Excitement is expected at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium when Sagan Tosu meet Kawasaki Frontale in what looks to be a first-class fixture. Read the preview!
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most clean sheets (8) in J-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Kawasaki Frontale have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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
The story so far in the J-League for Sagan Tosu at their home stadium (Ekimae Real Estate Stadium) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Sagan Tosu have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The Sagan Tosu boss Kawai and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Consadole Sapporo in the Nabisco Cup.
Prior to that, an away loss at Vissel Kobe in the J-League.Sagan Tosu are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Kashima Antlers awaits in four days.
The Sagan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sagan Tosu have only let in 2 goals at home.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the J-League. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Kawasaki hope to make it five in this match.
372 minutes! That's how long the Kawasaki Frontale goalkeeper Sung-Ryong Jung and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Kawasaki Frontale play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Vissel Kobe (placed 17th). Late drama in the previous game, when Taniguchi scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Vissel Kobe. Sasaki was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.34. The defender Sasaki hit three key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.
Before that, Kawasaki secured a home win against Avispa Fukuoka with the score 2-0.A new game in only four days for Kawasaki Frontale, the J-League home match versus Shonan Bellmare. Busy days.
Kawasaki Frontale are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
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; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kakita 3 goals |  M. da Silva Barbosa 3 goals | K. Chinen 3 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 69% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 54% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 69% |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 31% |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 23% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 15% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 54% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 57% | 62% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.1 | 10.5 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 32% |
| 8.5 | 8.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 8 | 7.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most clean sheets (8) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most points (14) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sagan Tosu have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
