📏 Form Guide

Kyoto Sanga

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Kyoto Sanga are hoping to win again following a 1-2 J1 League triumph over Albirex Niigata.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga managed 51% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For Kyoto Sanga, the goals were scored by Rafael Elias (72') and Masaya Okugawa (86'). Albirex Niigata got 14 shots on goal with 3 on target. Ken Yamura (19') scored for Albirex Niigata.

Kyoto Sanga haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They’ve claimed a sum of 11 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 7.

A look at their previous results shows us that Kyoto Sanga:

• haven't lost in the league to Yokohama FC in their previous 4 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.

Yokohama FC

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In their previous game, Yokohama FC drew 1-1 in the J1 League match with Gamba Osaka.

In that game, Yokohama FC had 43% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Yokohama FC was Boniface Nduka (7'). Gamba Osaka had 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. Ryoya Yamashita (15') was the scorer for Gamba Osaka.

Shuhei Yomoda's Yokohama FC have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 6 times in the course of their latest six matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during those matches comes to 5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Yokohama FC:

• have left without a victory over Kyoto Sanga in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 7 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 26/05/2018 shows that Kyoto Sanga have won 4 of these and Yokohama FC 2, with the number of draws standing at 0.

A combined total of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 13 of them from Kyoto and 8 belonging to Yokohama. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The last league clash between these sides was J1 League match day 18 on 24/06/2023 and the score finished Kyoto Sanga 2-1 Yokohama FC.

In that game, Kyoto Sanga managed 49% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The goalscorers were Shogo Asada (84') and Patric (87').

For their opponents, Yokohama FC got 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Sho Ito (74') scored.

The match was refereed by Akihiko Ikeuchi.

🗞️ Team News: Kyoto Sanga

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the Kyoto Sanga manager Kwi-jae Cho to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Sung-yun Gu (Meniscus injury) misses out.

In our view, Kyoto Sanga will probably go for a 4-1-2-3 formation featuring Gakuji Ota, Hidehiro Sugai, Yuta Miyamoto, Yoshinori Suzuki, Kyo Sato, Shimpei Fukuoka, Sota Kawasaki, Taiki Hirato, Taichi Hara, Rafael Elias and Temma Matsuda.

ℹ️ Team News: Yokohama FC

Yokohama FC manager Shuhei Yomoda has to choose a team with limited availability. Tsubasa Shibuya (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation), João Paulo (Tibia and fibula fracture) and Kaito Mori (Broken collarbone) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that Yokohama FC could decide to utilise a 4-4-2 system using Akinori Ichikawa, Makito Ito, Boniface Nduka, Akito Fukumori, Towa Yamane, Yuri, Hinata Ogura, Kaili Shimbo, Musashi Suzuki, Kota Yamada and Lukian.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Yokohama FC would be disappointed if they were not to find the net against this Kyoto Sanga team, however that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We are anticipating a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Kyoto Sanga after 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.

Andre Moura, 09:16 25/04/2025