📊 Form Guide

Sagan Tosu

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Sagan Tosu will be hoping to bounce back here following the 2-1 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Gamba Osaka.

In that match, Sagan Tosu had 33% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Sagan Tosu was Yoichi Naganuma (41'). At the other end, Gamba Osaka had 28 attempts on goal with 10 on target. Isa Sakamoto (45') and Genta Miura (99') scored for Gamba Osaka.

Sagan Tosu have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their goals record equals just 2 against opposition teams during the course of their previous six matches. In those games, Sagan Tosu have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 14. That kind of pattern might not be sustained into this match, though.

A look at their previous results shows us that Sagan Tosu:

• have not emerged victorious against Kashima Antlers in their last 5 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers come into this clash following a 1-2 J. League Cup win against Vanraure Hachinohe in their last match.

For Kashima Antlers, goals were scored by Koki Anzai (82') and Kei Chinen (108'). The game was won by Kashima Antlers in extra time.

In 5 of the prior six games featuring Kashima Antlers, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell works out to a mere 1.67, with the average goals for Antlers being 0.83.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Kashima Antlers:

• are winless against Sagan Tosu when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• remain undefeated by Sagan Tosu when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 22/05/2021 shows that Sagan Tosu have won 1 of them and Kashima Antlers 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

A sum of 21 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 for Sagan Tosu and 11 belonging to Antlers. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 24 on 19/08/2023 when it finished Kashima Antlers 2-1 Sagan Tosu.

That time, Kashima Antlers had 44% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Yuta Higuchi (26') and Kei Chinen (80').

Sagan Tosu had 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Yoshiki Narahara (66') was the scorer.

The referee was Ryo Tanimoto.

ℹ️ Team News: Sagan Tosu

Yoshiki Narahara (Cruciate ligament injury) and Fuchi Honda (Tear of the lateral meniscus) won’t be able to feature for Sagan Tosu gaffer Kenta Kawai. Keisuke Sakaiya will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📋 Team News: Kashima Antlers

Due to a completely healthy group ready to go, the Kashima Antlers boss Ranko Popović has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this clash.

✨ Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Sagan Tosu will need to put in a solid display to get anything against this Kashima Antlers side who should score & stay on top.

Therefore, we predict a very even contest with a 0-1 victory for Kashima Antlers when all is said and done.

It should be a good one.

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

Andre Moura, 04:10 20/04/2024