Tokyo overcomes Sagan Tosu after recovering from a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

CHōFU. Tokyo had a amazing comeback against Sagan Tosu.

September 24, 2023

CHōFU. Tokyo had a fantastic comeback against Sagan Tosu.

The match was played at the Ajinomoto Stadium stadium in Chōfu on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya with the collaboration of Akane Yagi and Shingo Sakamoto. The 4th official was . The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 23.95 degrees Celsius or 75.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.

Match Statistics

Tokyo

3 - 2

Sagan Tosu

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

18 Total 10
8 On Target 3
8 Off Target 5
3 Shots blocked 2

108 Attack 91
63 Dangerous attack 59
105 Ball safe 97

0 Penalties 1
1 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

9 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Tokyo was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sagan Tosu that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Tokyo was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Tokyo won the match.

Tokyo shot 18 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Sagan Tosu shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Tokyo received 1 yellow card (Henrique Trevisan). Regarding the opposition, Sagan Tosu didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

18'

Yoichi Naganuma(goal)So Kawahara

22'

Yoichi Naganuma(VAR)

Henrique Trevisan- Yellow

30'

32'

Cayman Togashi(penalty)

54'

59'

66'

Atsushi Kawata- sub ->Cayman Togashi

66'

Ayumu Yokoyama- sub ->Yuto Iwasaki

Jája Silva- sub ->Diego Oliveira

73'

Kosuke Shirai- sub ->Kashif Bangnagande

78'

Kota Tawaratsumida- sub ->Adailton

78'

85'

Ryonosuke Kabayama- sub ->Yuki Horigome

Yasuki Kimoto- sub ->Masato Morishige

85'

Tsubasa Terayama- sub ->Riki Harakawa

85'

Kota Tawaratsumida(goal)

87'

89'

Naoyuki Fujita - sub ->Kohei Tezuka

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Tokyo will have 36 points like Kawasaki Frontale to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Sagan Tosu will stay with 32 points to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Tokyo will play away against Shonan Bellmare on the 2nd of December with a 12-4 head to head statistic in favor of Tokyo (3 draws).

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).

Tokyo – Formation

Tokyo

Jakub Slowik 27.Poland

6.3

M. Morishige 3.Japan

6.6

85'

Yuto Nagatomo 5.Japan

6.6

Henrique Trevisan 44.Brazil

7.3

30'

K. Bangnagande 49.Japan

7.1

78'

K. Matsuki 7.Japan

8.1

Ryoma Watanabe 11.Japan

7.3

59'

Adailton 15.Brazil

8.7

78'

54'

Teruhito Nakagawa 39.Japan

7.5

Riki Harakawa 40.Japan

6.7

85'

Diego Oliveira 9.Brazil

6.4

73'

Substitutes

T. Nozawa 41.Japan

Yasuki Kimoto 4.Japan

6.7

85'

Kosuke Shirai 99.Japan

7.0

78'

Jája Silva 20.Brazil

6.7

73'

Tsubasa Terayama 26.Japan

6.6

85'

Kota Tawaratsumida 33.Japan

7.7

78'

87'

Koki Tsukagawa 35.Japan

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

The manager Peter Cklamovski decided to play with the following team: Jakub Słowik (6.3), Yuto Nagatomo (6.6), Masato Morishige (6.6), Henrique Trevisan (7.3), Kashif Bangnagande (7.1), Riki Harakawa (6.7), Kuryu Matsuki (8.1), Teruhito Nakagawa (7.5), Ryoma Watanabe (7.3), Adailton (8.7) and Diego Oliveira (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Yasuki Kimoto (6.7), Jajá (6.7), Tsubasa Terayama (6.6), Kota Tawaratsumida (7.7), Koki Tsukagawa, Taishi Brandon Nozawa and Kosuke Shirai (7.0).

Substitutions

Tokyo made 5 changes: Kashif Bangnagande for Kosuke Shirai (78′), Adailton for Kota Tawaratsumida (78′), Diego Oliveira for Jajá (73′), Riki Harakawa for Tsubasa Terayama (85′) and Masato Morishige for Yasuki Kimoto (85′).

Best player: Adailton

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tokyo was Adailton.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 20 passes (40% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Sagan Tosu – Formation

Sagan Tosu

Il-gyu Park 71.Japan

6.7

Kosuke Yamazaki 2.Japan

8.1

Hwang Seok-Ho 20.South Korea

6.4

Taichi Kikuchi 23.Japan

6.3

Wataru Harada 42.Japan

6.3

So Kawahara 5.Japan

8.2

Kohei Tezuka 7.Japan

7.3

89'

Yoichi Naganuma 24.Japan

6.8

18'

Yuto Iwasaki 29.Japan

6.8

66'

Yuki Horigome 44.Japan

6.1

85'

Cayman Togashi 22.Japan

7.1

66'

32'

Substitutes

Masahiro Okamoto 31.Japan

Akito Fukuta 6.Japan

Naoyuki Fujita 14.Japan

89'

Kentaro Moriya 19.Japan

Ryonosuke Kabayama 41.Japan

6.4

85'

Atsushi Kawata 9.Japan

6.3

66'

Ayumu Yokoyama 32.Japan

6.1

66'

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

Kenta Kawai played with: Park Il-Kyu (6.7), Wataru Harada (6.3), Kosuke Yamazaki (8.1), Seok Ho Hwang (6.4), Taichi Kikuchi (6.3), So Kawahara (8.2), Kohei Tezuka (7.3), Yoichi Naganuma (6.8), Yuki Horigome (6.1), Yuto Iwasaki (6.8) and Cayman Togashi (7.1).

They had on the bench: Akito Fukuta, Atsushi Kawata (6.3), Naoyuki Fujita, Kentaro Moriya, Masahiro Okamoto, Ayumu Yokoyama (6.1) and Ryonosuke Kabayama (6.4).

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 4 changes: Yuto Iwasaki for Ayumu Yokoyama (66′), Cayman Togashi for Atsushi Kawata (66′), Yuki Horigome for Ryonosuke Kabayama (85′) and Kohei Tezuka for Naoyuki Fujita (89′).