This could be an interesting match as Tokyo have their presumed home advantage while Sagan Tosu are ahead 5 points in the J-League table.
- Tokyo have the most points from losing position (10) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
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 Tokyo and Sagan Tosu.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sagan Tosu have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Tokyo form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 J-League games here at Ajinomoto Stadium for Tokyo. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Tokyo are returning here after visiting Oita Trinita in a Nabisco Cup game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. K. Nagai scored the goal(s). A J-League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Avispa Fukuoka.
Tokyo are traveling soon after this match as the Nabisco Cup match at Tokushima Vortis awaits in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 6 games), Tokyo's attacking play is working. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Tokyo with 13 goals conceded in these matches.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Sagan Tosu failed to get anything from their last game, a Nabisco Cup home match vs Avispa Fukuoka (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that result Sagan won their away game at Nagoya Grampus in the J-League. The scoreline was 2-1.
After this away game Sagan return home for a Nabisco Cup game against Kashima Antlers. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Sagan Tosu when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Tokyo won three, Sagan Tosu won four and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Queiroz de Oliveira 5 goals |   K. Yamashita 5 goals | D. Hayashi 4 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Tokyo | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 16 | 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 12.3 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.2 | 9.9 |
| 4 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 40% | 44% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 19% | 38% |
- All of Tokyo's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Tokyo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tokyo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sagan Tosu have scored away.
- Tokyo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Tokyo have the most conceded goals (13) at home in J-League
- Tokyo have the most points from losing position (10) in J-League
- Tokyo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 3 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -20 | 2 |