Yokohama FC vs Kyoto Sanga Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Yokohama FC

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Yokohama FC will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 3-1 J1 League defeat last time out to FC Tokyo.

In that game, Yokohama FC had 55% possession and 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For their opponents, FC Tokyo got 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Diego Oliveira (5', 62'), Teruhito Nakagawa (27') and Yasuki Kimoto (45' Own goal) scored for FC Tokyo.

Fixtures involving Yokohama FC have often been exciting affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past 6 clashes alone, a total of 24 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 9 of them coming from Yokohama FC.

Taking a look at their past results, Yokohama FC:

• have not emerged victorious against Kyoto Sanga in their previous 2 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Kyoto Sanga

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Kyoto Sanga come into this meeting following a 0-2 J1 League win as they beat Shonan Bellmare in their previous game.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga managed 38% possession and 11 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Kyoto Sanga, goals were scored by Kosuke Kinoshita (55') and Fuki Yamada (74'). On the other side, Shonan Bellmare had 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

For 5 of the past six clashes involving Kyoto Sanga, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game within that period works out to a meagre 2.17, with the number of goals averaged by Kyoto being 1. That pattern might not follow through into this match, of course.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings dating back to 08/04/2017 shows us that Yokohama FC have won 3 of these games & Kyoto Sanga 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A sum of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them for Yokohama and 9 created by Kyoto. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The last league match between these sides was J2 League match day 37 on 19/10/2019 which ended up with the score at Kyoto Sanga 3-0 Yokohama FC.

The match was refereed by Ryuji Sato.

📋 Team News: Yokohama FC

Gabriel (Cruciate Ligament Injury) and Saulo Mineiro (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be able to feature for Yokohama FC gaffer Shuhei Yomoda.

It’s our opinion that Yokohama FC look set to go for a 4-2-3-1 system for this game featuring Kengo Nagai, Takumi Nakamura, Boniface Nduka, Katsuya Iwatake, Takuya Wada, Yuri, Hirotaka Mita, Tomoki Kondo, Tatsuya Hasegawa, Koki Sakamoto and Koki Ogawa.

🗞️ Team News: Kyoto Sanga

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Kyoto Sanga boss Kwi-jae Cho has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash.

There’s a good chance that Kyoto Sanga could decide to utilise a 4-1-2-3 system, starting Tomoya Wakahara, Kosuke Shirai, Rikito Inoue, Shogo Asada, Kyo Sato, Sota Kawasaki, Shimpei Fukuoka, Shohei Takeda, Fuki Yamada, Patric and Kosuke Kinoshita.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Kyoto Sanga and Yokohama FC may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We’re therefore expecting a very even match with a 0-0 score by the conclusion of this game.

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

Victor Martins, 02:34 14/03/2023