Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sagan Tosu & Kashima Antlers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ybc Levain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a J-League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Tokyo.
It's quite the trip for Kashima Antlers when visiting Sagan as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Sagan Tosu are steadily winning J-League games and points here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. On the other hand, in the Ybc Levain Cup, Sagan Tosu has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Before that game, the home loss against Avispa Fukuoka with the scoreline 0-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sagan as they have a new game in only three days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Tokushima Vortis are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Sagan Tosu are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sagan have only let in 1 goal at home.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima's mission in Ybc Levain Cup last season failed in the group stage.1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Kashima Antlers playing as the away team in the J-League this season. Total Ybc Levain Cup statistics for Kashima Antlers: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Y. Matsumura, R. Shirasaki and R. Araki scored in Kashima's previous match, the home game against Consadole Sapporo that ended 3-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tokushima Vortis at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Kashima are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). 5 goals have been conceded by Kashima in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Kashima Antlers - Sagan 3-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Sagan Tosu, one draw and six wins for Kashima Antlers. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Yamashita 5 goals | D. Hayashi 4 goals |  R. Araki 4 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 3 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -18 | 2 |