Football tips: Sagan Tosu vs Tokyo - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Best Amenity Stadium (24490 seats)

Struggling Sagan Tosu will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Tokyo in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Tokyo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

The story so far in the J-League for Sagan Tosu at their home stadium (Best Amenity Stadium) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Sagan Tosu drew their last game, also a home match. Urawa Reds (placed 13th) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Cerezo Osaka.

Sagan Tosu has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Tokyo form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Tokyo, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in J-League, playing as the away team in the J-League this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Matsumoto Yamaga (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The J-League match ended in a draw 0-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Kashima Antlers wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

The attacking power of Tokyo when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Tokyo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Tokyo - Sagan Tosu 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Sagan Tosu, 5 draws and 3 wins for Tokyo. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

Top Goalscorers

Diego Oliveira
13 goals / 3 assists
K. Nagai
8 goals / 3 assists
M. Kanazaki
6 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Tokyo missing players

Sagan Tosu Tokyo
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 12 27
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 16
4 2 0 Drew D 3 5 5
15 6 3 Lost L 0 3 6
26 17 1 Scored S 4 10 37
45 25 4 Conceded C 3 10 21
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 89%
63% 69% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 58% 63%
48% 54% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 17% 33%
30% 46% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 19%
15% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 7%
41% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 33%
19% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 44%
48% 38% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 33%
 
5.1 5 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.2 5.3
5.2 4.3 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 5.7 5.5
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 0.9
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • 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.
  • Tokyo have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Sagan Tosu
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
23-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 1 - 6 Vissel Kobe
31-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 2 - 1 Vegalta Sendai
14-09-19 JL Gamba Osaka 1 - 0 Sagan Tosu
18-09-19 EC Sagan Tosu 4 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
28-09-19 JL Sagan Tosu 3 - 3 Urawa Reds
05-10-19 JL Sagan Tosu 05:00 Tokyo
19-10-19 JL Jubilo Iwata 06:00 Sagan Tosu
23-10-19 EC Sagan Tosu 10:00 Shimizu S-Pulse
02-11-19 JL Sagan Tosu 05:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
10-11-19 JL Sagan Tosu 06:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
Tokyo
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
30-08-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 1 - 2 Tokyo
04-09-19 NC Gamba Osaka 1 - 0 Tokyo
08-09-19 NC Tokyo 2 - 1 Gamba Osaka
14-09-19 JL Kashima Antlers 2 - 0 Tokyo
29-09-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 0 - 0 Tokyo
05-10-19 JL Sagan Tosu 05:00 Tokyo
19-10-19 JL Vissel Kobe 04:00 Tokyo
02-11-19 JL Oita Trinita 06:05 Tokyo
09-11-19 JL Jubilo Iwata 05:00 Tokyo
23-11-19 JL Tokyo 05:00 Shonan Bellmare

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tokyo 27 16 5 6 37 21 15 12 0 3 27 11 12 4 5 3 10 10 16 53
2 Kashima Antlers 27 15 7 5 49 24 14 10 3 1 28 10 13 5 4 4 21 14 25 52
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 15 4 8 49 33 14 9 3 2 27 11 13 6 1 6 22 22 16 49
4 Cerezo Osaka 27 14 4 9 32 21 13 7 2 4 17 8 14 7 2 5 15 13 11 46
5 Kawasaki Frontale 27 11 11 5 41 26 15 4 9 2 18 12 12 7 2 3 23 14 15 44
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 27 12 8 7 34 22 13 5 5 3 13 8 14 7 3 4 21 14 12 44
7 Consadole Sapporo 27 11 7 9 45 35 13 6 4 3 25 17 14 5 3 6 20 18 10 40
8 Oita Trinita 27 10 9 8 30 26 14 6 3 5 16 11 13 4 6 3 14 15 4 39
9 Vissel Kobe 27 10 5 12 48 45 13 5 3 5 25 22 14 5 2 7 23 23 3 35
10 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 10 5 12 39 58 13 6 0 7 17 35 14 4 5 5 22 23 -19 35
11 Nagoya Grampus 27 8 8 11 40 41 12 6 1 5 18 14 15 2 7 6 22 27 -1 32
12 Vegalta Sendai 27 9 5 13 32 39 14 7 4 3 21 18 13 2 1 10 11 21 -7 32
13 Urawa Reds 27 8 8 11 28 40 13 3 3 7 12 22 14 5 5 4 16 18 -12 32
14 Gamba Osaka 27 7 10 10 34 41 13 4 5 4 15 15 14 3 5 6 19 26 -7 31
15 Shonan Bellmare 27 9 4 14 36 49 14 4 3 7 18 26 13 5 1 7 18 23 -13 31
16 Sagan Tosu 27 8 4 15 26 45 13 5 2 6 17 25 14 3 2 9 9 20 -19 28
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 27 5 10 12 16 31 14 2 6 6 8 15 13 3 4 6 8 16 -15 25
18 Júbilo Iwata 27 5 6 16 20 39 13 1 4 8 12 22 14 4 2 8 8 17 -19 21

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