Sagan Tosu FC vs Albirex Niigata, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON
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Sagan Tosu FC vs Albirex Niigata — J. League at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.
- Sagan Tosu FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
- Albirex Niigata 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Hiroki Kasahara
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 15 34 2 FC Tokyo 15 32 3 Nagoya Grampus 15 28 4 Vissel Kobe 14 26 5 Gamba Osaka 16 25 6 FC Machida Zelvia 14 25 7 Tokyo Verdy 13 24 8 Cerezo Osaka FC 15 22 9 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 22 10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 20 11 Kyoto Sanga FC 14 20 12 Kawasaki Frontale 14 20 13 Avispa Fukuoka 16 20 14 Fagiano Okayama FC 15 20 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 15 19 16 Urawa Red Diamonds 14 18 17 FC Mito Holly Hock 15 18 18 Yokohama F.Marinos 15 16 19 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 15 12 20 Kashiwa Reysol 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 Feb Albirex Niigata H 1–2 L 03 Dec Kawasaki Frontale H 0–1 L 25 Nov Kashiwa Reysol A 2–2 D 11 Nov Yokohama FC H 1–3 L 27 Oct Nagoya Grampus A 1–1 D 21 Oct Albirex Niigata A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 Feb Sagan Tosu FC A 2–1 W 03 Dec Cerezo Osaka FC H 1–0 W 24 Nov Yokohama F.Marinos A 0–0 D 11 Nov FC Tokyo H 0–0 D 28 Oct Kyoto Sanga FC A 1–0 W 21 Oct Sagan Tosu FC H 1–1 D Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
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Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Ekimae Real Estate Stadium that hosts another battle between Sagan Tosu FC and Albirex Niigata.
- 5' Akito Fukuta puts Sagan Tosu FC on the lead.
- 10' Albirex Niigata is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sagan Tosu FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Soya Fujiwara made 93 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 31' A meaty challenge results in booking for Naoto Arai on 31.
- 36' Albirex Niigata is showing some good football. However, Albirex Niigata are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 41' Eiji Miyamoto was booked on 41.
- 46' It looks surprising Sagan Tosu FC does not make any changes. Thomas Deng has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 48' Goal! Kaito Taniguchi scores his 14 goal in 93 matches.
- 53' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yoichi Naganuma suffering a number of foals already.
- 54' Albirex Niigata is taking the lead after the goal scored by Naoto Arai on 54.
- 56' The supporters are chanting for Cayman Togashi. He replaces Ryonosuke Kabayama on 56 minute.
- 61' The travelling Albirex Niigata supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 66' Sagan Tosu FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 71' Sagan Tosu FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 71.
- 72' Danilo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Eitaro Matsuda on 72 minute.
- 73' Katsunori Ueebisu has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yusuke Maruhashi on 73 minute.
- 78' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 79' Vinicius Araujo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuki Horigome on 79 minute.
- 84' It looks like no one’s ball. Sagan Tosu FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 89' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Wataru Harada.
- 90' Another substitution for Albirex Niigata to replace Michael Fitzgerald by Fumiya Hayakawa on 90 minute.
- Another three points for Albirex Niigata.
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Sagan Tosu FC
Starting XI-
6
Akito Fukuta ↓ Kohei Tezuka 56'
- 28
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99
Marcelo Ryan ↓ Ayumu Yokoyama 73'
- 41
- 88
- 71
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21
Yuki Horigome ↓ Vinicius Araujo 79'
- 42
- 2
- 5
- 20
Bench-
11
Vinicius Araujo ↑ 79'
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22
Cayman Togashi ↑ 56'
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7
Kohei Tezuka ↑ 56'
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16
Katsunori Ueebisu ↑ 73'
- 23
- 31
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13
Ayumu Yokoyama ↑ 73'
Albirex Niigata
Starting XI- 3
- 5
- 1
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22
Eitaro Matsuda ↓ Danilo 72'
- 2
- 25
- 6
- 7
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16
Yota Komi ↓ Motoki Hasegawa 72'
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9
Koji Suzuki ↓ Yoshiaki Takagi 72'
- 8
Bench- 20
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17
Danilo ↑ 72'
- 31
- 21
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18
Fumiya Hayakawa ↑ 90'
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33
Yoshiaki Takagi ↑ 72'
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14
Motoki Hasegawa ↑ 72'
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6
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