Albirex Niigata recovers a 0-1 deficit to top Sagan Tosu 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TOSU. Albirex Niigata succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Sagan Tosu to win 2-1.

By
Luke Meyer
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Albirex Niigata recovers a 0-1 deficit to top Sagan Tosu 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TOSU. Albirex Niigata was capable to reverse the score against Sagan Tosu to win 2-1. It was Sagan Tosu to strike first with an early goal of Akito Fukuta at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Naoto Arai gave the win to Albirex Niigata in the 54′ minute. Albirex Niigata was vastly better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Koji Suzuki didn’t score a penalty (52′) for Albirex Niigata.​

The match was played at the Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (Tosu) stadium in Tosu on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Hiroki Kasahara assisted by Osamu Akasaka and Bumpei Ueda. The 4th official was Mitsuharu Taketa. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.34 degrees Celsius or 50.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 17%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Sagan Tosu

1 - 2

Team 1

Albirex Niigata

  • ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
  • 12 Total 20
  • 3 On Target 8
  • 6 Off Target 9
  • 3 Shots blocked 3
  • 69 Attack 109
  • 51 Dangerous attack 65
  • 50 Ball safe 75
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 12 Total 6
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata was in firm control of the ball 65% while Sagan Tosu was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Albirex Niigata had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Albirex Niigata won the match.​

Sagan Tosu shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Albirex Niigata shot 20 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Sagan Tosu received 1 yellow card (Wataru Harada). Talking about the opposition, Albirex Niigata received 2 yellow cards (Eiji Miyamoto and Naoto Arai).

Match Timeline

Akito Fukuta(goal)
5'
31'
41'
E. Miyamoto- Yellow
45'
K. Taniguchi(goal)Eiji Miyamoto
52'
K. Suzuki- missed penaltyKoji Suzuki
58'
K. Suzuki(VAR)
54'
Kohei Tezuka- sub ->Akito Fukuta
56'
Cayman Togashi- sub ->Ryonosuke Kabayama
56'
60'
K. Suzuki(VAR)
72'
M. Hasegawa- sub ->Yota Komi
72'
Danilo Gomes- sub ->Eitaro Matsuda
72'
Y. Takagi- sub ->Koji Suzuki
Katsunori Ueebisu- sub ->Yusuke Maruhashi
73'
Ayumu Yokoyama- sub ->Marcelo Ryan
74'
Vinícius Araújo- sub ->Yuki Horigome
79'
Wataru Harada- Yellow
90'
90'
F. Hayakawa- sub ->Michael James Fitzgerald

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Cerezo Osaka
19
10
Machida Zelvia
19
10
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
18
10
Vissel Kobe
17
10
Nagoya Grampus
16
10
Yokohama F. Marinos
15
9
Tokyo
15
10
Gamba Osaka
15
9
Urawa Reds
14
10
Kashiwa Reysol
14
9
Júbilo Iwata
13
10
Kashima Antlers
13
9
Avispa Fukuoka
12
10
Albirex Niigata
12
10
Tokyo Verdy
10
10
Kawasaki Frontale
9
10
Kyoto Sanga
9
10
Sagan Tosu
8
10
Shonan Bellmare
7
10
Consadole Sapporo
7
10

After this encounter, Sagan Tosu stays with 0 points to occupy the 17th place in the table. On the other side, Albirex Niigata has 3 points (5th).

Next matches

Sagan Tosu – Formation

Sagan Tosu
G
Il-gyu Park 71.Japan
8.4
D
Kosuke Yamazaki 2.Japan
6.4
D
Kim Tae-Hyeon 20.South Korea
6.4
D
Yusuke Maruhashi 28.Japan
6.4
73'
D
Wataru Harada 42.Japan
7.0
90'
M
So Kawahara 5.Japan
6.4
M
Akito Fukuta 6.Japan
7.3
56' Goals5'
M
Yuki Horigome 21.Japan
7.3
79'
M
Ryonosuke Kabayama 41.Japan
6.8
56'
M
Yoichi Naganuma 88.Japan
6.3
F
Marcelo Ryan 99.Brazil
7.5
74'
Substitutes
G
Masahiro Okamoto 31.Japan
D
Katsunori Ueebisu 16.Japan
7.3
73'
M
Kohei Tezuka 7.Japan
7.1
56'
M
Taichi Kikuchi 23.Japan
F
Vinícius Araújo 11.Brazil
6.4
79'
F
Cayman Togashi 22.Japan
6.7
56'
F
Ayumu Yokoyama 13.Japan
7.3
74'

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

The manager Kenta Kawai decided to play with the following team: Park Il-Kyu (8.4), Wataru Harada (7.0), Kosuke Yamazaki (6.4), Tae-hyeon Kim (6.4), Yusuke Maruhashi (6.4), Yoichi Naganuma (6.3), Akito Fukuta (7.3), So Kawahara (6.4), Ryonosuke Kabayama (6.8), Marcelo Ryan (7.5) and Yuki Horigome (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Kohei Tezuka (7.1), Vinícius Araújo (6.4), Katsunori Ueebisu (7.3), Cayman Togashi (6.7), Taichi Kikuchi, Masahiro Okamoto and Ayumu Yokoyama (7.3).

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 5 changes: Ryonosuke Kabayama for Cayman Togashi (56′), Yusuke Maruhashi for Katsunori Ueebisu (73′), Yuki Horigome for Vinícius Araújo (79′), Marcelo Ryan for Ayumu Yokoyama (74′) and Akito Fukuta for Kohei Tezuka (56′).

Player of the match: Park Il-Kyu​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sagan Tosu was the goalkeeper: Park Il-Kyu. His rating is 8.36. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata
G
R. Kojima 1.Japan
6.8
D
Naoto Arai 2.Japan
8.5
31' Goals54'
D
Thomas Deng 3.Australia
6.7
D
M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand
7.0
90'
D
S. Fujiwara 25.Japan
7.5
M
H. Akiyama 6.Japan
7.8
M
K. Taniguchi 7.Japan
7.9
Goals45'
M
Y. Komi 16.Japan
7.5
72'
M
E. Matsuda 22.Japan
7.7
72'
M
E. Miyamoto 8.Japan
7.7
41'
F
K. Suzuki 9.Japan
6.4
72'
Substitutes
G
K. Abe 21.Japan
D
F. Hayakawa 18.Japan
90'
D
Y. Horigome 31.Japan
M
M. Hasegawa 14.Japan
7.0
72'
M
Y. Shimada 20.Japan
M
Y. Takagi 33.Japan
6.7
72'
F
Danilo Gomes 17.Brazil
6.4
72'

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

Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Eiji Miyamoto, Ryosuke Kojima (6.8), Soya Fujiwara (7.5), Michael James Fitzgerald (7.0), Thomas Deng (6.7), Naoto Arai (8.5), Eiji Miyamoto (7.7), Hiroki Akiyama (7.8), Eitaro Matsuda (7.7), Kaito Taniguchi (7.9) and Yota Komi (7.5), Koji Suzuki (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Motoki Hasegawa (7.0), Danilo Gomes (6.4), Fumiya Hayakawa, Yuzuru Shimada, Koto Abe, Yuto Horigome and Yoshiaki Takagi (6.7).

Albirex Niigata could not rely on the presence of Fumiya Hayakawa (injured).

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 4 changes: Yota Komi for Motoki Hasegawa (72′), Eitaro Matsuda for Danilo Gomes (72′), Koji Suzuki for Yoshiaki Takagi (72′) and Michael James Fitzgerald for Fumiya Hayakawa (90′).

Player of the match: Naoto Arai​

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

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 74 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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