J-League duel: Close contest expected between Sagan Tosu and Consadole Sapporo

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 06.April
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

Which team will win when Consadole Sapporo travel to Sagan Tosu? In this preview you'll get all the relevant news and data necessary to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (2) in J-League
  • Consadole Sapporo have not yet lost a game.

Consadole Sapporo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Consadole Sapporo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a J-League game only four sleeps ago.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sagan Tosu's two home games in the J-League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.

Sagan Tosu haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 199 minutes ago. Kakita scored that one. Sagan are confident in defense, having played 358 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Sagan Tosu manager Kawai and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Avispa Fukuoka (placed 11th). The goalie Il-Kyu was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Il-Kyu topped it up with a clean sheet.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sagan Tosu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost five.

Sagan Tosu are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Kyoto Sanga awaits in four days.

At Ekimae Real Estate Stadium, Sagan Tosu has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Consadole Sapporo form and stats

Things could have gone better for Consadole Sapporo in their J-League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Sharing is caring, but Consadole are perhaps overdoing it with their six draws in a row.

Consadole Sapporo played 1-1 against Urawa Reds in their previous match. Kaneko got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Kaneko scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A 2-2 draw at Cerezo Osaka's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Consadole Sapporo playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Consadole Sapporo wins, two draws and seven defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The J-League trip to Nagoya Grampus.

Consadole Sapporo have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Sagan Tosu-Consadole Sapporo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sagan one win, Consadole Sapporo six wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Consadole SapporoT. Kaneko
T. Kaneko
2 goals
Sagan TosuY. Kakita
Y. Kakita
1 goals
Sagan TosuA. Fukuta
A. Fukuta
1 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Consadole Sapporo missing players

Sagan Tosu Consadole Sapporo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 3 6
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
5 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 1 Scored S 0 3 6
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
50% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 83%
33% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 83%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 83%
67% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 17%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 17%
 
5.2 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.3 3.8
4.3 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.3 4
0.8 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 0.7 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7 10.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.3 9.8
2 2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.8
25% 50% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 26%
 
9.2 9.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.7 11
2.8 1.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 4
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Consadole Sapporo have not yet lost a game.
  • Consadole Sapporo have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Consadole Sapporo have yet to win a game.
  • Sagan Tosu have not yet lost a game.
  • Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (2) in J-League
  • Sagan Tosu have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in J-League

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