TOSU. Sagan Tosu tops Urawa Reds 1-0 after Y. Kakita scored just 1 goal (71′).

The match was played at the Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (Tosu) stadium in Tosu on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hayato Shimizu with the collaboration of Masahiro Horikoshi and Kentaro Matsui. The 4th official was Taku Nakano. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.5 degrees Celsius or 68.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sagan Tosu was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Urawa Reds that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sagan Tosu was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sagan Tosu won the match​.

Sagan Tosu shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Urawa Reds shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Sagan Tosu received 1 yellow card (N. Iino). On the other side, Urawa Reds didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Sagan Tosu will have 6 points like Tokyo to hold in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Urawa Reds will stay with 4 points like Nagoya Grampus, Consadole Sapporo and Shimizu S-Pulse to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Sagan Tosu will host Sanfrecce Hiroshima on the 4th of November with a 10-5 head to head in favor of Sanfrecce Hiroshima (6 draws).

Urawa Reds will host Avispa Fukuoka on the 4th of November with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Urawa Reds (0 draws).

Sagan Tosu – Formation

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

The manager Kenta Kawai decided to play with the following team: Park Il-Kyu (7.6), Wataru Harada (7.8), Masaya Tashiro (7.3), Diego (7.3), Nanasei Iino (7.3), Akito Fukuta (7.1), Kei Koizumi (7.8), Yuto Iwasaki (6.4), Taichi Kikuchi (6.8), Yuki Horigome (8.1) and Taisei Miyashiro (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Shinya Nakano, Shunta Araki (7.0), Kentaro Moriya, Masahiro Okamoto, Naoyuki Fujita, Yuki Kakita (7.1) and Yuji Ono (6.8).

Substitutions

Sagan Tosu made 4 changes: T. Miyashiro for Y. Kakita (63′), T. Kikuchi for Y. Ono (63′), Y. Horigome for S. Araki (81′) and N. Iino for S. Nakano (89′).

Best player: Yuki Horigome​

The most impressive player for Sagan Tosu was Yuki Horigome even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 27 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 14 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Urawa Reds – Formation

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

Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez played with: Shusaku Nishikawa (6.8), Hiroki Sakai (6.9), Takuya Iwanami (6.8), Alexander Scholz (8.2), Ayumu Ohata (6.8), Atsuki Ito (7.3), Ken Iwao (7.0), Takahiro Sekine (6.3), Yoshio Koizumi (6.1), Takahiro Akimoto (6.2) and Ataru Esaka (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kai Matsuzaki, Tomoya Inukai, Kasper Junker (6.2), Zion Suzuki, Kazuaki Mawatari (6.2), Kai Shibato and Tomoaki Okubo (6.7).

Substitutions

Urawa Reds made 5 changes: A. Ohata for K. Mawatari (68′), T. Sekine for T. Okubo (68′), Y. Koizumi for K. Junker (76′), K. Iwao for K. Shibato (90′) and A. Ito for K. Matsuzaki (90′).

Best player: Alexander Scholz​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Urawa Reds was Alexander Scholz.

His rating is (8.2) with 81 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

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

• Sagan Tosu – Urawa Reds – 1-0