Who will claim the points when Nagoya Grampus visit Sagan Tosu? In this match guide you'll get all the relevant info and stats required to enjoy the game more.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J-League
It's quite the trip for Nagoya Grampus when visiting Sagan as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Nagoya Grampus could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a J-League Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Urawa Reds. 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.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Sagan Tosu have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games.
A nice win for Sagan Tosu last time playing, versus Júbilo Iwata. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Miyashiro and Kakita scoring for the victors. Finally, a league win after four games without one. Il-Kyu, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.64 out of 10 in that game. Il-Kyu topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 3-3 draw away before that, with Shimizu S-Pulse the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Sagan 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 14 games. Sagan Tosu has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 5.
The Sagan Tosu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. Sagan Tosu are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
There's been little loot from Nagoya Grampus's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the J-League. Nagoya Grampus only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
Two away matches in a row for Nagoya Grampus, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 against Urawa Reds in the J-League Cup.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Urawa Reds in the J-League.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Grampus, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nagoya Grampus as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. Nagoya Grampus have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sagan Tosu have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Nagoya Grampus.Nagoya Grampus - Sagan 1-1 was the score in these participants' previous head-to-head game, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 7 goals |  Y. Kakita 6 goals |  T. Miyashiro 4 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 34 | 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 27 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 24 |
| 78% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 87% |
| 65% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 65% |
| 43% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 39% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 9% |
| 22% | 17% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 43% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 10.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.5 | 10 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 45% | 43% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 24% |
| 9.7 | 9.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 12.1 | 10.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
- Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nagoya Grampus have scored 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 42 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -14 | 28 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Júbilo Iwata | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 22 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
