Kashima Antlers can not look for any handouts from their host Sagan Tosu in this J-League fixture. Here's your full preview!
- Sagan Tosu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-1-0) in J-League
Kashima Antlers have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sagan and Kashima Antlers.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Sagan Tosu at their home stadium (Ekimae Real Estate Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sagan Tosu, as their goalkeeper Il-Gyu Park has completely shut out the opponents for 308 minutes in the J-League.
Sagan Tosu's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 0-2 vs Jubilo Iwata (in Nabisco Cup).
Ahead of that match, Sagan won a home game hosting Albirex Niigata (2-0).Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have had zero, one or two goals.
Sagan Tosu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the J-League. It’s been three wins in a row for Kashima Antlers on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The club members enjoyed Kashima's previous match versus Kashiwa Reysol, a Nabisco Cup win (1-0) played at home.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tokyo in the J-League.Kashima Antlers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Sagan Tosu won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Kashima Antlers got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 7 goals | K. Chinen 4 goals |  F. Honda 3 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 57% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 71% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 14 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 35% | 30% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | 42% |
| 17.1 | 16.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 8 | 9.6 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
- Kashima Antlers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Kashima Antlers have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in J-League
- Kashima Antlers have the most points (15) away in J-League
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-1-0) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
