TOSU. Kawasaki Frontale snatched a late win Sagan Tosu 1-0 after S. Hino scored an own goal (87′).
The match was played at the Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (Tosu) stadium in Tosu on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 13,302 spectators. The referee was Yoshimi Yamashita who was helped by Masahiro Horikoshi and Tomoyuki Umeda. The 4th official was Dai Matsumoto.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 8 Total 14
- 1 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 8
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 78 Attack 111
- 34 Dangerous attack 52
- 91 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Sagan Tosu was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Kawasaki Frontale that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Kawasaki Frontale was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kawasaki Frontale won the match.
Sagan Tosu shot 8 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Kawasaki Frontale shot 14 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Sagan Tosu received 1 yellow card (Wataru Harada). Regarding the opposition, Kawasaki Frontale didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sagan Tosu stays with 38 points to hold in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Kawasaki Frontale will has 50 points to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
Sagan Tosu – Formation
Sagan Tosu
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60'
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 , Akito Fukuta , Kosuke Yamazaki , Wataru Harada , Taichi Kikuchi , So Kawahara , Naoyuki Fujita , Yoichi Naganuma , Kohei Tezuka , Yuto Iwasaki and Cayman Togashi .
The home team had on the bench: Toshio Shimakawa , Atsushi Kawata, Jun Nishikawa , Masahiro Okamoto, Ayumu Yokoyama , Shota Hino and Ryonosuke Kabayama .
Substitutions
Sagan Tosu made 5 changes: Akito Fukuta for Toshio Shimakawa (85′), Taichi Kikuchi for Ryonosuke Kabayama (86′), Kohei Tezuka for Jun Nishikawa (67′), Naoyuki Fujita for Shota Hino (74′) and Yuto Iwasaki for Ayumu Yokoyama (74′).
Player of the match: Akito Fukuta
The most impressive player for Sagan Tosu was Akito Fukuta.
His rating is with 51 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Kawasaki Frontale – Formation
Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).
Toru Oniki played with: Sung-Ryong Jung , Miki Yamane , Jesiel , Kazuya Yamamura , Kyohei Noborizato , Yasuto Wakizaka , Kento Tachibanada , Yusuke Segawa , Taisei Miyashiro , Yu Kobayashi and Daiya Tono .
These were the players on the bench: Takuma Ominami , Tatsuki Seko , Bafetimbi Gomis , Shin Yamada , Kota Takai, Akihiro Ienaga and Naoto Kamifukumoto.
Kawasaki Frontale could not rely on the presence of Takuma Ominami (injured).
Substitutions
Kawasaki Frontale made 5 changes: Yusuke Segawa for Tatsuki Seko (59′), Yu Kobayashi for Shin Yamada (59′), Daiya Tono for Akihiro Ienaga (71′), Jesiel for Takuma Ominami (81′) and Yasuto Wakizaka for Bafetimbi Gomis (81′).
Player of the match: Miki Yamane
The player that probably impressed the most for Kawasaki Frontale was Miki Yamane even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 51 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Sagan Tosu – Kawasaki Frontale – 0-1
- Avispa Fukuoka – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 0-1
- Gamba Osaka – Vissel Kobe – 0-1
- Kyoto Sanga – Yokohama F. Marinos – 3-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-1
- Albirex Niigata – Cerezo Osaka – 1-0
- Shonan Bellmare – Tokyo – 0-1
- Kashima Antlers – Yokohama – 2-1
- Consadole Sapporo – Urawa Reds – 0-2
