Kyoto Sanga vs Albirex Niigata Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Kyoto Sanga

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Kyoto Sanga, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 J2 League triumph vs Giravanz Kitakyushu.

For Kyoto Sanga, goals were scored by Shimpei Fukuoka (3') and Shohei Takeda (76').

Kwi-Jae Cho's Kyoto Sanga have hit the target 8 times in their last 6 outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games stands at 5.

Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata will come into the game after a 3-0 J2 League win in the defeat of Tochigi S.C. in their previous fixture.

For Albirex Niigata, the scorers were Yoshiaki Takagi (12', 31') and Kaito Taniguchi (65').

Albert Puig's Albirex Niigata have turned their attacks into goals 9 times throughout their previous six matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 6.

Heading into this fixture, Albirex Niigata have not lost to Kyoto Sanga when having played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 20/10/2018 shows that Kyoto Sanga have won 1 of these games & Albirex Niigata 3, with the number of drawn results being 2.

An aggregate of 12 goals were produced between them in these games, with 4 for Kyoto and 8 belonging to Albirex. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league contest featuring the two was J2 League match day 15 on 23/05/2021 when it finished Albirex Niigata 0-1 Kyoto Sanga.

The referee was Shu Kawamata.

📰 Team News: Kyoto Sanga

Kyoto Sanga boss Kwi-Jae Cho will be thankful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game owing to a completely injury-free group available to choose from.

📋 Team News: Albirex Niigata

In an otherwise full-strength squad, there is only a single fitness worry for the Albirex Niigata boss Albert Puig to be concerned with. Takumi Hasegawa (Cruciate Ligament Injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Albirex Niigata have it within them to break down this Kyoto Sanga team, but that isn’t expected to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We can see a narrow 2-1 victory for Kyoto Sanga at full-time. It’s a very tough call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 23:06 12/07/2021