Possible nail-biting contest in Sagan Tosu - Oita Trinita game

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Best Amenity Stadium (24490 seats)

Struggling Sagan Tosu will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Oita Trinita in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Sagan Tosu nor Oita Trinita as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

When playing at home, Sagan Tosu have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.

Sagan Tosu drew their last game, also a home match. Oita Trinita was the opponent, 2-2 the score. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Kashima Antlers.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sagan Tosu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 2 Lost 7.

Sagan Tosu has scored 11 goals at home this season, in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sagan Tosu defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Oita Trinita form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Oita Trinita playing as the away team this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sagan Tosu in their previous outing. The J-League match ended in a draw 2-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Kawasaki Frontale wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Oita Trinita in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Oita Trinita, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Oita Trinita are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Oita Trinita have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sagan Tosu - Oita Trinita 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Sagan Tosu victories, 3 draws and 2 Oita Trinita wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Onaiwu
9 goals
N. Fujimoto
8 goals / 2 assists
M. Kanazaki
3 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Oita Trinita missing players

Sagan Tosu Oita Trinita
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played 3 11 21
5 4 1 Won 1 4 9
3 1 0 Drew 2 4 6
13 5 2 Lost 0 3 6
15 11 1 Scored 5 14 26
31 15 3 Conceded 4 15 21
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 91% 95%
57% 60% 33% Over 1.5 100% 73% 71%
38% 40% 0% Over 2.5 67% 64% 38%
24% 40% 0% Over 3.5 33% 36% 19%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 30% 0% BTTS 100% 73% 52%
24% 20% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 18% 29%
57% 50% 67% Failed To Score 0% 18% 24%
 
4.8 4.6 4.3 Corners For (avg) 3.3 3 3.3
5 4.3 5.3 Corners Against (avg) 4.7 5.1 5
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 1.2 1.1
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Oita Trinita have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sagan Tosu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sagan Tosu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Sagan Tosu
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
03-07-19 EC Sagan Tosu 1 - 1 Roasso Kumamoto
07-07-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 0 Sagan Tosu
13-07-19 JL Sagan Tosu 0 - 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
20-07-19 JL Kashima Antlers 2 - 1 Sagan Tosu
04-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 2 - 2 Oita Trinita
11-08-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 09:00 Sagan Tosu
14-08-19 EC Sagan Tosu 10:00 Kashiwa Reysol
17-08-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Sagan Tosu
23-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 10:30 Vissel Kobe
31-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 10:30 Vegalta Sendai
Oita Trinita
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J2-League J-League
All Home Away
03-07-19 EC Oita Trinita 4 - 1 Gainare Tottori
06-07-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 0 Oita Trinita
13-07-19 JL Oita Trinita 2 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
27-07-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 1 Oita Trinita
04-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 2 - 2 Oita Trinita
10-08-19 JL Oita Trinita 10:00 Vissel Kobe
14-08-19 EC Institute of Fitness 10:00 Oita Trinita
17-08-19 JL Oita Trinita 10:00 Kashima Antlers
24-08-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 10:00 Oita Trinita
31-08-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 10:00 Oita Trinita

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 21 14 3 4 33 16 13 11 0 2 26 10 8 3 3 2 7 6 17 45
2 Kawasaki Frontale 21 10 9 2 33 15 12 3 8 1 13 8 9 7 1 1 20 7 18 39
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 21 12 3 6 35 26 11 7 3 1 20 8 10 5 0 5 15 18 9 39
4 Kashima Antlers 21 11 5 5 37 20 10 8 1 1 21 6 11 3 4 4 16 14 17 38
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 21 10 5 6 29 17 11 5 3 3 12 7 10 5 2 3 17 10 12 35
6 Oita Trinita 21 9 6 6 26 21 10 5 2 3 12 6 11 4 4 3 14 15 5 33
7 Cerezo Osaka 21 9 4 8 20 15 10 5 2 3 11 4 11 4 2 5 9 11 5 31
8 Consadole Sapporo 21 9 4 8 30 27 10 6 2 2 22 12 11 3 2 6 8 15 3 31
9 Urawa Reds 21 8 5 8 21 28 11 3 3 5 10 18 10 5 2 3 11 10 -7 29
10 Nagoya Grampus 21 7 6 8 31 29 9 5 1 3 13 7 12 2 5 5 18 22 2 27
11 Shonan Bellmare 21 8 2 11 28 34 11 4 2 5 15 16 10 4 0 6 13 18 -6 26
12 Vegalta Sendai 21 8 2 11 24 31 11 7 1 3 17 14 10 1 1 8 7 17 -7 26
13 Gamba Osaka 21 6 7 8 27 31 10 3 3 4 12 13 11 3 4 4 15 18 -4 25
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 21 7 4 10 27 42 9 4 0 5 13 21 12 3 4 5 14 21 -15 25
15 Vissel Kobe 21 6 4 11 32 38 10 3 3 4 18 18 11 3 1 7 14 20 -6 22
16 Matsumoto Yamaga 21 4 7 10 12 26 11 2 3 6 7 14 10 2 4 4 5 12 -14 19
17 Sagan Tosu 21 5 3 13 15 31 10 4 1 5 11 15 11 1 2 8 4 16 -16 18
18 Júbilo Iwata 21 4 5 12 15 28 10 1 4 5 10 15 11 3 1 7 5 13 -13 17

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