Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kagoshima United & Giravanz Kitakyushu face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kagoshima United form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Kagoshima United have played 5 J3-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Kagoshima's previous match was a Emperor Cup game also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Giravanz Kitakyushu. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that match, a J3-League win away at Imabari.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kagoshima United handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Kagoshima United are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
Kitakyushu was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 2nd round last season.1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Giravanz Kitakyushu in their J3-League matches away.
Giravanz Kitakyushu aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 492 league minutes without a goal. Takazawa was the last player to find the net.
Two away games in a row for Giravanz Kitakyushu, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Kagoshima United in the Emperor Cup.
A 0-1 defeat away at Vanraure Hachinohe before that.Kitakyushu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Giravanz Kitakyushu's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings featuring these contenders: Kagoshima United won three, Giravanz Kitakyushu triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Yonezawa 4 goals | K. Arita 4 goals |  Y. Takazawa 3 goals |
Kagoshima United missing players
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
| Kagoshima United | Giravanz Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 27 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 44% | ||
| 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kagoshima United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Fukushima United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Iwaki | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Parceiro Nagano | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Fujieda MYFC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Imabari | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Gifu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Kataller Toyama | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Ehime | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Sagamihara | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Gainare Tottori | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 4 |
| 18 | YSCC | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -15 | 2 |
