Both Kyoto Sanga and Yokohama F. Marinos are yearning for points in this fixture, in spite of the away side having a 25 point lead in the league table.
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (57) in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Kyoto nor Yokohama F. Marinos 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
Kyoto Sanga have collected 19 points from their J-League home games so far after 5-4-5.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Kashima Antlers last time out and are looking for a victory here. Kyoto Sanga's goalie Kamifukumoto played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Kashima Antlers with a stunning six saves.
Ahead of that game, a home victory hosting Tokyo Verdy in the Emperor Cup.
Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 19 league matches, 15 have produced two goals or less.
Kyoto Sanga are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Tokyo awaits in four days.
At Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kyoto Sanga has the goal stats of 14-14 (for/against) from 14 league fixtures.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (57) in J-League, are W5-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
207 minutes! That's how long the Yokohama goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Yokohama F. Marinos won their last game, 1-0 versus Avispa Fukuoka played at home. Lopes, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Lopes scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that, Yokohama secured a home win against Shonan Bellmare with the score 3-0.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Consadole Sapporo in just four days.
In the opposite end, Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Yokohama F. Marinos - Kyoto Sanga 2-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Kyoto Sanga victories, one draw and four Yokohama F. Marinos wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 10 goals |   P. Utaka 9 goals | T. Nishimura 9 goals |
Kyoto Sanga missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Kyoto Sanga | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | 57 |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 29 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 63% | 57% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 93% | 89% |
| 26% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 63% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 50% | 37% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | 15% |
| 52% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 52% |
| 19% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | 41% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 14% | 11% |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 31% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | 39% |
| 12.3 | 11.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 12.4 | 11.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
- Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored more than double the goals of Kyoto Sanga.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (28) away in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (57) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+28) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 55 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 52 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 50 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 46 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 44 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 41 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 37 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | -6 | 32 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -16 | 31 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 29 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 28 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 25 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 23 |
