Urawa Reds will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Sagan Tosu.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
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 form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 12 J-League games here at Urawa Komaba Stadium for Urawa Reds. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
Urawa Reds faced defeat in their previous match, away at Consadole Sapporo (1-2). Takahiro Akimoto, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.84 (out of 10). Akimoto scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Heartbreak before that as Urawa lost 0-1 at Oita Trinita's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Urawa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won eight times, drawn three and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Urawa as they are travelling to their away game against Kyoto Sanga in the Emperor Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Urawa has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Sagan Tosu have produced an overall stat of 3-5-3 so far.
Sagan Tosu are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the J-League against Tokyo (placed 7th). Defender Eduardo was the best team player with a rating of 8.34. Eduardo hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
A draw for Sagan Tosu before that, at their own venue hosting Cerezo Osaka (3-3).We have checked recent matches where Sagan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, six draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Sagan now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Emperor Cup game at Cerezo Osaka is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Sagan when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sagan Tosu - Urawa 2-0. Urawa-Sagan Tosu H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Urawa Reds three wins, Sagan Tosu three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Yamashita 8 goals |   K. Junker 7 goals |  N. Sakai 6 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Urawa Reds | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 31 |
| 25 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 87% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 83% |
| 74% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | 61% |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 18% | 30% |
| 13% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 9% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 22% | 25% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| 48% | 58% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 48% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.4 | 7.8 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.5 | 9.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 32% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 36% |
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 40 | 61 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 50 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 27 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 16 | Tokushima Vortis | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -18 | 18 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 16 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 31 | -35 | 14 |