Kashiwa Reysol and Sagan Tosu draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

KASHIWA. Kashiwa Reysol finds the way to recover against Sagan Tosu with a goal on the C. Togashi 4' and a goal on the Y. Naganuma 67'.

Mark Hall

November 26, 2023

KASHIWA. Kashiwa Reysol bounces back against Sagan Tosu with a goal on the C. Togashi 4′ and a goal on the Y. Naganuma 67′. Sagan Tosu was vastly better in terms of ball possession (64%)

The match was played at the SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium stadium in Kashiwa on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 12,733 spectators. The referee was Yudai Yamamoto who was helped by Osamu Nomura and Mikiya Nishimura. The 4th official was Keigo Sendachi. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.15 degrees Celsius or 55.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.

Match Statistics

Kashiwa Reysol

2 - 2

Sagan Tosu

! 36 Ball Possession 64

Shots

12 Total 6
3 On Target 3
5 Off Target 2
4 Shots blocked 1

113 Attack 81
60 Dangerous attack 31
76 Ball safe 105

0 Penalties 0
8 Corners 7
1 Off Sides 3

Fouls

10 Total 8
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sagan Tosu had a superior ball possession 64% while Kashiwa Reysol was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kashiwa Reysol was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Kashiwa Reysol to win the match.

Kashiwa Reysol shot 12 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Sagan Tosu shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Kashiwa Reysol didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Sagan Tosu received 2 yellow cards (Kohei Tezuka and So Kawahara).

Match Timeline

Cayman Togashi(goal)

21'

So Kawahara- Yellow

Matheus Savio(goal)Yuto Yamada

34'

M. Hosoya(goal)Matheus Sávio

38'

47'

Kohei Tezuka- Yellow

62'

Ayumu Yokoyama- sub ->Yuto Iwasaki

67'

Yoichi Naganuma(goal)Ayumu Yokoyama

Naoki Kawaguchi- sub ->Eiichi Katayama

69'

Sachiro Toshima- sub ->Keiya Sento

69'

72'

Naoyuki Fujita - sub ->Kohei Tezuka

Tomoya Koyamatsu- sub ->Kota Yamada

81'

Ota Yamamoto- sub ->Mao Hosoya

81'

87'

Atsushi Kawata- sub ->Cayman Togashi

Yuki Muto- sub ->Yuto Yamada

87'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Kashiwa Reysol will have 32 points to sit in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Sagan Tosu will have 38 points to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Kashiwa Reysol will play away with Nagoya Grampus on the 2nd of December with a 15-7 head to head stats in favor of Nagoya Grampus (5 draws).

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

Kashiwa Reysol – Formation

Kashiwa Reysol

Kenta Matsumoto 46.Japan

6.4

Hiromu Mitsumaru 2.Japan

6.8

Tomoya Inukai 13.Japan

6.4

Eiichi Katayama 16.Japan

6.4

69'

Yugo Tatsuta 50.Japan

6.8

Keiya Shiihashi 6.Japan

6.7

Matheus Savio 10.Brazil

8.8

34'

Yuto Yamada 36.Japan

7.0

87'

K. Sento 41.Japan

7.0

69'

Kota Yamada 11.Japan

6.4

81'

M. Hosoya 19.Japan

7.3

81'

38'

Substitutes

M. Sasaki 21.Japan

Naoki Kawaguchi 24.Japan

6.7

69'

Tomoya Koyamatsu 14.Japan

6.8

81'

Sachiro Toshima 28.Japan

7.0

69'

Takumi Tsuchiya 34.Japan

Yuki Muto 9.Japan

6.6

87'

Ota Yamamoto 45.Japan

6.8

81'

Kashiwa Reysol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Masami Ihara decided to play with the following team: Kenta Matsumoto (6.4), Eiichi Katayama (6.4), Tomoya Inukai (6.4), Yugo Tatsuta (6.8), Hiromu Mitsumaru (6.8), Yuto Yamada (7.0), Keiya Shiihashi (6.7), Keiya Sento (7.0), Matheus Sávio (8.8), Mao Hosoya (7.3) and Kota Yamada (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Yuki Muto (6.6), Tomoya Koyamatsu (6.8), Masato Sasaki, Naoki Kawaguchi (6.7), Sachiro Toshima (7.0), Takumi Tsuchiya and Ota Yamamoto (6.8).

Substitutions

Kashiwa Reysol made 5 changes: Keiya Sento for Sachiro Toshima (69′), Eiichi Katayama for Naoki Kawaguchi (69′), Mao Hosoya for Ota Yamamoto (81′), Kota Yamada for Tomoya Koyamatsu (81′) and Yuto Yamada for Yuki Muto (87′).

Player of the match: Matheus Sávio

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kashiwa Reysol was Matheus Sávio.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 20 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 11 crosses.

Sagan Tosu – Formation

Sagan Tosu

Il-gyu Park 71.Japan

6.8

Kosuke Yamazaki 2.Japan

7.5

Akito Fukuta 6.Japan

6.4

Taichi Kikuchi 23.Japan

6.3

72'

Wataru Harada 42.Japan

7.7

So Kawahara 5.Japan

7.1

21'

Kohei Tezuka 7.Japan

6.6

72'

47'

Yoichi Naganuma 24.Japan

7.5

67'

Yuto Iwasaki 29.Japan

6.3

62'

Shota Hino 38.Japan

6.4

62'

Cayman Togashi 22.Japan

7.3

87'

Substitutes

Masahiro Okamoto 31.Japan

Toshio Shimakawa 4.Japan

Naoyuki Fujita 14.Japan

6.7

72'

Jun Nishikawa 18.Japan

6.6

62'

Atsushi Kawata 9.Japan

6.8

87'

Yuta Fujiwara 25.Japan

6.8

72'

Ayumu Yokoyama 32.Japan

6.8

62'

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

Kenta Kawai played with: Park Il-Kyu (6.8), Akito Fukuta (6.4), Kosuke Yamazaki (7.5), Wataru Harada (7.7), Taichi Kikuchi (6.3), So Kawahara (7.1), Kohei Tezuka (6.6), Yoichi Naganuma (7.5), Shota Hino (6.4), Yuto Iwasaki (6.3) and Cayman Togashi (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Toshio Shimakawa, Atsushi Kawata (6.8), Naoyuki Fujita (6.7), Jun Nishikawa (6.6), Yuta Fujiwara (6.8), Masahiro Okamoto and Ayumu Yokoyama (6.8).

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 5 changes: Yuto Iwasaki for Ayumu Yokoyama (62′), Shota Hino for Jun Nishikawa (62′), Taichi Kikuchi for Yuta Fujiwara (72′), Cayman Togashi for Atsushi Kawata (87′) and Kohei Tezuka for Naoyuki Fujita (72′).