Sagan Tosu vs Kashima Antlers Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sagan Tosu

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An interesting aspect of more recent Sagan Tosu games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their previous sextet of clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would have been a losing one. That pattern might not be carried forward into this match, though.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Sagan Tosu:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Kashima Antlers in their previous 2 matches.
• have not beaten Kashima Antlers in their last 3 matches in the league.

Kashima Antlers

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Over the course of 5 of the previous six clashes involving Kashima Antlers, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell comes out as just 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Antlers being 1.67.

Their previous form shows that Kashima Antlers:

• haven't beaten Sagan Tosu in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 08/08/2020 shows us that Sagan Tosu have won 1 of them and Kashima Antlers 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

A sum of 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from Sagan Tosu and 11 coming from Antlers. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league game featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 30 on 16/09/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Sagan Tosu 1-1 Kashima Antlers.

In that game, Sagan Tosu had 50% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Taisei Miyashiro (34').

Kashima Antlers had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Arthur Caíke (58') scored.

The referee was Akihiko Ikeuchi.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Sagan Tosu may not find it easy to register a score against this Kashima Antlers outfit who we think should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a narrow 0-1 advantage for Kashima Antlers at the end of the 90 minutes.

It should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:56 22/05/2023