Sagan Tosu vs Kashima Antlers Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Sagan Tosu

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Sagan Tosu will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 2-1 J1 League loss in their previous game against Gamba Osaka.

In that match, Sagan Tosu had 33% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sagan Tosu was Yoichi Naganuma (41'). Gamba Osaka got 28 shots at goal with 10 of them 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 head into the meeting after a 1-2 J. League Cup win with the eclipse of Vanraure Hachinohe in their last fixture.

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

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

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/05/2021 shows that Sagan Tosu have won 1 of these games & Kashima Antlers 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined total of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 10 of them for Sagan Tosu and 11 netted by Antlers. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.

The previous league contest featuring the two was J1 League match day 24 on 19/08/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Kashima Antlers 2-1 Sagan Tosu.

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

At the other end, Sagan Tosu had 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Yoshiki Narahara (66') scored.

The match was refereed by Ryo Tanimoto.

📋 Team News: Sagan Tosu

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

📰 Team News: Kashima Antlers

Due to a completely healthy group to pick from, the Kashima Antlers manager Ranko Popović doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match.

🧠 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.

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Andre Moura, 00:03 20/04/2024