It's advantage Sagan Tosu so far with their 3rd position in the J-League table, welcoming Tokushima Vortis who are placed 11th.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in J-League
- Tokushima Vortis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sagan Tosu form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium as Sagan Tosu have scored 12 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Sagan, who won 2-1 against Tokyo (placed 10th). Preceding that match was the home Nabisco Cup game against Avispa Fukuoka that was lost 0-1.
Sagan can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 12 times. As for guarding their own goal, Sagan Tosu have only let in 1 goal at home.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
There's been little loot from Tokushima Vortis's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the J-League. Tokushima Vortis only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
There might be some fixture complaints from Tokushima as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the J-League match against Kashiwa Reysol (1-5). Preceding that game was the away Nabisco Cup victory against Vissel Kobe with the score of 1-0.
Tokushima lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Tokushima have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Tokushima have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Sagan Tosu, one draw and two wins for Tokushima Vortis. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Yamashita 5 goals | D. Hayashi 4 goals |   T. Miyashiro 4 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Tokushima Vortis missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Tokushima Vortis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 83% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 11.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 8.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 32% |
- 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
- Tokushima Vortis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tokushima Vortis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Tokushima Vortis | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 3 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -25 | 2 |