KYOTO. Kashima Antlers beats Kyoto Sanga with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Pituca (8′) and a goal from K. Chinen (34′).

The match was played at the Kyōto Nishikyogoku Stadium stadium in Kyoto on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Ryo Tanimoto with the support of Jun Mihara and Shingo Sakamoto. The 4th official was Tadashi Baba. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.4 degrees Celsius or 48.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Kashima Antlers was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Kyoto Sanga that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Kashima Antlers was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kashima Antlers won the match​.

Kashima Antlers shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Kyoto Sanga shot 6 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Kashima Antlers received 2 yellow cards (Yuta Higuchi and Yuma Suzuki). Regarding the opposition, Kyoto Sanga received 2 yellow cards (Shogo Asada and Shinnosuke Fukuda).

Standings

After playing this match, Kashima Antlers has 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the standings. On the other side, Kyoto Sanga stays with 0 points (16th).

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Kashima Antlers will host Yokohama on the 2nd of December with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Kashima Antlers (0 draws).

Kyoto Sanga will host Yokohama F. Marinos on the 2nd of December with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Yokohama F. Marinos (1 draw).

Kashima Antlers – Formation

Kashima Antlers adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Kwi-Jea Cho decided to play with the following team: Tomoki Hayakawa (6.8), Keigo Tsunemoto (7.6), Naomichi Ueda (6.6), Ikuma Sekigawa (7.5), Koki Anzai (6.3), Diego Pituca (7.3), Kaishu Sano (6.9), Yuta Higuchi (7.0), Tomoya Fujii (6.6), Yuma Suzuki (7.2) and Kei Chinen (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Yuki Kakita, Ryotaro Araki, Rikuto Hirose, Yuta Matsumura (6.8), Arthur Caíke, Yuya Oki and Shoma Doi (7.1).

Kashima Antlers could not rely on the presence of Yuki Kakita (injured).

Substitutions

Kashima Antlers made 4 changes: Yuta Higuchi for Shoma Doi (62′), Tomoya Fujii for Y. Matsumura (73′), Kei Chinen for Yuki Kakita (82′) and Yuma Suzuki for Arthur Caíke (82′).

Best player: Keigo Tsunemoto​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Kashima Antlers was Keigo Tsunemoto even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 24 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.

Kyoto Sanga – Formation

Also Kyoto Sanga adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Daiki Iwamasa played with: Tomoya Wakahara (6.1), Kosuke Shirai (6.4), Rikito Inoue (7.2), Shogo Asada (5.5), Shinnosuke Fukuda (6.4), Shimpei Fukuoka (6.4), Sota Kawasaki (6.6), Shohei Takeda (7.0), Yuta Toyokawa (6.2), Ryogo Yamasaki (6.2) and Yudai Kimura (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Paulinho Bóia (6.3), Teppei Yachida (7.0), Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (6.7), Daigo Araki, Warner Hahn, Patric (6.4) and Kazunari Ichimi (6.9).

Substitutions

Kyoto Sanga made 5 changes: Y. Kimura for Paulinho Boia (46′), Yuta Toyokawa for Kazunari Ichimi (46′), Shimpei Fukuoka for H. Tawiah (46′), Ryogo Yamasaki for Patric (53′) and Shinnosuke Fukuda for T. Yachida (69′).

Best player: Rikito Inoue​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kyoto Sanga was Rikito Inoue.

His rating is (7.2) with 48 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Sagan Tosu – Shonan Bellmare – 1-5
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Consadole Sapporo – 0-0
• Vissel Kobe – Avispa Fukuoka – 1-0
• Cerezo Osaka – Albirex Niigata – 2-2
• Kyoto Sanga – Kashima Antlers – 0-2
• Yokohama – Nagoya Grampus – 0-1
• Tokyo – Urawa Reds – 2-0
• Kashiwa Reysol – Gamba Osaka – 2-2