Sagan Tosu will do battle with Nagoya Grampus in this J-League game. All you can learn about the fixture is here!
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.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Sagan Tosu's first J-League home game here at Best Amenity Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats from 17 matches.
Sagan Tosu shared the glory with Gamba Osaka in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Kawai made a successful contribution in the game against Gamba Osaka, bringing on Kabayama who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Nishikawa, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated player for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Nishikawa hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Shonan Bellmare (1-5).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sagan Tosu, as the Nabisco Cup home game vs Consadole Sapporo is only four days away.
Sagan Tosu has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {5 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Only one away game in the J-League so far for Nagoya Grampus and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 7 draws and 6 losses from 17 travels.
The Grampus goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 311 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nagoya Grampus had fun at their own home (Best Amenity Stadium) last time out, beating Kyoto Sanga 1-0. Nagai scored. Goalkeeper Langerak got the top player rating of the team with 7.73/10. Langerak topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Yokohama at their stadium, the result 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Nagoya Grampus now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Nabisco Cup game at Vissel Kobe is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Nagoya Grampus has managed {1 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Sagan have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Nagoya Grampus.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ono 1 goals |  R. Kabayama 1 goals |   K. Nagai 1 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | 12.5 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 22% |
| 21 | 21 | 21 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17 | 13.5 |
| 10 | 14 | 14 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sagan Tosu | Last season | Nagoya Grampus | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 44 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 35 | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 82% | ||
| 71% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 62% | ||
| 50% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 47% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 38% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 24% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Shonan Bellmare | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Cerezo Osaka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Kyoto Sanga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Urawa Reds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 35 | 68 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 66 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 55 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 52 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 51 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | -1 | 47 |
| 8 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 46 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 45 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 31 | -10 | 45 |
| 11 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 1 | 42 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -8 | 41 |
| 13 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 40 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 38 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -11 | 37 |
| 16 | Kyoto Sanga | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 36 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 54 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 25 | -10 | 33 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -25 | 30 |
