Sagan Tosu vs Kawasaki Frontale betting preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Best Amenity Stadium (24130 seats)

The visiting Kawasaki Frontale side should be favourites in this visit to Sagan Tosu, as the away team holds a 45 point advantage from their 31 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (81) in J-League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Kawasaki Frontale have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

Sagan Tosu's struggle is real here at Best Amenity Stadium with only 14 points collected from 15 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-5-7.

Sagan manager M. Kim and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Yokohama (placed 15th) in the J-League. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Gamba Osaka the opponent.

The hometeam coach M. Kim made a successful contribution in the game against Yokohama, bringing on R. López who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sagan as they are travelling to their away game against Cerezo Osaka in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.

Sagan have scored 14 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Sagan have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

Kawasaki Frontale, who have the most scored goals (81) in J-League, have an excellent away record in the J-League so far with 10-3-2 from 15 games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Shimizu S-Pulse (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The J-League match ended in a draw 2-2. That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Gamba Osaka.

A new game in only four days for Kawasaki Frontale, the J-League home match versus Urawa Reds. Busy days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Kawasaki are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Kawasaki Frontale - Sagan 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Sagan victory, five draws and four Kawasaki Frontale wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kawasaki FrontaleL. da Silva dos Santos
L. da Silva dos Santos
13 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleY. Kobayashi
Y. Kobayashi
13 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleA. Ienaga
A. Ienaga
9 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sagan Tosu Kawasaki Frontale
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
6 3 1 Won W 4 10 24
13 5 2 Drew D 1 3 4
12 7 2 Lost L 0 2 3
32 14 5 Scored S 17 36 81
39 17 5 Conceded C 6 13 27
87% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
74% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 81%
39% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 60% 68%
16% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 53% 55%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 20% 29%
48% 40% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 53% 55%
23% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 35%
42% 47% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.7 0.8 0.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.4 0.6 0.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.2 9.5 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 16.2 13.3 15.4
3.4 3.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.7 6.7
30% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 42% 39%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest conceded goals (13) away in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest conceded goals (27) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (36) away in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (81) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (30) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the second half (51) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+23) away in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+54) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Sagan Tosu.
  • Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Kawasaki Frontale 31 24 4 3 81 27 16 14 1 1 45 14 15 10 3 2 36 13 54 76
2 Nagoya Grampus 32 18 5 9 44 28 15 11 2 2 27 12 17 7 3 7 17 16 16 59
3 Gamba Osaka 31 18 5 8 42 39 16 8 2 6 19 21 15 10 3 2 23 18 3 59
4 Cerezo Osaka 31 18 4 9 44 34 15 8 3 4 19 11 16 10 1 5 25 23 10 58
5 Kashima Antlers 32 17 4 11 52 43 15 7 4 4 24 21 17 10 0 7 28 22 9 55
6 Tokyo 32 15 6 11 45 42 15 8 0 7 21 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 3 51
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 13 9 9 46 34 16 7 5 4 29 19 15 6 4 5 17 15 12 48
8 Kashiwa Reysol 30 14 5 11 56 42 15 5 3 7 27 26 15 9 2 4 29 16 14 47
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 14 5 14 68 56 17 9 2 6 42 26 16 5 3 8 26 30 12 47
10 Urawa Reds 31 13 6 12 42 51 15 5 3 7 18 20 16 8 3 5 24 31 -9 45
11 Oita Trinita 29 10 7 12 30 38 15 5 4 6 11 16 14 5 3 6 19 22 -8 37
12 Vissel Kobe 33 9 9 15 50 58 17 4 5 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 25 28 -8 36
13 Consadole Sapporo 32 9 8 15 44 57 17 5 5 7 27 29 15 4 3 8 17 28 -13 35
14 Sagan Tosu 31 6 13 12 32 39 15 3 5 7 14 17 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 31
15 Yokohama 31 8 5 18 35 57 15 5 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 16 28 -22 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 30 6 7 17 27 44 15 4 4 7 10 15 15 2 3 10 17 29 -17 25
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 6 7 18 44 65 16 4 3 9 30 32 15 2 4 9 14 33 -21 25
18 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 9 18 31 59 16 0 6 10 14 32 15 4 3 8 17 27 -28 21

Table
  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 31 24 4 3 81 27 16 14 1 1 45 14 15 10 3 2 36 13 54 76
2 Nagoya Grampus 32 18 5 9 44 28 15 11 2 2 27 12 17 7 3 7 17 16 16 59
3 Gamba Osaka 31 18 5 8 42 39 16 8 2 6 19 21 15 10 3 2 23 18 3 59
4 Cerezo Osaka 31 18 4 9 44 34 15 8 3 4 19 11 16 10 1 5 25 23 10 58
5 Kashima Antlers 32 17 4 11 52 43 15 7 4 4 24 21 17 10 0 7 28 22 9 55
6 Tokyo 32 15 6 11 45 42 15 8 0 7 21 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 3 51
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 13 9 9 46 34 16 7 5 4 29 19 15 6 4 5 17 15 12 48
8 Kashiwa Reysol 30 14 5 11 56 42 15 5 3 7 27 26 15 9 2 4 29 16 14 47
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 14 5 14 68 56 17 9 2 6 42 26 16 5 3 8 26 30 12 47
10 Urawa Reds 31 13 6 12 42 51 15 5 3 7 18 20 16 8 3 5 24 31 -9 45
11 Oita Trinita 29 10 7 12 30 38 15 5 4 6 11 16 14 5 3 6 19 22 -8 37
12 Vissel Kobe 33 9 9 15 50 58 17 4 5 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 25 28 -8 36
13 Consadole Sapporo 32 9 8 15 44 57 17 5 5 7 27 29 15 4 3 8 17 28 -13 35
14 Sagan Tosu 31 6 13 12 32 39 15 3 5 7 14 17 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 31
15 Yokohama 31 8 5 18 35 57 15 5 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 16 28 -22 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 30 6 7 17 27 44 15 4 4 7 10 15 15 2 3 10 17 29 -17 25
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 6 7 18 44 65 16 4 3 9 30 32 15 2 4 9 14 33 -21 25
18 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 9 18 31 59 16 0 6 10 14 32 15 4 3 8 17 27 -28 21

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