15 14 13 40 36 21 6 5 10 16 18 21 9 9 3 24 18 4 59
12 Tokyo Verdy 42 16 10 16 62 66 21 9 3 9 30 31 21 7 7 7 32 35 -4 58
13 Blaublitz Akita 42 11 14 17 41 53 21 3 11 7 14 26 21 8 3 10 27 27 -12 47
14 Tochigi 42 10 15 17 37 51 21 4 7 10 19 26 21 6 8 7 18 25 -14 45
15 Renofa Yamaguchi 42 10 13 19 37 51 21 6 5 10 20 23 21 4 8 9 17 28 -14 43
16 Omiya Ardija 42 9 15 18 51 56 21 6 5 10 30 30 21 3 10 8 21 26 -5 42
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 42 10 11 21 39 60 21 6 5 10 20 31 21 4 6 11 19 29 -21 41
18 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 42 9 14 19 35 56 21 5 9 7 17 21 21 4 5 12 18 35 -21 41
19 Sagamihara 42 8 14 20 33 54 21 4 8 9 20 29 21 4 6 11 13 25 -21 38
20 Ehime 42 7 14 21 38 67 21 1 9 11 19 39 21 6 5 10 19 28 -29 35
21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 42 7 14 21 35 66 21 3 7 11 17 29 21 4 7 10 18 37 -31 35
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 42 7 13 22 36 71 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 6 13 14 39 -35 34
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 Kawasaki Frontale 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27

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 Kawasaki Frontale 6 4 1 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 13
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 3 2 1 12 8 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 11
3 Kashiwa Reysol 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 4 9
4 Kashima Antlers 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
5 Sagan Tosu 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
6 Tokyo 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
7 Júbilo Iwata 4 1 2 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 5
8 Cerezo Osaka 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 5
9 Gamba Osaka 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 5
10 Kyoto Sanga 4 1 2 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 -2 5
11 Nagoya Grampus 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
12 Consadole Sapporo 4 0 4 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 4
13 Urawa Reds 6 1 1 4 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 1 4 -2 4
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 4
15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 3
16 Avispa Fukuoka 4 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 3
17 Vissel Kobe 6 0 3 3 3 9 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 2 2 3 7 -6 3
18 Shonan Bellmare 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 2

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