J-League match preview: Sagan Tosu versus Vissel Kobe

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Fri 23.August
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Best Amenity Stadium (24490 seats)

Sagan Tosu hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 16th position in the J-League table. Visiting Vissel Kobe holds 11th place with 29 pts.

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 Tosu and Vissel Kobe.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

Sagan Tosu have played 11 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-6 (wins-draws-losses).

The Sagan Tosu fans got no joy from their last match, a J-League game also here at Best Amenity Stadium: A 1-6 defeat against Vissel Kobe. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Shonan Bellmare.

Sagan Tosu has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Vissel Kobe have produced an overall stat of 4-2-7 so far.

Vissel Kobe play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-1 victory visiting Sagan Tosu. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Urawa Reds.

Vissel Kobe has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, Vissel Kobe have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sagan Tosu - Vissel Kobe 1-6 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sagan Tosu won 3, Vissel Kobe won 4 and 3 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

David Villa
10 goals / 1 assists
K. Furuhashi
8 goals / 6 assists
Iniesta
6 goals / 5 assists

Sagan Tosu missing players

Vissel Kobe missing players

Sagan Tosu Vissel Kobe
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played 5 13 24
7 4 0 Won 2 4 8
3 1 1 Drew 1 2 5
14 6 3 Lost 2 7 11
21 12 2 Scored 10 21 42
40 21 9 Conceded 9 22 40
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 64% 75% Over 1.5 100% 77% 79%
46% 45% 50% Over 2.5 80% 62% 62%
29% 45% 50% Over 3.5 40% 38% 42%
12% 18% 0% Over 4.5 20% 23% 25%
38% 36% 25% BTTS 100% 77% 71%
21% 18% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 8% 12%
50% 45% 75% Failed To Score 0% 15% 17%
 
5 4.8 4.2 Corners For (avg) 5 4.7 5.1
5.1 4.1 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 5.9 5.2
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.5 1.2
3 1 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Sagan Tosu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vissel Kobe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sagan Tosu
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
04-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 2 - 2 Oita Trinita
11-08-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 1 - 2 Sagan Tosu
14-08-19 EC Sagan Tosu 0 - 0 Kashiwa Reysol
17-08-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 2 - 3 Sagan Tosu
23-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 1 - 6 Vissel Kobe
31-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 10:30 Vegalta Sendai
14-09-19 JL Gamba Osaka 10:00 Sagan Tosu
18-09-19 EC Sagan Tosu 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
28-09-19 JL Sagan Tosu 05:00 Urawa Reds
05-10-19 JL Sagan Tosu 05:00 Tokyo
Vissel Kobe
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
02-08-19 JL Vissel Kobe 2 - 2 Gamba Osaka
10-08-19 JL Oita Trinita 1 - 1 Vissel Kobe
14-08-19 EC Vissel Kobe 4 - 0 Omiya Ardija
17-08-19 JL Vissel Kobe 3 - 0 Urawa Reds
23-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 1 - 6 Vissel Kobe
31-08-19 JL Vissel Kobe 10:00 Consadole Sapporo
14-09-19 JL Vissel Kobe 10:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
18-09-19 EC Vissel Kobe 10:00 Kawasaki Frontale
28-09-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 08:00 Vissel Kobe
05-10-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 07:00 Vissel Kobe

  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 23 15 3 5 34 17 15 12 0 3 27 11 8 3 3 2 7 6 17 48
2 Kashima Antlers 24 13 6 5 42 23 12 9 2 1 25 9 12 4 4 4 17 14 19 45
3 Kawasaki Frontale 23 10 10 3 35 20 12 3 8 1 13 8 11 7 2 2 22 12 15 40
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 23 11 6 6 31 18 11 5 3 3 12 7 12 6 3 3 19 11 13 39
5 Yokohama F. Marinos 23 12 3 8 37 30 12 7 3 2 21 10 11 5 0 6 16 20 7 39
6 Consadole Sapporo 23 10 5 8 39 28 11 6 3 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 16 15 11 35
7 Cerezo Osaka 23 10 4 9 23 18 11 5 2 4 12 6 12 5 2 5 11 12 5 34
8 Oita Trinita 23 9 7 7 27 23 12 5 3 4 13 8 11 4 4 3 14 15 4 34
9 Nagoya Grampus 23 8 7 8 35 30 10 6 1 3 16 7 13 2 6 5 19 23 5 31
10 Urawa Reds 24 8 6 10 23 34 12 3 3 6 11 20 12 5 3 4 12 14 -11 30
11 Vissel Kobe 24 8 5 11 42 40 11 4 3 4 21 18 13 4 2 7 21 22 2 29
12 Shonan Bellmare 23 9 2 12 33 39 12 4 2 6 17 19 11 5 0 6 16 20 -6 29
13 Gamba Osaka 24 6 10 8 31 35 12 3 5 4 14 15 12 3 5 4 17 20 -4 28
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 23 8 4 11 28 50 11 5 0 6 14 29 12 3 4 5 14 21 -22 28
15 Vegalta Sendai 23 8 3 12 26 34 12 7 2 3 19 16 11 1 1 9 7 18 -8 27
16 Sagan Tosu 24 7 3 14 21 40 11 4 1 6 12 21 13 3 2 8 9 19 -19 24
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 24 5 8 11 15 29 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 3 4 5 7 14 -14 23
18 Júbilo Iwata 23 4 6 13 18 32 11 1 4 6 12 18 12 3 2 7 6 14 -14 18

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