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Kyoto Sanga meet visiting opponents Albirex Niigata at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera in the J1 League clash on Saturday.
All Kyoto Sanga v Albirex Niigata game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below including the latest game odds.
📊 Form Guide
Kyoto Sanga
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Kyoto Sanga will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 J1 League loss in their previous game against Kashima Antlers.
In that match, Kyoto Sanga managed 43% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Kashima Antlers had 19 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Kimito Nono (85') scored for Kashima Antlers.
In their preceding 6 games, Kwi-jae Cho's Kyoto Sanga have celebrated scoring a combined total of 5 times, with that being an average number of goals scored per match equal to 0.83.
Going into this one, Kyoto Sanga have not won at home in their last 3 league games.
Albirex Niigata
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Albirex Niigata will go into this match after a 0-2 J. League Cup win against Iwaki in their most recent fixture.
For Albirex Niigata, the goalscorers were Takumi Hasegawa (6') and Kaito Taniguchi (90').
Looking at their form, and Albirex Niigata have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals overall. Defensively, Albirex Niigata have seen their frailties exposed. Even so, we must now wait to see if that pattern will continue on in this next match.
Analysis of their past results shows that Albirex Niigata:
- have not been beaten by Kyoto Sanga when they've played them away from home in the last 6 matches in the league. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
- have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 19/08/2020, both clubs have shared the honours with Kyoto Sanga winning 2 of those games, Albirex Niigata 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.
13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from Kyoto and 6 created by Albirex. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.
The previous league game featuring the two was J1 League match day 31 on 28/10/2023 when the final score was Kyoto Sanga 0-1 Albirex Niigata.
On that day, Kyoto Sanga managed 50% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target.
Albirex Niigata had 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Taiki Watanabe (34') scored.
The match was refereed by Yusuke Araki.
🗞️ Team News: Kyoto Sanga
The Kyoto Sanga manager Kwi-jae Cho will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a fully healthy group available to choose from.
📰 Team News: Albirex Niigata
Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the Albirex Niigata boss Rikizo Matsuhashi doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game.
💭 Prediction
Looking at these two, we feel that Albirex Niigata and Kyoto Sanga could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.
It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We’re therefore predicting a very even match with a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 04:10 20/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Kyoto Sanga
Formed: 1922
Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera (21,623)
Captain: Temma Matsuda
Chairman: Masaaki Ito
Manager: Kwi-jae Cho
Competitions: J1 League position 18, J. League Cup (2nd Round)
🔑 Key Player: Yuta Toyokawa
Mostly playing in the Striker position, Yuta Toyokawa was born in Kumamoto, Japan. Having played his first senior match for Kashima Antlers in the 2014 season, the skilful Forward has scored 2 league goals in the J1 League 2024 campaign to date from a total of 8 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | WWDWW |
2 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 | DDWWD |
3 |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | WWLWL |
4 |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | DWDLW |
5 |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | LDWWD |
6 |
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | WWLLW |
7 |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | LDDDW |
8 |
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | WWWDW |
9 |
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | WLWWD |
10 |
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | DDLLW |
11 |
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | DWLWL |
12 |
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 10 | LLWDD |
13 |
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8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | LLWWL |
14 |
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 9 | DDLLD |
15 |
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8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 8 | DDWDD |
16 |
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 7 | LWDLL |
17 |
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8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 6 | DLLLD |
18 |
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8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 6 | LDDLL |
19 |
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8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -11 | 5 | LLLWD |
20 |
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 4 | LLDLL |
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Albirex Niigata |
Kashima Antlers |
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Júbilo Iwata |
Gamba Osaka |
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Tokyo Verdy |
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Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Albirex Niigata |
Iwaki |
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Consadole Sapporo |
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Cerezo Osaka |
Júbilo Iwata |
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Kashiwa Reysol |
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Júbilo Iwata |
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Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Shonan Bellmare |
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Shonan Bellmare |
Júbilo Iwata |
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Tokyo Verdy |
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Gamba Osaka |
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Albirex Niigata |
Sagan Tosu |
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Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 2.7 |
Time first goal scored | 32 |
Time first goal conceded | 24 |
Yellow cards | 1.3 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Sota Kawasaki | 2 |
Yuta Toyokawa | 2 |
Yuto Anzai | 1 |
Taichi Hara | 1 |
Kyo Sato | 1 |
Kaito Taniguchi | 3 |
Hiroki Akiyama | 1 |
Naoto Arai | 1 |
Kazuhiko Chiba | 1 |
Motoki Hasegawa | 1 |
AC Nagano Parceiro |
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Vissel Kobe |
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FC Tokyo |
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Machida Zelvia |
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Avispa Fukuoka |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Nagoya Grampus |
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Cerezo Osaka |
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Consadole Sapporo |
Albirex Niigata |
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FC Tokyo |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Vissel Kobe |
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Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Yokohama F. Marinos |
Shonan Bellmare |
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Avispa Fukuoka |
Machida Zelvia |
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Kashima Antlers |
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Kawasaki Frontale |