Sagan Tosu vs Albirex Niigata Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sagan Tosu

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Sagan Tosu will play in this game following on from a 0-0 J1 League tied result vs Avispa Fukuoka.

In that game, Sagan Tosu managed 53% possession and 3 shots on goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Avispa Fukuoka had 19 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

Kenta Kawai's Sagan Tosu have scored a sum total of 7 times over their preceding 6 outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures stands at 10.

Heading into this contest, Sagan Tosu are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata head into the game following a 2-1 J1 League win in the defeat of Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous game.

In that game, Albirex Niigata managed 47% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Albirex Niigata, goals were scored by Ryotaro Ito (57') and Shunsuke Mito (67'). Yokohama F. Marinos got 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Joel Chima Fujita (45') scored for Yokohama F. Marinos.

The numbers tell their own story, and Albirex Niigata have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. Defensively, Albirex Niigata have not been doing too well. Such a trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, however.

Analysis of their past results shows that Albirex Niigata:

• have not emerged victorious against Sagan Tosu when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 4 league games.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 07/03/2015, both clubs have shared the honours with Sagan Tosu winning 3 of those games, Albirex Niigata 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

A combined total of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 of them from Sagan Tosu and 4 created by Albirex. The average goals per game has been 1.67.

The last league fixture between the two was J1 League match day 31 on 29/10/2017 which finished with the scoreline of Albirex Niigata 1-0 Sagan Tosu.

The referee was Masaaki Iemoto.

🗞️ Team News: Sagan Tosu

Seok-ho Hwang (Metatarsal Fracture), Fuchi Honda (Rupture of Outer Meniscus), Cayman Togashi (Hamstring Injury), Akito Fukuta (Hamstring Injury) and Ayumu Yokoyama (Metatarsal Fracture) are unavailable for Sagan Tosu manager Kenta Kawai. Yoichi Naganuma cannot play in this game through suspension.

It seems likely that Sagan Tosu may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation this time, utilising Il-Kyu Park, Wataru Harada, Masaya Tashiro, Kosuke Yamazaki, Taichi Kikuchi, Kentaro Moriya, So Kawahara, Yuki Horigome, Kohei Tezuka, Yuto Iwasaki and Yuji Ono.

🗞️ Team News: Albirex Niigata

Owing to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Albirex Niigata boss Rikizo Matsuhashi has zero fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash.

From our viewpoint, Albirex Niigata will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Ryosuke Kojima, Naoto Arai, M. James Fitzgerald, Kazuhiko Chiba, Yuto Horigome, Hiroki Akiyama, Takahiro Koh, Shunsuke Mito, Ryotaro Ito, Yoshiaki Takagi and Koji Suzuki.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that Albirex Niigata and Sagan Tosu should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

It could well end in a draw. That’s why we have predicted a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw when all is said and done.

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Renata Leite, 00:46 16/05/2023