Tokushima Vortis vs Sagan Tosu: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pocari Sweat Stadium (17924 seats)

Tokushima Vortis believe to get a lot of fans in for this match despite that the season has been grim up to now with 26 points and a 17th spot in the J-League table. Visiting Sagan Tosu are in 7th place with 51 pts.

Tokushima Vortis and Sagan Tosu should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Tokushima Vortis form and stats

Tokushima Vortis's struggle is real here at Pocari Sweat Stadium with only 13 points collected from 15 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-8. Game days at Pocari Sweat Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Tokushima as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Tokushima Vortis are returning here after visiting Vegalta Sendai in a J-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Hidenori Ishii scored the goal(s). Hidenori Ishii was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.55 out of 10. The defender Ishii scored one goal and won 3 of 8 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Kawasaki Frontale (1-3).

Tokushima aren't scoring a lot here at Pocari Sweat Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.

Sagan are looking to quickly end their 196 minutes long goal drought in the J-League.

Sagan are travelling again after losing away to Avispa Fukuoka in their previous match (0-3). Keiya Sento got a match rating of 7.05 in that game, top player of the team. Sento hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 69 successful passes (of 84 total).

A draw for Sagan before that, at their own venue hosting Oita Trinita (0-0).

The attacking power of Sagan Tosu when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sagan Tosu have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Sagan Tosu - Tokushima 2-0 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Tokushima wins - draws - Sagan Tosu wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sagan TosuK. Yamashita
K. Yamashita
9 goals
Tokushima VortisT. Miyashiro
T. Miyashiro
6 goals
Sagan TosuN. Sakai
N. Sakai
6 goals

Tokushima Vortis missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tokushima Vortis Sagan Tosu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
7 3 0 Won W 2 5 14
5 4 0 Drew D 2 5 9
18 8 4 Lost L 0 5 7
22 12 2 Scored S 3 13 38
43 18 6 Conceded C 1 15 26
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 83%
60% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 60% 63%
43% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 40%
10% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 17%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
40% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 37%
17% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 27% 43%
47% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 37%
 
3.8 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 3.7 3.9
4.4 4.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.9 4.1
1 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.9 9.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8.5 9.7
2.6 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.3 3.9
28% 27% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 26% 33%

  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 22 6 1 63 19 13 11 2 0 27 10 16 11 4 1 36 9 44 72
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 20 6 4 66 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 15 9 3 3 31 19 38 66
3 Vissel Kobe 29 15 9 5 44 26 14 7 4 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 24 17 18 54
4 Nagoya Grampus 30 16 6 8 35 23 15 9 2 4 17 11 15 7 4 4 17 12 12 54
5 Urawa Reds 30 16 6 8 35 27 15 10 3 2 20 13 15 6 3 6 15 14 8 54
6 Kashima Antlers 31 16 5 10 52 32 15 8 3 4 29 18 16 8 2 6 23 14 20 53
7 Sagan Tosu 30 14 9 7 38 26 15 9 4 2 25 11 15 5 5 5 13 15 12 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 30 13 7 10 37 31 15 9 1 5 21 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 6 46
9 Tokyo 31 13 7 11 42 39 15 7 2 6 25 22 16 6 5 5 17 17 3 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 10 12 9 37 31 16 4 6 6 16 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 6 42
11 Cerezo Osaka 31 10 9 12 40 41 16 6 5 5 21 22 15 4 4 7 19 19 -1 39
12 Consadole Sapporo 30 11 6 13 35 42 16 7 2 7 23 25 14 4 4 6 12 17 -7 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 29 10 3 16 29 40 15 5 1 9 17 25 14 5 2 7 12 15 -11 33
14 Gamba Osaka 29 8 6 15 22 33 14 3 3 8 12 19 15 5 3 7 10 14 -11 30
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 6 11 13 29 44 15 3 5 7 12 24 15 3 6 6 17 20 -15 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 29 5 12 12 29 34 15 2 9 4 11 12 14 3 3 8 18 22 -5 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 30 7 5 18 22 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -21 26
18 Vegalta Sendai 30 4 10 16 23 49 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 2 5 8 14 30 -26 22
19 Oita Trinita 29 5 6 18 20 48 15 4 5 6 12 18 14 1 1 12 8 29 -28 21
20 Yokohama 30 4 7 19 23 65 15 3 5 7 16 25 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 19

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 22 6 1 63 19 13 11 2 0 27 10 16 11 4 1 36 9 44 72
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 20 6 4 66 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 15 9 3 3 31 19 38 66
3 Vissel Kobe 29 15 9 5 44 26 14 7 4 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 24 17 18 54
4 Nagoya Grampus 30 16 6 8 35 23 15 9 2 4 17 11 15 7 4 4 17 12 12 54
5 Urawa Reds 30 16 6 8 35 27 15 10 3 2 20 13 15 6 3 6 15 14 8 54
6 Kashima Antlers 31 16 5 10 52 32 15 8 3 4 29 18 16 8 2 6 23 14 20 53
7 Sagan Tosu 30 14 9 7 38 26 15 9 4 2 25 11 15 5 5 5 13 15 12 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 30 13 7 10 37 31 15 9 1 5 21 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 6 46
9 Tokyo 31 13 7 11 42 39 15 7 2 6 25 22 16 6 5 5 17 17 3 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 10 12 9 37 31 16 4 6 6 16 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 6 42
11 Cerezo Osaka 31 10 9 12 40 41 16 6 5 5 21 22 15 4 4 7 19 19 -1 39
12 Consadole Sapporo 30 11 6 13 35 42 16 7 2 7 23 25 14 4 4 6 12 17 -7 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 29 10 3 16 29 40 15 5 1 9 17 25 14 5 2 7 12 15 -11 33
14 Gamba Osaka 29 8 6 15 22 33 14 3 3 8 12 19 15 5 3 7 10 14 -11 30
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 6 11 13 29 44 15 3 5 7 12 24 15 3 6 6 17 20 -15 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 29 5 12 12 29 34 15 2 9 4 11 12 14 3 3 8 18 22 -5 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 30 7 5 18 22 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -21 26
18 Vegalta Sendai 30 4 10 16 23 49 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 2 5 8 14 30 -26 22
19 Oita Trinita 29 5 6 18 20 48 15 4 5 6 12 18 14 1 1 12 8 29 -28 21
20 Yokohama 30 4 7 19 23 65 15 3 5 7 16 25 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 19

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