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Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata go into this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 J1 League stalemate against Júbilo Iwata.

In that match, Albirex Niigata had 57% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Albirex Niigata, the goalscorers were Eiji Miyamoto (14') and Hiroki Akiyama (27'). On the other side, Jubilo Iwata had 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Ryo Germain (66', 90') scored for Júbilo Iwata.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Albirex Niigata haven’t conceded. In fact, Albirex Niigata have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 10 goals in the process.

Leading up to this clash, Albirex Niigata:

• haven't lost in the league to Kyoto Sanga in their last 2 matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 matches in the league. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Kyoto Sanga

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Kyoto Sanga head into the game following a 3-2 J1 League win as they beat Nagoya Grampus in their previous outing.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga managed 55% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Kyoto Sanga, the goalscorers were Rafael Elias (59'), Taichi Hara (71') and Marco Túlio (79'). For their opponents, Nagoya Grampus got 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Patric (5', 19') scored for Nagoya Grampus.

In the course of their 6 most recent matches, Kwi-jae Cho's Kyoto Sanga have turned their attacks into goals 10 times, yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.67.

Pre-game facts show that Kyoto Sanga:

• have not been beaten by Albirex Niigata when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 10/10/2020 tells us that Albirex Niigata have won 3 of these games and Kyoto Sanga 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

In all, 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 of them from Albirex and 6 being from Kyoto. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was J1 League match day 9 on 20/04/2024 and the score finished Kyoto Sanga 0-1 Albirex Niigata.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga had 47% possession and 11 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

Albirex Niigata got 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Kaito Taniguchi (59') scored.

The match was refereed by Koichiro Fukushima.

🗞️ Team News: Albirex Niigata

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Albirex Niigata manager Rikizo Matsuhashi to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Shusuke Ota (Hamstring injury) won’t play.

ℹ️ Team News: Kyoto Sanga

In an otherwise full-strength group of players, there is just a single fitness issue for the Kyoto Sanga boss Kwi-jae Cho to be concerned with. Shogo Asada (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Kyoto Sanga should be able to score against this Albirex Niigata team, although it probably shouldn’t be as many as they’ll concede.

Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Albirex Niigata at full-time. Should be a good one.

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Victor Martins, 09:02 12/08/2024