Urawa Reds look to Saitama Stadium 2002 supporters for inspiration before Sagan Tosu match

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

This is it, this is J-League and this is Urawa Reds - Sagan Tosu. Read our broad preview!

Insights:
  • Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Sagan Tosu have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Urawa Reds 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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Urawa Reds form and stats

Urawa Reds have played 14 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Urawa in their previous match, an away game at Sanfrecce Hiroshima that ended in defeat 1-4. Defender Scholz got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.8/10. Scholz won 3 of 4 duels.

Before that, Urawa Reds played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Shonan Bellmare.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Urawa handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league games with this team has seen three goals or more.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Urawa Reds as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Consadole Sapporo are visiting.

At Saitama Stadium 2002, Urawa Reds has the goal stats of 28-14 (for/against) from 14 league fixtures.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Sagan Tosu in their previous game as they lost hosting Kyoto Sanga, 0-1. Shimakawa was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender Shimakawa won 5 of 6 duels.

A draw for Sagan before that, at their own venue hosting Kashima Antlers (1-1).

Sagan Tosu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 11 matches.

Sagan find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Sagan Tosu's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met before this season: Sagan Tosu - Urawa Reds 1-0. Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Urawa Reds, three draws and three wins for Sagan Tosu. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

UrawaD. Moberg-Karlsson
D. Moberg-Karlsson
8 goals
Sagan TosuT. Miyashiro
T. Miyashiro
6 goals
Sagan TosuY. Kakita
Y. Kakita
6 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Sagan Tosu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 4 15 31
9 6 2 Won W 2 4 9
13 6 1 Drew D 1 6 14
8 2 0 Lost L 1 5 8
43 28 9 Scored S 7 21 42
32 14 3 Conceded C 7 26 37
83% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 81%
67% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 68%
47% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 45%
30% 43% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 47% 32%
17% 21% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 16%
47% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 45%
33% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 39%
37% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 35%
 
5.4 5.9 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.1 4.5
3.9 4.8 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.7 3.6
0.8 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.1
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 13.6 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.3 10.1
4.8 5.5 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.3 3.5
30% 36% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 43% 39%
 
10 9.4 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.7 10.6
3.3 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.3 4
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 18 8 4 63 30 14 11 3 0 29 6 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 62
2 Kawasaki Frontale 30 16 6 8 54 36 14 11 1 2 30 14 16 5 5 6 24 22 18 54
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 15 9 7 49 33 16 10 3 3 30 13 15 5 6 4 19 20 16 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 30 13 10 7 46 35 16 7 5 4 23 19 14 6 5 3 23 16 11 49
5 Kashima Antlers 31 12 11 8 43 39 16 7 5 4 25 22 15 5 6 4 18 17 4 47
6 Tokyo 30 13 7 10 39 36 14 7 5 2 21 10 16 6 2 8 18 26 3 46
7 Kashiwa Reysol 31 13 7 11 41 40 15 6 2 7 21 23 16 7 5 4 20 17 1 46
8 Sagan Tosu 31 9 14 8 42 37 16 5 8 3 21 11 15 4 6 5 21 26 5 41
9 Urawa Reds 30 9 13 8 43 32 14 6 6 2 28 14 16 3 7 6 15 18 11 40
10 Nagoya Grampus 31 9 12 10 26 33 16 6 6 4 15 16 15 3 6 6 11 17 -7 39
11 Consadole Sapporo 30 9 11 10 37 48 15 6 6 3 20 19 15 3 5 7 17 29 -11 38
12 Vissel Kobe 30 9 7 14 28 36 14 5 3 6 15 13 16 4 4 8 13 23 -8 34
13 Kyoto Sanga 30 8 9 13 28 34 15 5 4 6 15 16 15 3 5 7 13 18 -6 33
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 7 11 12 38 45 15 2 7 6 19 27 15 5 4 6 19 18 -7 32
15 Shonan Bellmare 30 7 11 12 24 37 16 4 6 6 12 22 14 3 5 6 12 15 -13 32
16 Avispa Fukuoka 31 7 10 14 24 35 16 4 6 6 15 17 15 3 4 8 9 18 -11 31
17 Gamba Osaka 31 7 9 15 29 44 16 3 6 7 16 21 15 4 3 8 13 23 -15 30
18 Jubilo Iwata 29 5 9 15 27 51 15 4 5 6 18 25 14 1 4 9 9 26 -24 24

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 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 18 8 4 63 30 14 11 3 0 29 6 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 62
2 Kawasaki Frontale 30 16 6 8 54 36 14 11 1 2 30 14 16 5 5 6 24 22 18 54
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 15 9 7 49 33 16 10 3 3 30 13 15 5 6 4 19 20 16 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 30 13 10 7 46 35 16 7 5 4 23 19 14 6 5 3 23 16 11 49
5 Kashima Antlers 31 12 11 8 43 39 16 7 5 4 25 22 15 5 6 4 18 17 4 47
6 Tokyo 30 13 7 10 39 36 14 7 5 2 21 10 16 6 2 8 18 26 3 46
7 Kashiwa Reysol 31 13 7 11 41 40 15 6 2 7 21 23 16 7 5 4 20 17 1 46
8 Sagan Tosu 31 9 14 8 42 37 16 5 8 3 21 11 15 4 6 5 21 26 5 41
9 Urawa Reds 30 9 13 8 43 32 14 6 6 2 28 14 16 3 7 6 15 18 11 40
10 Nagoya Grampus 31 9 12 10 26 33 16 6 6 4 15 16 15 3 6 6 11 17 -7 39
11 Consadole Sapporo 30 9 11 10 37 48 15 6 6 3 20 19 15 3 5 7 17 29 -11 38
12 Vissel Kobe 30 9 7 14 28 36 14 5 3 6 15 13 16 4 4 8 13 23 -8 34
13 Kyoto Sanga 30 8 9 13 28 34 15 5 4 6 15 16 15 3 5 7 13 18 -6 33
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 7 11 12 38 45 15 2 7 6 19 27 15 5 4 6 19 18 -7 32
15 Shonan Bellmare 30 7 11 12 24 37 16 4 6 6 12 22 14 3 5 6 12 15 -13 32
16 Avispa Fukuoka 31 7 10 14 24 35 16 4 6 6 15 17 15 3 4 8 9 18 -11 31
17 Gamba Osaka 31 7 9 15 29 44 16 3 6 7 16 21 15 4 3 8 13 23 -15 30
18 Jubilo Iwata 29 5 9 15 27 51 15 4 5 6 18 25 14 1 4 9 9 26 -24 24

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