Sagan Tosu - Kyoto Sanga: J-League basement sides desperate for points and triumph. Here are all the relevant data and tables before the game!
- Sagan Tosu is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Kyoto Sanga might feel the omen before this devilish trip to Sagan, as the distance is exactly 600 sinister kilometers.
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!
Sagan Tosu form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Sagan Tosu, who have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in J-League, at their home stadium (Ekimae Real Estate Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
No payout for Sagan Tosu in their previous match, an away game at Tokyo that ended in defeat 2-3. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Tokyo) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Midfield player Kawahara got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Kawahara served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 51 successful passes (of 63 total).
1-1 away at Yokohama F. Marinos before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Sagan Tosu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sagan Tosu as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Sagan Tosu has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.
On the other hand, Sagan Tosu have conceded 20 goals. Sagan has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
There's been little loot from Kyoto Sanga's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the J-League. Kyoto Sanga only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. When Kyoto Sanga is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Yokohama, Kashiwa Reysol, Kyoto Sanga, Shonan Bellmare and Albirex Niigata is teams we like to compare Sagan Tosu with.
218 minutes! That's how long the Kyoto Sanga goalkeeper Sung-Yun Gu and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Kyoto won their last game, 1-0 versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima played at home. Goalkeeper Gu was absolutely vital in the Kyoto Sanga victory against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, making six saves. Goalkeeper Gu got the top player rating of the team with 8.44/10. Gu topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Kyoto travelled to Urawa Reds and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kyoto Sanga playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Kyoto Sanga wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Take note: 8 of the latest 10 league fixtures featuring this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Kyoto Sanga find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures 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. 20 goals have been conceded by Kyoto Sanga in these games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have fought before this season: Kyoto Sanga - Sagan 2-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Sagan Tosu wins - draws - Kyoto Sanga wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Aguiar Oliveira 10 goals |  Y. Naganuma 9 goals |  Y. Ono 6 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 35 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 15 | 31 |
| 37 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 36 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 21% | 21% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 18% |
| 14% | 7% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 11% |
| 61% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 21% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 25% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 39% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 5 | 5 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 10.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 40% | 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 33% | 33% |
| 16.1 | 15.8 | 22.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 14 | 13 |
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 9.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in J-League
- Sagan Tosu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sagan Tosu is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 51 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 45 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 44 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -11 | 34 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 30 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 33 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 26 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -27 | 22 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -18 | 21 |
