Yokohama F. Marinos are finding life sweet in the top table places while Sagan Tosu are more worried about steering clear of relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (49) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in J-League
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.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium as Yokohama F. Marinos have scored 29 goals to get 29 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 9-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Yokohama F. Marinos after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Yokohama F. Marinos's previous fixture was a J-League Cup game also played at their home, finishing 3-0 versus Consadole Sapporo. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Consadole Sapporo in the J-League Cup. Yokohama are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 0 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Yokohama F. Marinos, as the AFC Champions League home game vs Incheon United is only four days away.
Yokohama F. Marinos can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 29 times. From these home matches, Yokohama have conceded only 11 goals.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Home advantage was not enough for Sagan Tosu in their previous game as they lost hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 0-2. It is possibly a bad omen for Sagan that their goalie Il-Kyu made nine saves in the Sanfrecce Hiroshima game, but still couldn't hinder a defeat.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Gamba Osaka.Take note! Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.
Sagan Tosu are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. As opposed to that, Sagan have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. Sagan Tosu has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Yokohama F. Marinos have pulled off a sequence of 11 consecutive matches without losing (7-4-0) when playing Sagan Tosu.Here's the end result when the participants faced each other previously this season; Sagan Tosu - Yokohama 1-3.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 17 goals | J. Pimentel da Silva 7 goals |  Y. Naganuma 7 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 49 | 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 32 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 58% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 42% |
| 35% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| 27% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 65% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 58% |
| 23% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.5 | 14.3 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 36% | 40% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 45% | 40% |
| 15.1 | 13.2 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 16.1 | 15.9 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
- Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sagan Tosu have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (29) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (49) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos 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 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 52 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 46 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 33 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 29 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 29 |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 29 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -24 | 22 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -19 | 18 |
