Sagan Tosu FC vs Albirex Niigata, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sagan Tosu FC vs Albirex Niigata — J. League at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.
- Sagan Tosu FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
- Albirex Niigata 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Hiroki Kasahara
7 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 7.9 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Vissel Kobe 18 35 2 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 3 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 5 Gamba Osaka 18 28 6 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 7 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 8 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 9 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 10 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 11 Kashima Antlers 18 45 12 FC Tokyo 18 37 13 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 14 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 15 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 16 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 17 Kashiwa Reysol 18 20 18 Yokohama F.Marinos 18 20 19 FC Mito Holly Hock 18 18 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18 12 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 Feb Albirex Niigata H 1–2 L 03 Dec Kawasaki Frontale H 0–1 L 25 Nov Kashiwa Reysol A 2–2 D 11 Nov Yokohama FC H 1–3 L 27 Oct Nagoya Grampus A 1–1 D 21 Oct Albirex Niigata A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 Feb Sagan Tosu FC A 2–1 W 03 Dec Cerezo Osaka FC H 1–0 W 24 Nov Yokohama F.Marinos A 0–0 D 11 Nov FC Tokyo H 0–0 D 28 Oct Kyoto Sanga FC A 1–0 W 21 Oct Sagan Tosu FC H 1–1 D Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Ekimae Real Estate Stadium that hosts another battle between Sagan Tosu FC and Albirex Niigata.
- 5' Akito Fukuta puts Sagan Tosu FC on the lead.
- 10' Albirex Niigata is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sagan Tosu FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Soya Fujiwara made 93 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 31' A meaty challenge results in booking for Naoto Arai on 31.
- 36' Albirex Niigata is showing some good football. However, Albirex Niigata are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 41' Eiji Miyamoto was booked on 41.
- 46' It looks surprising Sagan Tosu FC does not make any changes. Thomas Deng has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 48' Goal! Kaito Taniguchi scores his 14 goal in 93 matches.
- 53' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yoichi Naganuma suffering a number of foals already.
- 54' Albirex Niigata is taking the lead after the goal scored by Naoto Arai on 54.
- 56' The supporters are chanting for Cayman Togashi. He replaces Ryonosuke Kabayama on 56 minute.
- 61' The travelling Albirex Niigata supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 66' Sagan Tosu FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 71' Sagan Tosu FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 71.
- 72' Danilo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Eitaro Matsuda on 72 minute.
- 73' Katsunori Ueebisu has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yusuke Maruhashi on 73 minute.
- 78' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 79' Vinicius Araujo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuki Horigome on 79 minute.
- 84' It looks like no one’s ball. Sagan Tosu FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 89' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Wataru Harada.
- 90' Another substitution for Albirex Niigata to replace Michael Fitzgerald by Fumiya Hayakawa on 90 minute.
- Another three points for Albirex Niigata.
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Lineups
Sagan Tosu FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Akito Fukuta ↓ Kohei Tezuka 56'
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99
Marcelo Ryan ↓ Ayumu Yokoyama 73'
- 41
- 88
- 71
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21
Yuki Horigome ↓ Vinicius Araujo 79'
- 42
- 2
- 5
- 20
Bench
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11
Vinicius Araujo ↑ 79'
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22
Cayman Togashi ↑ 56'
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7
Kohei Tezuka ↑ 56'
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16
Katsunori Ueebisu ↑ 73'
- 23
- 31
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13
Ayumu Yokoyama ↑ 73'
Albirex Niigata Lineups
Starting XI
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- 5
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22
Eitaro Matsuda ↓ Danilo 72'
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- 25
- 6
- 7
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16
Yota Komi ↓ Motoki Hasegawa 72'
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9
Koji Suzuki ↓ Yoshiaki Takagi 72'
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Bench
- 20
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Danilo ↑ 72'
- 31
- 21
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18
Fumiya Hayakawa ↑ 90'
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33
Yoshiaki Takagi ↑ 72'
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14
Motoki Hasegawa ↑ 72'
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6
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kaito Taniguchi 2 Ayumu Yokoyama 2 Yuji Ono 2 Yoichi Naganuma 1 Kosuke Yamazaki 1 Michael Fitzgerald 1 Soya Fujiwara 1 Koji Suzuki 1 Head to Head
Sagan Tosu FC Form
Albirex Niigata Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.09 Sagan Tosu FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.21 Albirex Niigata xGI would bet for: Sagan Tosu FC or Albirex Niigata 69% + Under 2.5 goals 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Albirex Niigata winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.3Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 40% 60% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Sagan Tosu FC or Draw 62%Draw or Albirex Niigata 68%Sagan Tosu FC or Albirex Niigata 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.2%0 – 0 12.3%0 – 1 10.9%1 – 0 9.7%1 – 2 Actual0 – 2 7.1%2 – 1 6.9%2 – 0 5.7%2 – 2 4.3%1 – 3 3.2%0 – 3 2.8%3 – 1 2.6%Asian Handicap — Sagan Tosu FC
Handicap Sagan Tosu FC covers Push Albirex Niigata covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 19% 69% -0.5 31% — 69% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 21% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 11% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Sagan Tosu FC keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Albirex Niigata keeps clean sheet 34% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.