Sagan Tosu and Kashima Antlers draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

TOSU. Sagan Tosu finds the way to recover against Kashima Antlers with a goal on the S. Nago 34' and a goal on the Y. Suzuki 90'.

Luke Meyer

May 28, 2023

TOSU. Sagan Tosu finds the way to recover against Kashima Antlers with a goal on the S. Nago 34′ and a goal on the Y. Suzuki 90′.

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 Yudai Yamamoto with the help of Satoshi Karakami and Kentaro Matsui. The 4th official was Haruhiro Otsuka. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.9 degrees Celsius or 78.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.

Match Statistics

Sagan Tosu

2 - 2

Kashima Antlers

53 Ball Possession 47

Shots

12 Total 11
2 On Target 5
9 Off Target 6
4 Shots blocked 2

101 Attack 93
44 Dangerous attack 32
82 Ball safe 96

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 0
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

12 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sagan Tosu was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Kashima Antlers that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sagan Tosu was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Sagan Tosu to win the match.

Sagan Tosu shot 12 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Kashima Antlers shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Sagan Tosu received 1 yellow card (Masaya Tashiro). On the opposite side, Kashima Antlers received 2 yellow cards (Kaishu Sano and Yuta Higuchi).

Match Timeline

Kentaro Moriya(goal)Y. Naganuma

28'

34'

Shintaro Nago(goal)Yuma Suzuki

58'

Kaishu Sano- sub ->Hayato Nakama

Yuki Horigome- sub ->Kentaro Moriya

61'

66'

67'

Shoma Doi - sub ->Shintaro Nago

69'

Tomoki Hayakawa(own-goal)Kohei Tezuka

Atsushi Kawata- sub ->Yuji Ono

71'

77'

Kaishu Sano- Yellow

80'

Yuta Higuchi- Yellow

Naoyuki Fujita - sub ->Kohei Tezuka

88'

90'

Yuma Suzuki(goal)Koki Anzai

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Sagan Tosu will have 19 points like Tokyo to climb in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Kashima Antlers will have 24 points like Urawa Reds to go up in the 7th 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 in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (7 draws).

Kashima Antlers will host Yokohama on the 2nd of December with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Kashima Antlers (0 draws).

Sagan Tosu – Formation

Sagan Tosu

Il-gyu Park 71.Japan

6.6

Masaya Tashiro 30.Japan

6.6

66'

Kosuke Yamazaki 2.Japan

7.0

Shinya Nakano 13.Japan

6.7

88'

Taichi Kikuchi 23.Japan

6.6

Kentaro Moriya 19.Japan

7.5

61'

28'

Yoichi Naganuma 24.Japan

7.4

Kohei Tezuka 7.Japan

6.1

88'

So Kawahara 5.Japan

7.0

Yuto Iwasaki 29.Japan

6.6

Y. Ono 10.Japan

7.0

71'

Substitutes

Kei Uchiyama 35.Japan

Hwang Seok-Ho 20.South Korea

88'

Naoyuki Fujita 14.Japan

88'

Yuki Horigome 44.Japan

6.4

61'

Toshio Shimakawa 4.Japan

Ryonosuke Kabayama 41.Japan

Atsushi Kawata 9.Japan

6.4

71'

Sagan Tosu started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Kenta Kawai decided to play with the following team: Park Il-Kyu (6.6), Shinya Nakano (6.7), Masaya Tashiro (6.6), Kosuke Yamazaki (7.0), Taichi Kikuchi (6.6), Kohei Tezuka (6.1), So Kawahara (7.0), Yoichi Naganuma (7.4), Kentaro Moriya (7.5), Yuto Iwasaki (6.6) and Yuji Ono (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ryonosuke Kabayama, Naoyuki Fujita, Seok Ho Hwang, Kei Uchiyama, Yuki Horigome (6.4), Atsushi Kawata (6.4) and Toshio Shimakawa.

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 4 changes: Kentaro Moriya for Yuki Horigome (61′), Yuji Ono for Atsushi Kawata (71′), S. Nakano for Hwang Seok-Ho (88′) and Kohei Tezuka for Naoyuki Fujita (88′).

Best player: Kentaro Moriya

The most impressive player for Sagan Tosu was Kentaro Moriya.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 11 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 1 cross.

Kashima Antlers – Formation

Kashima Antlers

Tomoki Hayakawa 29.Japan

5.5

Naomichi Ueda 55.Japan

6.5

Koki Anzai 2.Japan

6.2

Rikuto Hirose 22.Japan

7.0

77'

Ikuma Sekigawa 5.Japan

7.0

Hayato Nakama 33.Japan

6.4

58'

Diego Pituca 21.Brazil

6.9

77'

Shintaro Nago 30.Japan

6.8

67'

34'

Yuta Higuchi 14.Japan

7.2

80'

Yuma Suzuki 40.Japan

7.4

90'

Yuki Kakita 37.Japan

6.7

67'

Substitutes

Yuya Oki 31.Japan

G. Shōji 3.Japan

Keigo Tsunemoto 32.Japan

6.9

77'

Kaishu Sano 25.Japan

6.3

58'

77'

Arthur Caíke 17.Brazil

6.6

67'

Shoma Doi 8.Japan

6.9

67'

I. Someno 18.Japan

6.3

77'

Kashima Antlers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Daiki Iwamasa played with: Tomoki Hayakawa (5.5), Rikuto Hirose (6.8), Naomichi Ueda (6.5), Ikuma Sekigawa (7.0), Koki Anzai (6.2), Shintaro Nago (6.8), Yuta Higuchi (7.2), Diego Pituca (6.9), Hayato Nakama (6.4), Yuki Kakita (6.7) and Yuma Suzuki (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Gen Shoji, Kaishu Sano (6.3), Keigo Tsunemoto (6.8), Yuya Oki, Itsuki Someno (6.4), Arthur Caíke (6.6) and Shoma Doi (6.9).

Substitutions

Kashima Antlers made 5 changes: Hayato Nakama for Kaishu Sano (58′), Shintaro Nago for Shoma Doi (67′), Yuki Kakita for Arthur Caíke (67′), Diego Pituca for I. Someno (78′) and Rikuto Hirose for Keigo Tsunemoto (78′).