3rd position in the J-League table for Sagan Tosu so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Sanfrecce Hiroshima visits Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Sagan Tosu nor Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Sagan Tosu, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in J-League, are steadily winning J-League games and points here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Sagan lost their last game at Consadole Sapporo (placed 14th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Sagan won a home game hosting Tokushima Vortis (2-0).
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 15 games. Sagan Tosu has won four of these, drawn four and lost seven.
Sagan can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Defensively Sagan have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima played 1-1 against Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Vissel Kobe's place.
As mentioned above, Sanfrecce drew the match against Yokohama F. Marinos. Manager H. Jofuku brought on S. Ayukawa to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Sanfrecce Hiroshima in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, two draws and seven defeats.
Sanfrecce has another fixture away, a J-League game, against Gamba Osaka in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Sanfrecce Hiroshima has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Sanfrecce have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sagan four wins, one draw and Sanfrecce Hiroshima five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Yamashita 6 goals | D. Hayashi 4 goals |  N. Sakai 3 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| 85% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 54% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | 69% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 46% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 15% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 8% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 62% | 86% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 38% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 37% | 29% |
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the most clean sheets (6) at home in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 6 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -28 | 2 |