The visiting Cerezo Osaka side should be favourites in this visit to Sagan Tosu, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their six league games this season.
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.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Three J-League home games done for Sagan Tosu, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches. Sagan have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Sagan Tosu drew their last game, also a home match. Shimizu S-Pulse (placed 18th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Heartbreak before that as Sagan lost 0-1 at Nagoya Grampus's place.
Sagan have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Sagan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Best Amenity Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo Osaka are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the J-League.
There were no winners in Cerezo's previous match, a J-League home game that ended 0-0 vs Vissel Kobe (placed 9th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Cerezo Osaka have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sagan Tosu victories, one draw and four Cerezo Osaka wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Sagan Tosu missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 23% |
- All of Cerezo Osaka's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored more than double the goals of Sagan Tosu.
- Cerezo Osaka have won all their away games so far.
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sagan Tosu has the fewest matches over the total-line (0)
- Sagan Tosu has the fewest scored goals (1)
- Sagan Tosu has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0)
- Sagan Tosu has the most matches under the total-line (6)
- Sagan Tosu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sagan Tosu have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Sagan Tosu have yet to win a game.
| 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 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 1 |