Sagan Tosu defeats Kawasaki Frontale 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TOSU. Sagan Tosu prevails over Kawasaki Frontale 3-1.

November 8, 2021

TOSU. Sagan Tosu defeats Kawasaki Frontale 3-1. Sagan Tosu was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Y. Iwasaki (3′), N. Sakai (20′) and T. Koyamatsu (32′). Kawasaki Frontale reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 1′) by L. Damiao, but there was not much to do for them. Kawasaki Frontale was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (62%).

The match was played at the Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (Tosu) stadium in Tosu on Sunday and it started at 5:00 am local time. The referee was Yoshiro Imamura with the collaboration of Mitsuharu Taketa and Yuki Tsukakoshi. The 4th official was Yusuke Murata. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.4 degrees Celsius or 70.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.

Match Statistics

Sagan Tosu

3 - 1

Kawasaki Frontale

! 38 Ball Possession 62

Shots

10 Total 16
3 On Target 5
7 Off Target 11
2 Shots blocked 2

81 Attack 101
43 Dangerous attack 69
80 Ball safe 81

1 Penalties 0
1 Corners 4
4 Off Sides 2

Fouls

13 Total 6
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Kawasaki Frontale had a superior ball possession 62% while Sagan Tosu was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kawasaki Frontale was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Sagan Tosu was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Sagan Tosu shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Sagan Tosu received 2 yellow cards (R. Sagara and Y. Nakano). Talking about the opposition, Kawasaki Frontale didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

20'

32'

46'

55'

Akihiro Ienaga- sub ->D. Tono

63'

Jesiel- sub ->R. Oshima

71'

Ten Miyagi - sub ->Jesiel

Ryunosuke Sagara- sub ->T. Koyamatsu

81'

83'

88'

90'

Ryunosuke Sagara- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Sagan Tosu will have 56 points to remain in the 7th place. On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale will stay with 85 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Sagan Tosu will host Consadole Sapporo on the 20th of November with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Consadole Sapporo (2 draws).

Kawasaki Frontale will play away agasint Cerezo Osaka on the 20th of November with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (6 draws).

Sagan Tosu – Formation

Sagan Tosu

Il-gyu Park 40.Japan

6.8

Eduardo 3.Brazil

7.1

90'

A. Ohata 31.Japan

7.0

Toshio Shimakawa 4.Japan

6.8

Yoshihiro Nakano 7.Japan

7.0

88'

83'

K. Sento 44.Japan

7.1

Yuta Higuchi 10.Japan

6.6

88'

Nanasei Iino 24.Japan

8.1

Yuto Iwasaki 29.Japan

7.3

Noriyoshi Sakai 15.Japan

7.2

81'

20'

Tomoya Koyamatsu 22.Japan

7.1

81'

32'

Substitutes

Tatsuya Morita 1.Japan

Masaya Tashiro 30.Japan

90'

Shinya Nakano 47.Japan

6.4

88'

Yong-Gi Ryang 50.Korea DPR

6.1

88'

Ryunosuke Sagara 27.Japan

6.2

81'

90'

Keita Yamashita 9.Japan

6.8

81'

Ryo Wada 18.Japan

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

The manager Myung Hwi Kim decided to play with the following team: Park Il-Kyu (6.8), Toshio Shimakawa (6.8), Eduardo (7.1), Ayumu Ohata (7.0), Yuta Higuchi (6.6), Nanasei Iino (8.1), Yuto Iwasaki (7.3), Keiya Sento (7.1), Yoshihiro Nakano (7.0), Noriyoshi Sakai (7.2) and Tomoya Koyamatsu (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Keita Yamashita (6.8), Masaya Tashiro, Yong-Gi Ryang (6.1), Ryunosuke Sagara (6.2), Ryo Wada, Shinya Nakano (6.4) and Tatsuya Morita.

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 5 changes: N. Sakai for K. Yamashita (82′), T. Koyamatsu for R. Sagara (82′), Y. Higuchi for Y. Ryang (88′), Y. Nakano for S. Nakano (88′) and Eduardo for M. Tashiro (90′).

Best player: Nanasei Iino

The player that probably impressed the most for Sagan Tosu was Nanasei Iino even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 23 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Kawasaki Frontale – Formation

Kawasaki Frontale

Sung-ryong Jung 1.South Korea

6.1

Shintaro Kurumaya 7.Japan

6.3

Miki Yamane 13.Japan

7.3

Reo Hatate 47.Japan

6.9

Kazuya Yamamura 28.Japan

6.4

Ryota Oshima 10.Japan

6.3

63'

Marcinho 23.Brazil

6.2

55'

Yasuto Wakizaka 8.Japan

6.5

46'

Kento Tachibanada 22.Japan

7.0

Daiya Tono 19.Japan

6.4

55'

Yu Kobayashi 11.Japan

6.6

Substitutes

K. Tanno 27.Japan

Kyohei Noborizato 2.Japan

7.0

46'

Shogo Taniguchi 5.Japan

Jesiel 4.Brazil

6.1

63'

Akihiro Ienaga 41.Japan

6.4

55'

Leandro Damião 9.Brazil

7.4

55'

90'

Ten Miyagi 24.Japan

6.4

71'

Kawasaki Frontale started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Regarding the opposition, Toru Oniki played with: Sung-Ryong Jung (6.1), Miki Yamane (7.3), Kazuya Yamamura (6.4), Shintaro Kurumaya (6.3), Reo Hatate (6.9), Kento Tachibanada (7.0), Daiya Tono (6.4), Yasuto Wakizaka (6.5), Ryota Oshima (6.3), Marcinho (6.2) and Yu Kobayashi (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Leandro Damião (7.4), Kyohei Noborizato (7.0), Akihiro Ienaga (6.4), Ten Miyagi (6.4), Shogo Taniguchi, Kenta Tanno and Jesiel (6.1).

Kawasaki Frontale could not rely on the presence of T. Miyagi (injured).

Substitutions

Kawasaki Frontale made 5 changes: Y. Wakizaka for K. Noborizato (46′), Marcinho for L. Damiao (55′), D. Tono for A. Ienaga (55′), R. Oshima for Jesiel (63′) and Jesiel for T. Miyagi (71′).