TOSU. Sagan Tosu beats Nagoya Grampus 1-0 after Y. Naganuma scored just 1 goal (83′).
The match was played at the Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (Tosu) stadium in Tosu on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Koei Koya with the help of Hiroyuki Igarashi and Akitsugu Funabashi. The 4th official was Toshiyuki Wazumi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 8 Total 13
- 5 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 126 Attack 94
- 50 Dangerous attack 40
- 104 Ball safe 93
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sagan Tosu was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Nagoya Grampus that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sagan Tosu was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sagan Tosu won the match.
Sagan Tosu shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nagoya Grampus shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Sagan Tosu received 2 yellow cards (J. Nishikawa and Akito Fukuta). On the opposite side, Nagoya Grampus received 1 yellow card (Takuji Yonemoto).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sagan Tosu has 4 points to occupy the 10th place in the table. On the other side, Nagoya Grampus stays with 6 points (5th).
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Sagan Tosu will host Kawasaki Frontale on the 2nd of December with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (7 draws).
Nagoya Grampus will host Kashiwa Reysol on the 2nd of December with a 14-7 head to head statistic in favor of Nagoya Grampus (5 draws).
Sagan Tosu – Formation
Sagan Tosu adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Kenta Kawai decided to play with the following team: Park Il-Kyu
, Akito Fukuta , Kosuke Yamazaki , Wataru Harada , Yuto Iwasaki , So Kawahara , Naoyuki Fujita , Yoichi Naganuma , Jun Nishikawa , Fuchi Honda and Cayman Togashi .The home team had on the bench: Kohei Tezuka, Kentaro Moriya, Ryonosuke Kabayama
, Kei Uchiyama, Masaya Tashiro, Yuji Ono and Taichi Kikuchi .Substitutions
Sagan Tosu made 4 changes: Naoyuki Fujita for Taichi Kikuchi (64′), Y. Iwasaki for Ryonosuke Kabayama (72′), J. Nishikawa for Yuji Ono (72′) and F. Honda for Kohei Tezuka (90′).
Best player: Park Il-Kyu
The most impressive player for Sagan Tosu was the goalkeeper: Park Il-Kyu. His rating is 7.82. He performed 5 saves.
Nagoya Grampus – Formation
Also Nagoya Grampus adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Kenta Hasegawa played with: Mitchell Langerak
, Haruya Fujii , Shinnosuke Nakatani , Yuichi Maruyama , Yuki Nogami , Sho Inagaki , Takuji Yonemoto , Ryuji Izumi , Mateus , Kensuke Nagai and Kasper Junker .These were the players on the bench: Takuya Shigehiro, Ryoya Morishita
, Naldo, Kazuki Nagasawa, Noriyoshi Sakai , Takuya Uchida and Yohei Takeda.Substitutions
Nagoya Grampus made 5 changes: Kensuke Nagai for R. Morishita (55′), Yuki Nogami for Takuya Uchida (75′), Ryuji Izumi for Noriyoshi Sakai (75′), Kasper Junker for Naldinho (83′) and C. Togashi for Masaya Tashiro (90′).
Best player: Mateus
The most impressive player for Nagoya Grampus was Mateus.
His rating is
with 37 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Sagan Tosu – Nagoya Grampus – 1-0
- Avispa Fukuoka – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-0
- Urawa Reds – Cerezo Osaka – 2-1
- Vissel Kobe – Gamba Osaka – 4-0
- Kyoto Sanga – Tokyo – 2-0
- Albirex Niigata – Consadole Sapporo – 2-2
- Yokohama – Kashima Antlers – 1-3
- Kawasaki Frontale – Shonan Bellmare – 1-1