Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Kyoto Sanga in 8th and Fagiano Okayama in 12th place.
It's no vacation for neither Kyoto Sanga nor Fagiano Okayama as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Kyoto Sanga have scored 24 goals to get 29 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the J2-League are 9-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Kyoto has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Kyoto last time playing, versus Montedio Yamagata. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Y. Shoji, Y. Soneda and P. Utaka scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as Kyoto Sanga lost 1-2 at Ryūkyū's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Kyoto Sanga perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kyoto Sanga as a small favourite), we find nine games. Kyoto has won three of these, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kyoto as they are travelling to their away game against Tochigi in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
Kyoto have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Kyoto's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fagiano Okayama form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (9) away in J2-League, are W3-D6-L4 on the road this term. That's in the J2-League. Two points from the last two away games for Fagiano, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Fagiano won their last game, 3-2 versus JEF United played at home. Before that, Fagiano travelled to Zweigen Kanazawa and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Lee Yong-Jae came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against JEF United last time out, making the manager K. Arima feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against JEF United, was very satisfying as Lee Yong-Jae scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Fagiano in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Fagiano Okayama, two draws and six defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Fagiano are hosting Machida Zelvia in the J2-League only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fagiano as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Fagiano Okayama - Kyoto 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kyoto won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Fagiano Okayama has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 19 goals |   H. Yamamoto 5 goals |  S. Uejo 5 goals |
Kyoto Sanga missing players
Fagiano Okayama missing players
| Kyoto Sanga | Fagiano Okayama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 36 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 29 |
| 33 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 77% | 87% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 54% | 57% |
| 37% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 23% | 33% |
| 17% | 29% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 10% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 40% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 46% | 50% |
| 37% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 38% | 30% |
| 33% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 314 | 166 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 116 | 286 |
| 114 | 73 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 38 | 103 |
| 32% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 24% | 28% |
- Fagiano Okayama has the fewest scored goals (9) away in J2-League
- Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fagiano Okayama have scored away.
- Kyoto Sanga 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 | Tokushima Vortis | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 59 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 59 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 54 |
| 4 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 46 |
| 7 | Jubilo Iwata | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 44 |
| 8 | Kyoto Sanga | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 12 | Fagiano Okayama | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 40 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 39 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -2 | 39 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 36 |
| 16 | Omiya Ardija | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 36 |
| 17 | JEF United | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 35 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 33 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 32 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -25 | 29 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -22 | 26 |
| 22 | Ehime | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 45 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -18 | 25 |