V-Varen Nagasaki vs Sagan Tosu FC, 2018
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Overview
Match Preview
V-Varen Nagasaki vs Sagan Tosu FC — J. League .
- V-Varen Nagasaki 18 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
- Sagan Tosu FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tadashi Baba
- Referee Minoru Tojo
- Referee Toshiyuki Wazumi
- Referee Hironori Tajima
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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 03 Mar Sagan Tosu FC H 2–2 D 03 Mar Kashiwa Reysol A 0–5 L 24 Feb Shonan Bellmare A 1–2 L 24 Feb Kawasaki Frontale H 3–2 W 17 Feb Sagan Tosu FC A 0–0 D 10 Feb Nagoya Grampus A 0–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Mar V-Varen Nagasaki A 2–2 D 23 Feb Vissel Kobe H 1–1 D 23 Feb Nagoya Grampus A 0–0 D 17 Feb V-Varen Nagasaki H 0–0 D 11 Feb Shonan Bellmare A 5–2 W 06 Feb Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo H 3–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history17% Clean Sheets
V-Varen Nagasaki this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
V-Varen Nagasaki0-15–/316-304/331-453/346-601/461-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against V-Varen Nagasaki and Sagan Tosu FC has kicked off!
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 10' V-Varen Nagasaki is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Jung Seunghyun has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' Sagan Tosu FC is showing some good football. However, Sagan Tosu FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 25' The travelling Sagan Tosu FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
- 35' Yuzo Kobayashi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 40' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 45' V-Varen Nagasaki started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
- 50' 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.
- 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 60' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 65' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 70' V-Varen Nagasaki 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.
- 75' It looks surprising Sagan Tosu FC does not make any changes. Hideto Takahashi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 80' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 85' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering V-Varen Nagasaki that had 183 games and scored 42 goals.
- 90' 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.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
V-Varen Nagasaki Lineups
Starting XI
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 32
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26
Teppei Usui ↓ Yusuke Maeda 86'
- 15
- 3
- 28
- 9
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19
Takashi Sawada ↓ Choi Kyubaek 77'
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11
Musashi Suzuki ↓ Keita Nakamura 65'
Bench
- 18
- 22
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39
Choi Kyubaek ↑ 77'
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20
Keita Nakamura ↑ 65'
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6
Yusuke Maeda ↑ 86'
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- 23
Coach Takuya TakagiSagan Tosu FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 15
- 20
- 5
- 23
- 13
- 6
- 4
- 40
- 36
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27
Kyosuke Tagawa ↓ Kei Ikeda 55'
- 9
Bench
- 8
- 3
- 14
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7
Hiroki Kawano ↑ 74'
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22
Kei Ikeda ↑ 55'
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Coach Massimo Ficcadenti -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hideto Takahashi 1 Riki Harakawa 1 Jung Seunghyun 1 Hideto Takahashi 1 Takashi Sawada 1 Musashi Suzuki 1 Takashi Sawada 1 Musashi Suzuki 1 Head to Head
V-Varen Nagasaki Form
Sagan Tosu FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.51 V-Varen Nagasaki xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.38 Sagan Tosu FC xGI would bet for: V-Varen Nagasaki or Sagan Tosu FC 73% + Both teams to score 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.89Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 54% 46% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
V-Varen Nagasaki or Draw 68%Draw or Sagan Tosu FC 59%V-Varen Nagasaki or Sagan Tosu FC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: V-Varen Nagasaki win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.5%2 – 1 8.4%1 – 2 7.7%1 – 0 7.5%0 – 0 7.4%0 – 1 6.7%2 – 0 6.3%2 – 2 Actual0 – 2 5.2%3 – 1 4.3%1 – 3 3.5%3 – 0 3.1%Asian Handicap — V-Varen Nagasaki
Handicap V-Varen Nagasaki covers Push Sagan Tosu FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 12% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 20% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 18% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
V-Varen Nagasaki keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Sagan Tosu FC keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.