There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Urawa Reds leading Sagan Tosu by 16 points.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Sagan Tosu when visiting Urawa as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Urawa Reds form and stats
3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Urawa Reds so far this season.
Urawa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Cerezo Osaka. Before that, Urawa had a home game versus Oita Trinita which ended with a victory 2-1.
The manager T. Ōtsuki will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Consadole Sapporo in only four days.
Urawa aren't scoring a lot here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Urawa have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sagan Tosu in their J-League matches away.
T. Kanamori, T. Koyamatsu and D. Hayashi scored in Sagan Tosu's previous match, the home game against Yokohama that ended 3-0. Prior to that match, the Sagan manager M. Kim faced defeat when travelling to Kashima Antlers and losing 0-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sagan are hosting Kashiwa Reysol in the J-League only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sagan as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Sagan Tosu have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Urawa victories, five draws and two Sagan Tosu wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 9 goals | E. da Silva Pereira 2 goals | T. Sekine 2 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Urawa Reds | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 79% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 57% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 50% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 6.6 | 8.5 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | 58 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 66 |
| 36 | 18 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 36% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 29% |
- Sagan Tosu has the fewest conceded goals (10)
- Sagan Tosu has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Sagan Tosu has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Sagan Tosu has the fewest scored goals (8)
- Sagan Tosu has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
- Sagan Tosu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Urawa Reds have scored more than double the goals of Sagan Tosu.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 31 | 38 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 14 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 5 |