Yokohama defeats Sagan Tosu 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TOSU. Yokohama prevails over Sagan Tosu 3-1.

November 12, 2023

TOSU. Yokohama defeats Sagan Tosu 3-1. Sagan Tosu was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (70%).

The match was played at the Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (Tosu) stadium in Tosu on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hajime Matsuo who was helped by Hideaki Nishio and Toshiyuki Tanaka. The 4th official was Haruhiro Otsuka. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.31 degrees Celsius or 64.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.

Match Statistics

Sagan Tosu

1 - 3

Yokohama

! 70 Ball Possession 30

Shots

6 Total 9
2 On Target 4
4 Off Target 4
0 Shots blocked 1

93 Attack 71
38 Dangerous attack 38
69 Ball safe 52

0 Penalties 1
3 Corners 4

Fouls

8 Total 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sagan Tosu had a superior ball possession 70% while Yokohama was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sagan Tosu was putting more pressure with 38 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Yokohama was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.

Sagan Tosu shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Yokohama shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sagan Tosu received 2 yellow cards (Ryonosuke Kabayama and Taichi Kikuchi). On the opposite side, Yokohama received 1 yellow card (Sho Ito).

Match Timeline

10'

Yuri Lara(goal)Towa Yamane

Yuki Horigome(goal)

14'

Cayman Togashi- sub ->Yuji Ono

35'

45'

Towa Yamane(VAR)

45'

Caprini(penalty)

Ryonosuke Kabayama- Yellow

60'

Taichi Kikuchi- Yellow

45'

46'

Ryonosuke Kabayama- sub ->Taichi Kikuchi

46'

Ayumu Yokoyama- sub ->Yuto Iwasaki

61'

68'

Sho Ito- sub ->Marcelo Ryan

67'

72'

Naoyuki Fujita - sub ->Yuki Horigome

81'

83'

84'

Sho Ito- Yellow

83'

Hirotaka Mita- sub ->Caprini

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Sagan Tosu will stay with 37 points like Consadole Sapporo to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Yokohama will have 29 points to sit in the 18th 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).

Yokohama will play away agasint Kashima Antlers on the 2nd of December with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Kashima Antlers (0 draws).

Sagan Tosu – Formation

Sagan Tosu

Il-gyu Park 71.Japan

6.3

Akito Fukuta 6.Japan

6.4

Hwang Seok-Ho 20.South Korea

6.8

Taichi Kikuchi 23.Japan

6.0

46'

45'

Wataru Harada 42.Japan

6.4

So Kawahara 5.Japan

6.8

Kentaro Moriya 19.Japan

6.6

46'

Yoichi Naganuma 24.Japan

6.8

Yuto Iwasaki 29.Japan

6.3

61'

Yuki Horigome 44.Japan

7.1

81'

14'

Y. Ono 10.Japan

6.3

35'

Substitutes

Masahiro Okamoto 31.Japan

Toshio Shimakawa 4.Japan

Naoyuki Fujita 14.Japan

6.6

81'

Jun Nishikawa 18.Japan

6.6

46'

Ryonosuke Kabayama 41.Japan

6.6

46'

60'

Cayman Togashi 22.Japan

6.8

35'

Ayumu Yokoyama 32.Japan

6.8

61'

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 (6.3), Wataru Harada (6.4), Akito Fukuta (6.4), Seok Ho Hwang (6.8), Taichi Kikuchi (6.0), So Kawahara (6.8), Kentaro Moriya (6.6), Yuto Iwasaki (6.3), Yuki Horigome (7.1), Yoichi Naganuma (6.8) and Yuji Ono (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Toshio Shimakawa, Naoyuki Fujita (6.6), Jun Nishikawa (6.6), Cayman Togashi (6.8), Masahiro Okamoto, Ayumu Yokoyama (6.8) and Ryonosuke Kabayama (6.6).

Sagan Tosu could not rely on the presence of Cayman Togashi (injured).

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 5 changes: Yuji Ono for Cayman Togashi (35′), Kentaro Moriya for Jun Nishikawa (46′), Taichi Kikuchi for Ryonosuke Kabayama (46′), Yuto Iwasaki for Ayumu Yokoyama (61′) and Yuki Horigome for Naoyuki Fujita (81′).

Best player: Yuki Horigome

The player that probably impressed the most for Sagan Tosu was Yuki Horigome.

His rating is (7.1) with 1 goal, 50 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Yokohama – Formation

Yokohama

Kengo Nagai 1.Japan

6.6

Boniface Nduka 2.Japan

7.7

Katsuya Iwatake 22.Japan

6.7

K. Yoshino 27.Japan

6.7

83'

Yuri Lara 4.Brazil

7.3

10'

Caprini 10.Brazil

7.3

83'

45'

Shion Inoue 20.Japan

7.0

K. Hayashi 26.Japan

6.3

Towa Yamane 30.Japan

7.8

72'

Keijiro Ogawa 50.Japan

7.0

67'

Marcelo Ryan 9.Brazil

6.8

68'

Substitutes

Svend Brodersen 49.Germany

Mateus Moraes 19.Brazil

6.4

83'

Kento Hashimoto 42.Japan

Hirotaka Mita 25.Japan

6.4

83'

Koki Sakamoto 31.Japan

6.8

67'

T. Kondo 33.Japan

7.3

72'

89'

Sho Ito 15.Japan

6.4

68'

84'

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

Shuhei Yomoda played with: Kengo Nagai (6.6), Katsuya Iwatake (6.7), Boniface Nduka (7.7), Kyohei Yoshino (6.7), Towa Yamane (7.8), Yuri Lara (7.3), Shion Inoue (7.0), Kotaro Hayashi (6.3), Caprini (7.3), Keijiro Ogawa (7.0) and Marcelo Ryan (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Sho Ito (6.4), Mateus Moraes (6.4), Hirotaka Mita (6.4), Koki Sakamoto (6.8), Tomoki Kondo (7.3), Kento Hashimoto and Svend Brodersen.

Yokohama could not rely on the presence of Koki Sakamoto (injured).

Substitutions

Yokohama made 5 changes: Marcelo Ryan for Sho Ito (68′), Towa Yamane for Tomoki Kondo (72′), Keijiro Ogawa for Koki Sakamoto (67′), Caprini for Hirotaka Mita (83′) and Kyohei Yoshino for Mateus Moraes (83′).