Sagan Tosu beats Albirex Niigata 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

TOSU. Sagan Tosu prevails over Albirex Niigata with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Ono (11') and a penalty scored by A. Kawata (80').

John Ross

May 21, 2023

TOSU. Sagan Tosu tops Albirex Niigata with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Ono (11′) and a penalty scored by A. Kawata (80′). Albirex Niigata was surely better in terms of ball possession (64%).

The match was played at the Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (Tosu) stadium in Tosu on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Yuichi Nishimura with the collaboration of Akitsugu Funabashi and Mikiya Nishimura. The 4th official was Akihiro Kamegawa. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.6 degrees Celsius or 69.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.

Match Statistics

Sagan Tosu

2 - 0

Albirex Niigata

! 36 Ball Possession 64

Shots

7 Total 21
3 On Target 5
4 Off Target 16
1 Shots blocked 6

78 Attack 106
43 Dangerous attack 51
62 Ball safe 81

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 9
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

13 Total 4
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata had a strong ball possession 64% while Sagan Tosu was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Albirex Niigata was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Sagan Tosu was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.

Sagan Tosu shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Albirex Niigata shot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target.

Cards

Sagan Tosu received 1 yellow card (Naoyuki Fujita). On the other side, Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Y. Komi).

Match Timeline

11'

Y. Ono(goal)Kohei Tezuka

46'

K. Taniguchi- sub ->K. Suzuki

Naoyuki Fujita - sub ->Kentaro Moriya

60'

Atsushi Kawata- sub ->Yuji Ono

60'

69'

Danilo Gomes- sub ->R. Ito

69'

Y. Komi- sub ->S. Mito

76'

Y. Komi- Yellow

Atsushi Kawata(var)

78'

Atsushi Kawata(penalty)

80'

81'

Thomas Deng- sub ->Naoto Arai

81'

Y. Shimada- sub ->H. Akiyama

85'

84'

Ryonosuke Kabayama- sub ->Kohei Tezuka

89'

Naoyuki Fujita - Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Sagan Tosu will have 18 points like Kawasaki Frontale to sit in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Albirex Niigata will stay with 16 points to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Sagan Tosu will host Kawasaki Frontale on the 2nd of December with a 11-5 head to head record in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (7 draws).

Albirex Niigata will host Cerezo Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

Sagan Tosu – Formation

Sagan Tosu

Il-gyu Park 71.Japan

7.8

Masaya Tashiro 30.Japan

7.0

Kosuke Yamazaki 2.Japan

6.8

Wataru Harada 42.Japan

6.9

Taichi Kikuchi 23.Japan

7.2

Yuki Horigome 44.Japan

6.5

Kentaro Moriya 19.Japan

6.6

60'

Kohei Tezuka 7.Japan

8.3

89'

So Kawahara 5.Japan

7.3

Yuto Iwasaki 29.Japan

7.0

84'

Y. Ono 10.Japan

7.4

60'

11'

Substitutes

Kei Uchiyama 35.Japan

Hwang Seok-Ho 20.South Korea

84'

Yoshiki Narahara 27.Japan

Naoyuki Fujita 14.Japan

6.4

60'

90'

Jun Nishikawa 18.Japan

6.5

85'

Atsushi Kawata 9.Japan

7.3

60'

80'

Ryonosuke Kabayama 41.Japan

89'

Sagan Tosu adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Kenta Kawai decided to play with the following team: Park Il-Kyu (7.8), Wataru Harada (6.9), Masaya Tashiro (7.0), Kosuke Yamazaki (6.8), Taichi Kikuchi (7.2), Kentaro Moriya (6.6), So Kawahara (7.3), Yuki Horigome (6.5), Kohei Tezuka (8.3), Yuto Iwasaki (7.0) and Yuji Ono (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Yoshiki Narahara, Atsushi Kawata (7.3), Ryonosuke Kabayama, Kei Uchiyama, Seok Ho Hwang, Naoyuki Fujita (6.4) and Jun Nishikawa (6.5).

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 5 changes: Yuji Ono for Atsushi Kawata (60′), Kentaro Moriya for Naoyuki Fujita (60′), Y. Iwasaki for Jun Nishikawa (85′), Y. Iwasaki for Hwang Seok-Ho (84′) and Kohei Tezuka for Ryonosuke Kabayama (89′).

Best player: Kohei Tezuka

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sagan Tosu was Kohei Tezuka even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 33 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata

R. Kojima 1.Japan

6.5

K. Chiba 35.Japan

6.4

M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand

6.8

Y. Horigome 31.Japan

6.4

Naoto Arai 2.Japan

7.1

81'

Y. Takagi 33.Japan

6.4

Ryotaro Ito 13.Japan

7.3

69'

Takahiro Ko 8.Japan

6.8

H. Akiyama 6.Japan

7.2

81'

S. Mito 14.Japan

6.6

69'

K. Suzuki 9.Japan

6.5

46'

Substitutes

K. Abe 21.Japan

Thomas Deng 3.Australia

6.6

81'

Taiki Watanabe 15.Japan

Y. Shimada 20.Japan

6.8

81'

Danilo Gomes 17.Brazil

7.3

69'

K. Taniguchi 7.Japan

6.7

46'

Y. Komi 16.Japan

6.2

69'

76'

Also Albirex Niigata adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Ryosuke Kojima (6.5), Naoto Arai (7.1), Michael James Fitzgerald (6.8), Kazuhiko Chiba (6.4), Yuto Horigome (6.4), Hiroki Akiyama (7.2), Takahiro Ko (6.8), Shunsuke Mito (6.6), Ryotaro Ito (7.3), Yoshiaki Takagi (6.4) and Koji Suzuki (6.5).

They had on the bench: Danilo Gomes (7.3), Thomas Deng (6.6), Koto Abe, Kaito Taniguchi (6.7), Taiki Watanabe, Yota Komi (6.2) and Yuzuru Shimada (6.8).

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: K. Suzuki for Kaito Taniguchi (46′), R. Ito for D. Gomes Magalhaes (69′), S. Mito for Yota Komi (69′), Naoto Arai for Thomas Deng (81′) and H. Akiyama for Yuzuru Shimada (81′).