Yokohama F. Marinos have performed better than Kyoto Sanga so far this season, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts you require before kickoff:
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (26) in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos are steadily winning J-League games and points here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. Two home wins in a row for Yokohama bring valid hopes of a third.
In their previous game, the manager Muscat led his Yokohama F. Marinos to a defeat away at Avispa Fukuoka. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. Eduardo, defender, was given a rating of 7.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Eduardo won 3 of 4 duels.
3-3 away at Urawa Reds before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Yokohama F. Marinos as they are travelling to their away game against Jubilo Iwata in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
From these home matches, Yokohama have conceded only 6 goals.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Kyoto Sanga have produced an overall stat of 2-3-2 so far. Kyoto Sanga has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There might be some fixture complaints from Kyoto Sanga as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Attacker Taketomi got a player rating of 7.24 in the game. "Man of the match" Taketomi scored one goal and hit one key pass.
hometeam won
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kawasaki Frontale in just four days.
The visiting Kyoto Sanga have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Kyoto in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Yokohama F. Marinos victories, one draw and two Kyoto Sanga wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 8 goals |   A. Lopes de Souza 7 goals | T. Nishimura 4 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 17 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 64% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 57% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 4.9 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 15.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 |
| 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 34% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 47% | 35% |
| 11.2 | 9.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11 | 10.6 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.9 |
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have not yet lost a game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most points (17) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most points from losing position (8) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (14) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (26) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+9) in J-League
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
