This could be an interesting match as Albirex Niigata have their presumed home advantage while Kyoto Sanga are ahead 1 point in the J2-League table.
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.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Albirex Niigata so far this season.
Albirex lost their last game at Fagiano Okayama (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Renofa Yamaguchi in a game that was won 2-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Albirex Niigata perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Albirex Niigata as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Albirex has won six of these, drawn two and lost seven.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Albirex as they have a new game in only four days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Ryukyu are visiting.
Albirex have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Denka Big Swan Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Kyoto Sanga have only collected 6 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
Two away games in a row for Kyoto, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Zweigen Kanazawa in the J2-League. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Mito Hollyhock.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Kyoto in our archives, and the results are: one win for Kyoto Sanga, four draws and six defeats.
A new game in only four days for Kyoto Sanga, the J2-League home match versus Matsumoto Yamaga. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 9 goals have been conceded by Kyoto Sanga in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Albirex Niigata four wins, four draws and Kyoto Sanga two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Albirex Niigata missing players
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| Albirex Niigata | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 42% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 33% |
| 5.4 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 145 | 76 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 79 | 129 |
| 50 | 26 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 22 | 48 |
| 38% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 27% | 31% |
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kyoto Sanga has the most points from losing position (7)
- Kyoto Sanga have won significantly more corners away than 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Omiya Ardija | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | JEF United | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Jubilo Iwata | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Mito Hollyhock | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Montedio Yamagata | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 21 | Ehime | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -18 | 6 |