Kyoto Sanga welcomes Ryūkyū as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 15.June
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kyōto Nishikyogoku Stadium (20242 seats)

It's advantage Kyoto Sanga so far with their 5th position in the J2-League table, welcoming Ryūkyū who are placed 10th.

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.

It's quite the trip for Ryūkyū when visiting Kyoto Sanga as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

When playing at home, Kyoto Sanga have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.

The points were shared in Kyoto Sanga's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ryūkyū travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Omiya Ardija.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kyoto Sanga's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 1.

The Kyoto Sanga fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. From these home matches, Kyoto Sanga have conceded only 5 goals.

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Ryūkyū form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ryūkyū so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Kyoto Sanga in their previous outing. The J2-League match ended in a draw 2-2. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Zweigen Kanazawa.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ryūkyū when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Ryūkyū find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures. Ryūkyū have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kyoto Sanga - Ryūkyū 2-2. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 0 - 1 - 0 (Kyoto Sanga wins - draws - Ryūkyū wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Suzuki
11 goals
K. Sento
5 goals
K. Ichimi
5 goals

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Ryūkyū missing players

Kyoto Sanga Ryūkyū
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played 2 9 18
8 4 2 Won 1 1 6
6 3 1 Drew 1 3 7
4 2 0 Lost 0 5 5
25 10 4 Scored 5 10 25
18 7 2 Conceded 4 14 22
89% 78% 67% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 56% 67% Over 1.5 100% 67% 78%
50% 44% 67% Over 2.5 50% 44% 44%
28% 11% 0% Over 3.5 50% 22% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 50% 11% 6%
61% 44% 67% BTTS 100% 67% 72%
22% 33% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 11%
28% 44% 33% Failed To Score 0% 33% 17%
 
4.2 4.9 6.3 Corners For (avg) 2 4.7 4
3.8 3.4 3 Corners Against (avg) 4 4.3 5.7
0.8 0.7 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 1.8 1.2
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Ryūkyū have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Kyoto Sanga
All Emperor Cup J2-League
All Home Away
19-05-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 2 - 2 Kyoto Sanga
25-05-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 2 - 0 Renofa Yamaguchi
02-06-19 J2 Tokyo Verdy 1 - 4 Kyoto Sanga
08-06-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 3 - 1 Kyoto Sanga
15-06-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 2 - 2 Ryūkyū
22-06-19 J2 Ehime 10:00 Kyoto Sanga
29-06-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 10:00 Mito Hollyhock
03-07-19 EC Mito Hollyhock 10:00 Kyoto Sanga
07-07-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 09:00 V-Varen Nagasaki
13-07-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 10:00 Kyoto Sanga
Ryūkyū
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
19-05-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 1 - 0 Ryūkyū
25-05-19 J2 Ryūkyū 2 - 1 Albirex Niigata
02-06-19 J2 Yokohama 2 - 1 Ryūkyū
08-06-19 J2 Ryūkyū 1 - 1 Zweigen Kanazawa
15-06-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 2 - 2 Ryūkyū
22-06-19 J2 Ryūkyū 09:00 Ventforet Kofu
29-06-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 09:00 Ryūkyū
03-07-19 EC Renofa Yamaguchi 10:00 Ryūkyū
06-07-19 J2 Ryūkyū 10:00 Tochigi
13-07-19 J2 Ryūkyū 10:00 Fagiano Okayama

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Omiya Ardija 18 9 7 2 24 15 9 5 3 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 34
2 Mito Hollyhock 17 9 6 2 19 8 8 3 4 1 10 5 9 6 2 1 9 3 11 33
3 Montedio Yamagata 17 9 6 2 21 11 8 5 2 1 9 4 9 4 4 1 12 7 10 33
4 Ventforet Kofu 18 8 6 4 26 16 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 30
5 Kyoto Sanga 17 8 5 4 24 17 8 4 2 2 8 5 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 29
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 14 9 5 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 7 6 4 14 11 8 4 3 1 7 2 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 27
8 Zweigen Kanazawa 18 6 8 4 22 13 8 3 4 1 9 3 10 3 4 3 13 10 9 26
9 Fagiano Okayama 17 7 5 5 21 19 9 5 3 1 13 9 8 2 2 4 8 10 2 26
10 Ryūkyū 17 6 6 5 24 21 9 5 4 0 15 8 8 1 2 5 8 12 3 24
11 Tokushima Vortis 18 6 6 6 19 19 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 2 3 5 10 13 0 24
12 Tokyo Verdy 18 6 6 6 24 25 10 4 4 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 24
13 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 20 22 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 3 2 4 8 9 -2 22
14 JEF United 18 5 7 6 20 26 9 3 3 3 13 16 9 2 4 3 7 10 -6 22
15 Albirex Niigata 17 5 5 7 23 22 7 2 1 4 7 9 10 3 4 3 16 13 1 20
16 Machida Zelvia 17 5 5 7 15 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -8 20
17 Ehime 18 5 4 9 16 21 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 19
18 Kagoshima United 18 5 2 11 16 22 10 4 0 6 11 15 8 1 2 5 5 7 -6 17
19 Tochigi 17 3 8 6 14 20 9 1 5 3 5 8 8 2 3 3 9 12 -6 17
20 Renofa Yamaguchi 17 4 4 9 22 30 9 1 2 6 10 18 8 3 2 3 12 12 -8 16
21 Avispa Fukuoka 17 4 4 9 15 25 8 1 2 5 3 10 9 3 2 4 12 15 -10 16
22 Gifu 18 3 3 12 14 32 10 3 2 5 11 16 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 12

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