Sagan Tosu supporters put their faith in manager M. Kim to deliver victory against Vegalta Sendai

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 25.November
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Best Amenity Stadium (24130 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the J-League, with both Sagan Tosu and Vegalta Sendai experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 18th place.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sagan and Vegalta Sendai.

These teams have little in common geographically as Vegalta Sendai have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

With 3 J-League wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Sagan Tosu are certainly not brimming with confidence. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Happy days for Sagan in their previous game, a J-League match away at Kashiwa Reysol (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. 1-1 away at Consadole Sapporo before that.

The victory against Kashiwa Reysol came after F. Honda's winning goal. The Sagan manager M. Kim was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 17th minute.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sagan Tosu have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sagan as they are travelling to their away game against Gamba Osaka in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.

Sagan has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Sagan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

There's been little loot from Vegalta Sendai's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the J-League. Vegalta Sendai, who have the the worst goal difference (-27) in J-League, only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

The manager T. Kiyama was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground Yurtec Stadium Sendai. Vegalta Sendai suffered a 1-3 loss to Kashima Antlers (placed 4th). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Tokyo.

Vegalta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

The visiting Vegalta Sendai have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Vegalta have conceded 27 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Vegalta Sendai - Sagan 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Sagan, two draws and five wins for Vegalta Sendai. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

SaganD. Hayashi
D. Hayashi
8 goals
Vegalta SendaiS. Nagasawa
S. Nagasawa
8 goals
Vegalta SendaiA. Pereira Guedes
A. Pereira Guedes
5 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sagan Tosu Vegalta Sendai
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 29
6 3 1 Won W 1 3 3
11 5 2 Drew D 2 3 9
11 6 1 Lost L 0 8 17
30 14 6 Scored S 5 16 30
36 16 5 Conceded C 4 27 57
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
75% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 72%
43% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 62%
18% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 41%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 24%
46% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 59%
25% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 17%
43% 43% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.8 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
256 132 40 Total Shots T S 27 123 254
93 45 16 Shots on Target S O 9 38 92
32% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 42% 33%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Vegalta Sendai has the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in J-League
  • Vegalta Sendai has the the worst goal difference (-27) in J-League
  • Vegalta Sendai 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 29 23 3 3 74 25 15 13 1 1 40 14 14 10 2 2 34 11 49 72
2 Nagoya Grampus 30 17 4 9 43 28 14 11 1 2 27 12 16 6 3 7 16 16 15 55
3 Gamba Osaka 28 17 4 7 39 32 15 8 1 6 18 20 13 9 3 1 21 12 7 55
4 Kashima Antlers 30 16 4 10 47 39 13 6 4 3 19 17 17 10 0 7 28 22 8 52
5 Tokyo 32 15 6 11 45 42 15 8 0 7 21 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 3 51
6 Cerezo Osaka 28 15 4 9 39 33 14 7 3 4 18 11 14 8 1 5 21 22 6 49
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 14 5 14 68 56 17 9 2 6 42 26 16 5 3 8 26 30 12 47
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 13 7 9 43 31 15 7 4 4 27 17 14 6 3 5 16 14 12 46
9 Urawa Reds 29 13 6 10 41 45 14 5 3 6 17 18 15 8 3 4 24 27 -4 45
10 Kashiwa Reysol 27 12 5 10 50 40 14 5 3 6 27 25 13 7 2 4 23 15 10 41
11 Oita Trinita 27 10 6 11 30 37 14 5 4 5 11 15 13 5 2 6 19 22 -7 36
12 Vissel Kobe 33 9 9 15 50 58 17 4 5 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 25 28 -8 36
13 Consadole Sapporo 30 9 7 14 41 52 16 5 5 6 26 26 14 4 2 8 15 26 -11 34
14 Sagan Tosu 28 6 11 11 30 36 14 3 5 6 14 16 14 3 6 5 16 20 -6 29
15 Yokohama 28 8 4 16 33 52 13 5 1 7 17 25 15 3 3 9 16 27 -19 28
16 Shonan Bellmare 28 6 5 17 25 42 14 4 3 7 9 14 14 2 2 10 16 28 -17 23
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 5 5 18 38 61 14 4 1 9 27 29 14 1 4 9 11 32 -23 20
18 Vegalta Sendai 29 3 9 17 30 57 15 0 6 9 14 30 14 3 3 8 16 27 -27 18

Table
  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 29 23 3 3 74 25 15 13 1 1 40 14 14 10 2 2 34 11 49 72
2 Nagoya Grampus 30 17 4 9 43 28 14 11 1 2 27 12 16 6 3 7 16 16 15 55
3 Gamba Osaka 28 17 4 7 39 32 15 8 1 6 18 20 13 9 3 1 21 12 7 55
4 Kashima Antlers 30 16 4 10 47 39 13 6 4 3 19 17 17 10 0 7 28 22 8 52
5 Tokyo 32 15 6 11 45 42 15 8 0 7 21 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 3 51
6 Cerezo Osaka 28 15 4 9 39 33 14 7 3 4 18 11 14 8 1 5 21 22 6 49
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 14 5 14 68 56 17 9 2 6 42 26 16 5 3 8 26 30 12 47
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 13 7 9 43 31 15 7 4 4 27 17 14 6 3 5 16 14 12 46
9 Urawa Reds 29 13 6 10 41 45 14 5 3 6 17 18 15 8 3 4 24 27 -4 45
10 Kashiwa Reysol 27 12 5 10 50 40 14 5 3 6 27 25 13 7 2 4 23 15 10 41
11 Oita Trinita 27 10 6 11 30 37 14 5 4 5 11 15 13 5 2 6 19 22 -7 36
12 Vissel Kobe 33 9 9 15 50 58 17 4 5 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 25 28 -8 36
13 Consadole Sapporo 30 9 7 14 41 52 16 5 5 6 26 26 14 4 2 8 15 26 -11 34
14 Sagan Tosu 28 6 11 11 30 36 14 3 5 6 14 16 14 3 6 5 16 20 -6 29
15 Yokohama 28 8 4 16 33 52 13 5 1 7 17 25 15 3 3 9 16 27 -19 28
16 Shonan Bellmare 28 6 5 17 25 42 14 4 3 7 9 14 14 2 2 10 16 28 -17 23
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 5 5 18 38 61 14 4 1 9 27 29 14 1 4 9 11 32 -23 20
18 Vegalta Sendai 29 3 9 17 30 57 15 0 6 9 14 30 14 3 3 8 16 27 -27 18

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