National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kyoto Sanga or Sagan Tosu that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sagan Tosu might feel the omen before this devilish trip to Kyoto, as the distance is exactly 600 sinister kilometers.
It's no vacation for neither Kyoto Sanga nor Sagan Tosu 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
1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Kyoto Sanga so far this season.
The Kyoto coach Cho and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Cerezo Osaka.
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 six games. Kyoto Sanga has won one of these, drawn three and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Júbilo Iwata are coming to town in three days.
At Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kyoto Sanga has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Sagan Tosu was sent out of Ybc Levain Cup in the group stage last season.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Sagan Tosu playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
There were no winners in Sagan's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Shonan Bellmare. Attacker Horigome got a player rating of 7.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Horigome served one assist, hit two key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Sagan Tosu in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sagan Tosu, four draws and six defeats.
Sagan Tosu have another match away in just four sleeps, a J-League match against Nagoya Grampus. A gruelling programme for the guests!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sagan Tosu has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Kyoto, two draws and six wins for Sagan Tosu. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Taketomi 1 goals |  P. Utaka 1 goals |  Y. Fujiwara 1 goals |
Kyoto Sanga missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Kyoto Sanga | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 26% | ||
| 7.7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Consadole Sapporo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Sagan Tosu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Kyoto Sanga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Kyoto Sanga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Tokyo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
