Sagan Tosu supporters put their faith in manager Kawai to deliver victory against Kyoto Sanga

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

The home crowds plan for a victory in this match, as the home advantage might do the trick against a stumbling visitor. Sagan Tosu are in 8th position while the guesting Kyoto Sanga sweat at 16th.

Insights:
  • Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League

Kyoto Sanga might feel the omen before this devilish trip to Sagan Tosu, as the distance is exactly 600 sinister kilometers.

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

5-8-2 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Sagan Tosu so far this season. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Sagan Tosu.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Kashima Antlers last time out and are looking for a win here. The talented striker Miyashiro bettered all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Miyashiro scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cerezo Osaka (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sagan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Sagan Tosu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Sagan Tosu have conceded only 10 goals.

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

There's been little loot from Kyoto Sanga's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the J-League. Kyoto Sanga only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Kyoto, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Tokyo (placed 7th). Inoue was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.2. The defender Inoue won 5 of 6 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Yokohama F. Marinos.

We have checked recent matches where Kyoto Sanga have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Lacking goals? 16 of this club's latest 21 league matches have contained two or less goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kyoto as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Kyoto Sanga in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head encounter ended Kyoto Sanga - Sagan Tosu 3-1, earlier this season. Sagan-Kyoto Sanga H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sagan Tosu five wins, Kyoto Sanga three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Kyoto SangaP. Utaka
P. Utaka
9 goals
Sagan TosuT. Miyashiro
T. Miyashiro
6 goals
Sagan TosuY. Kakita
Y. Kakita
6 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sagan Tosu Kyoto Sanga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 14 29
9 5 2 Won W 0 2 7
14 8 2 Drew D 2 5 9
7 2 1 Lost L 3 7 13
42 21 6 Scored S 3 12 27
36 10 5 Conceded C 7 18 34
80% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
70% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 66%
47% 27% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 21% 28%
33% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 17%
17% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
47% 40% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 52%
40% 47% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 17%
33% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 43% 34%
 
4.5 3.9 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.1 4.1
3.6 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6 5.4
1.1 1.1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10 11.8 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.6 9.4
3.5 3.8 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 3.1
40% 37% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 30%
 
10.7 9.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.9 12.2
4.1 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.7 4.9
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
  • Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 17 8 4 59 30 14 11 3 0 29 6 15 6 5 4 30 24 29 59
2 Kawasaki Frontale 29 16 6 7 51 32 14 11 1 2 30 14 15 5 5 5 21 18 19 54
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 14 9 7 45 32 15 9 3 3 26 12 15 5 6 4 19 20 13 51
4 Cerezo Osaka 29 13 9 7 45 34 15 7 4 4 22 18 14 6 5 3 23 16 11 48
5 Kashima Antlers 30 12 11 7 43 38 15 7 5 3 25 21 15 5 6 4 18 17 5 47
6 Kashiwa Reysol 30 13 6 11 41 40 15 6 2 7 21 23 15 7 4 4 20 17 1 45
7 Tokyo 29 12 7 10 38 36 14 7 5 2 21 10 15 5 2 8 17 26 2 43
8 Sagan Tosu 30 9 14 7 42 36 15 5 8 2 21 10 15 4 6 5 21 26 6 41
9 Urawa Reds 29 9 13 7 42 28 14 6 6 2 28 14 15 3 7 5 14 14 14 40
10 Nagoya Grampus 30 9 12 9 26 29 15 6 6 3 15 12 15 3 6 6 11 17 -3 39
11 Consadole Sapporo 29 8 11 10 33 45 14 5 6 3 16 16 15 3 5 7 17 29 -12 35
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 7 11 12 38 45 15 2 7 6 19 27 15 5 4 6 19 18 -7 32
13 Vissel Kobe 29 8 7 14 27 36 14 5 3 6 15 13 15 3 4 8 12 23 -9 31
14 Avispa Fukuoka 30 7 10 13 24 34 15 4 6 5 15 16 15 3 4 8 9 18 -10 31
15 Shonan Bellmare 29 7 10 12 23 36 16 4 6 6 12 22 13 3 4 6 11 14 -13 31
16 Kyoto Sanga 29 7 9 13 27 34 15 5 4 6 15 16 14 2 5 7 12 18 -7 30
17 Gamba Osaka 30 7 8 15 29 44 15 3 5 7 16 21 15 4 3 8 13 23 -15 29
18 Júbilo Iwata 29 5 9 15 27 51 15 4 5 6 18 25 14 1 4 9 9 26 -24 24

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 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 17 8 4 59 30 14 11 3 0 29 6 15 6 5 4 30 24 29 59
2 Kawasaki Frontale 29 16 6 7 51 32 14 11 1 2 30 14 15 5 5 5 21 18 19 54
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 14 9 7 45 32 15 9 3 3 26 12 15 5 6 4 19 20 13 51
4 Cerezo Osaka 29 13 9 7 45 34 15 7 4 4 22 18 14 6 5 3 23 16 11 48
5 Kashima Antlers 30 12 11 7 43 38 15 7 5 3 25 21 15 5 6 4 18 17 5 47
6 Kashiwa Reysol 30 13 6 11 41 40 15 6 2 7 21 23 15 7 4 4 20 17 1 45
7 Tokyo 29 12 7 10 38 36 14 7 5 2 21 10 15 5 2 8 17 26 2 43
8 Sagan Tosu 30 9 14 7 42 36 15 5 8 2 21 10 15 4 6 5 21 26 6 41
9 Urawa Reds 29 9 13 7 42 28 14 6 6 2 28 14 15 3 7 5 14 14 14 40
10 Nagoya Grampus 30 9 12 9 26 29 15 6 6 3 15 12 15 3 6 6 11 17 -3 39
11 Consadole Sapporo 29 8 11 10 33 45 14 5 6 3 16 16 15 3 5 7 17 29 -12 35
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 7 11 12 38 45 15 2 7 6 19 27 15 5 4 6 19 18 -7 32
13 Vissel Kobe 29 8 7 14 27 36 14 5 3 6 15 13 15 3 4 8 12 23 -9 31
14 Avispa Fukuoka 30 7 10 13 24 34 15 4 6 5 15 16 15 3 4 8 9 18 -10 31
15 Shonan Bellmare 29 7 10 12 23 36 16 4 6 6 12 22 13 3 4 6 11 14 -13 31
16 Kyoto Sanga 29 7 9 13 27 34 15 5 4 6 15 16 14 2 5 7 12 18 -7 30
17 Gamba Osaka 30 7 8 15 29 44 15 3 5 7 16 21 15 4 3 8 13 23 -15 29
18 Júbilo Iwata 29 5 9 15 27 51 15 4 5 6 18 25 14 1 4 9 9 26 -24 24

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