It's still early in the J-League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Sagan Tosu - Avispa Fukuoka preview!
- Sagan Tosu have the most clean sheets (5) in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have not yet lost a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Sagan Tosu nor Avispa Fukuoka 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.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Sagan Tosu, who have the most clean sheets (5) in J-League, have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the J-League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Sagan Tosu are confident in defense, having played 462 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Sagan Tosu's last game was hosting Kashiwa Reysol (placed 10th) and winning 2-0. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Shimizu S-Pulse the opponent.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Sagan's attacking play is working. Sagan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
Avispa Fukuoka are still undefeated on their travels in the J-League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other. Fukuoka are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Fukuoka go into this game after a win, the home game against Kashima Antlers that ended 1-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tokushima Vortis at their stadium, the result 2-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager S. Hasebe when Takeshi Kanamori scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Fukuoka playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and two home wins.
Avispa Fukuoka have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Sagan, two draws and three wins for Avispa Fukuoka. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Hayashi 3 goals | K. Yamashita 3 goals |  T. Kanamori 3 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 12 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 38% | 64% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
- All of Avispa Fukuoka's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Sagan Tosu's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Avispa Fukuoka have not yet lost a game away.
- Avispa Fukuoka have scored in all their matches so far.
- Avispa Fukuoka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sagan Tosu have not yet conceded a single goal in all their games.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the most clean sheets (5) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have won all their matches at home so far.
| Sagan Tosu | Last season | Avispa Fukuoka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 51 | ||
| 43 | 20 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 52% | 52% | ||
| 41% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 24% | 26% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 14% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 38% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 52% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 14% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Vissel Kobe | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Urawa Reds | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 1 |
| 19 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |