Struggling Sagan Tosu will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Nagoya Grampus in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Nagoya Grampus could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a J-League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Kashima Antlers. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Sagan Tosu's struggle is real here at Best Amenity Stadium with only 13 points collected from 13 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-6. The last three games played by Sagan, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sagan Tosu, who played 2-2 against Shonan Bellmare. That match was also played at this venue (Best Amenity Stadium). 0-0 away at Shonan Bellmare before that.
D. Hayashi was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Shonan Bellmare after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Sagan Tosu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. Sagan have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Nagoya Grampus, who have the most clean sheets (11) in J-League, have produced an overall stat of 6-2-6 so far.
The Grampus goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 190 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Grampus play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Kashima Antlers (placed 6th). Before that, Nagoya Grampus secured a home win against Vegalta Sendai with the score 1-0.
The visiting Grampus have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. Grampus have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nagoya Grampus - Sagan 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sagan won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Nagoya Grampus has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenSagan Tosu missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 39 |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 96% |
| 75% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 62% |
| 42% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 50% |
| 21% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 7% | 19% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 8% |
| 46% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 36% | 42% |
| 21% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 43% | 42% |
| 46% | 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 19% |
| 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 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 179 | 108 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 131 | 220 |
| 67 | 40 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 46 | 91 |
| 34% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 35% |
- Nagoya Grampus has the most clean sheets (11) in J-League
- 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 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 50 | 68 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 48 |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 47 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 45 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 59 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 44 |
| 8 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 41 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 27 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -19 | 24 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 17 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -23 | 14 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -26 | 14 |