NIIGATA. Albirex Niigata and Sagan Tosu draw 1-1. K. Suzuki scored the first goal (45′) for Albirex Niigata. Y. Ono made it even (45′).

The match was played at the Denka Big Swan Stadium stadium in Niigata on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. In front of 17,555 spectators.​ The referee was Masuya Ueda with the help of Masahiro Horikoshi and Osamu Akasaka. The 4th official was Hajime Hosoo. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 12.02 degrees Celsius or 53.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Albirex Niigata was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Sagan Tosu that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sagan Tosu was putting more pressure with 39 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Sagan Tosu to win the match​.

Albirex Niigata shot 12 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sagan Tosu shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Michael James Fitzgerald). Regarding the opposition, Sagan Tosu didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Albirex Niigata will have 37 points to sit in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Sagan Tosu will have 36 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Albirex Niigata will host Cerezo Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

Sagan Tosu will host Kawasaki Frontale on the 2nd of December with a 11-5 head to head statistic in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (7 draws).

Albirex Niigata – Formation

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

The manager Rikizo Matsuhashi decided to play with the following team: Ryosuke Kojima (7.0), Soya Fujiwara (7.1), Michael James Fitzgerald (7.3), Taiki Watanabe (7.0), Naoto Arai (7.5), Hiroki Akiyama (7.0), Takahiro Ko (7.5), Eitaro Matsuda (7.0), Yoshiaki Takagi (7.5), Shusuke Ota (6.6) and Koji Suzuki (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Thomas Deng, Kaito Taniguchi (6.4), Yota Komi (6.7), Danilo Gomes (6.3), Yuji Hoshi (7.0), Koto Abe and Takumi Hasegawa (6.4).

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: Yoshiaki Takagi for Yota Komi (83′), Shusuke Ota for Takumi Hasegawa (86′), Eitaro Matsuda for Danilo Gomes (74′), Hiroki Akiyama for Yuji Hoshi (75′) and Koji Suzuki for Kaito Taniguchi (83′).

Best player: Naoto Arai​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Naoto Arai.

His rating is (7.5) with 58 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Sagan Tosu – Formation

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

Kenta Kawai played with: Park Il-Kyu (7.0), Wataru Harada (7.3), Kosuke Yamazaki (7.3), Seok Ho Hwang (6.8), Taichi Kikuchi (6.4), So Kawahara (6.7), Kohei Tezuka (6.4), Yoichi Naganuma (7.0), Yuki Horigome (6.6), Yuto Iwasaki (6.8) and Yuji Ono (7.1).

They had on the bench: Akito Fukuta, Naoyuki Fujita (7.1), Jun Nishikawa (6.6), Cayman Togashi (6.4), Masahiro Okamoto, Ayumu Yokoyama (6.4) and Ryonosuke Kabayama (6.8).

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 5 changes: Kohei Tezuka for Jun Nishikawa (69′), Yuto Iwasaki for Ayumu Yokoyama (69′), Yuki Horigome for Naoyuki Fujita (76′), Yuji Ono for Cayman Togashi (76′) and Taichi Kikuchi for Ryonosuke Kabayama (84′).

Best player: Kosuke Yamazaki​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sagan Tosu was Kosuke Yamazaki.

His rating is (7.3) with 79 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Cerezo Osaka – 0-0
• Vissel Kobe – Kashima Antlers – 3-1
• Gamba Osaka – Nagoya Grampus – 0-1
• Kyoto Sanga – Shonan Bellmare – 0-1
• Albirex Niigata – Sagan Tosu – 1-1
• Yokohama – Tokyo – 1-0
• Yokohama F. Marinos – Consadole Sapporo – 4-1