Sagan Tosu vs Yokohama Prediction: The championship leader will strengthen its position

Sagan Tosu will face Yokohama Marinos in the 22nd round of the Japanese championship. Who will win? We'll pick a few bets at once.

In the middle of the week, Fernando Torres' career-ending team played a Japan Cup match and failed to qualify further in the tournament. In the round of 16, Sagan Tosu lost on home soil to relegation club Kofu with a score of 1:2.

It was Sagan Tosu's third straight Cup defeat. Before that, there were also home defeats to Kobe (0:2) and Kashiwa (0:1). Sagan is ranked 8th in the nation's premiership table with 27 points after 20 games, and a goal difference of 27:22.

The Marinos didn't play a cup game and prepared for the championship encounter in an orderly fashion. It was important for Yokohama, because in the previous round they had lost on the road against Cerezo Osaka (2:2).The Marinos managed a magnificent comeback in that game, though, as they went 0:2 from the 84th minute onwards.

Yokohama is leading the league table by five points. They have 44 points after 21 games and a goal difference of 46:23.

Yokohama has lost only 3 matches in the current championship and has excellent meeting statistics against Sagan Tosu. Although Sagan has lost only 5 matches out of 20 in this championship. So, the Marinos will have a tough time on the road. But they are likely to win anyway, because Tosu played their Cup game in the middle of the week and will simply be less physically prepared than their opponent.

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