Blaublitz Akita vs Roasso Kumamoto match preview: Even contest expected at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Stadium

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 09.Jul
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Stadium (1000 seats)

Which side will win when Roasso Kumamoto visit Blaublitz Akita? In this preview you'll find all the relevant news and data needed to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Blaublitz Akita have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in J2-League
  • Roasso Kumamoto have scored at least twice as many goals away as Blaublitz Akita have scored home.

Roasso Kumamoto have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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.

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Blaublitz Akita form and stats

3-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Blaublitz Akita, who have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in J2-League, so far this season.

Blaublitz lost their last game at Ventforet Kofu (placed 6th) after a 1-5 scoreline. Blaublitz Akita were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

In the match before that, Blaublitz Akita hosted Iwaki and drew the game 1-1.

Blaublitz have scored {8 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Blaublitz Akita have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Roasso Kumamoto form and stats

4-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Roasso Kumamoto in their J2-League matches away.

Roasso Kumamoto has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to ThespaKusatsu Gunma for a 1-1 draw. As mentioned above, Roasso Kumamoto drew the match against ThespaKusatsu Gunma. Manager Oki brought on Matsuoka to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Tokyo Verdy.

Highlight this: 10 of the last 12 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kumamoto manager Oki as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sagan Tosu.

Roasso Kumamoto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. Roasso Kumamoto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Blaublitz Akita have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Roasso Kumamoto.

The teams involved played each other previously this campaign: Roasso Kumamoto - Blaublitz 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Roasso KumamotoD. Ishikawa
D. Ishikawa
9 goals
Roasso KumamotoR. Hirakawa
R. Hirakawa
4 goals
Roasso KumamotoS. Aihara
S. Aihara
4 goals

Blaublitz Akita missing players

Roasso Kumamoto missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blaublitz Akita Roasso Kumamoto
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 3 11 24
8 3 0 Won W 1 4 8
7 4 0 Drew D 2 5 7
9 4 2 Lost L 0 2 9
20 8 1 Scored S 5 19 32
27 10 4 Conceded C 1 10 25
83% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 96%
46% 45% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 91% 79%
33% 27% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 42%
17% 9% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 21%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 38%
42% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 29%
33% 45% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 38%
 
5.9 6.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 4.5
4.1 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.1 3.8
1.4 1.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.1 7.5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.9 10.3
2.7 2.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.2
31% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 32%
 
8.2 8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 10.5 9.4
3.5 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.4 3.5
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Blaublitz Akita have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in J2-League
  • Roasso Kumamoto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Roasso Kumamoto have scored at least twice as many goals away as Blaublitz Akita have scored home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Machida Zelvia 24 16 5 3 40 15 12 9 2 1 23 8 12 7 3 2 17 7 25 53
2 Tokyo Verdy 24 13 4 7 32 16 12 4 4 4 11 10 12 9 0 3 21 6 16 43
3 Oita Trinita 24 12 6 6 29 29 12 8 2 2 18 13 12 4 4 4 11 16 0 42
4 Júbilo Iwata 24 11 8 5 40 27 13 5 6 2 23 17 11 6 2 3 17 10 13 41
5 V-Varen Nagasaki 24 12 5 7 39 26 11 7 2 2 24 11 13 5 3 5 15 15 13 41
6 Ventforet Kofu 24 12 4 8 36 25 13 8 2 3 22 10 11 4 2 5 14 15 11 40
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 24 10 8 6 46 20 11 6 3 2 26 9 13 4 5 4 20 11 26 38
8 Fujieda MYFC 24 10 5 9 37 39 12 4 3 5 14 19 12 6 2 4 23 20 -2 35
9 Fagiano Okayama 24 7 12 5 29 23 13 5 5 3 18 12 11 2 7 2 11 11 6 33
10 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 24 8 9 7 26 27 12 5 5 2 11 8 12 3 4 5 15 19 -1 33
11 Montedio Yamagata 24 10 2 12 37 32 11 6 1 4 20 13 13 4 1 8 17 19 5 32
12 Roasso Kumamoto 24 8 7 9 32 25 13 4 2 7 13 15 11 4 5 2 19 10 7 31
13 Vegalta Sendai 24 8 7 9 28 31 12 4 3 5 14 17 12 4 4 4 14 14 -3 31
14 Blaublitz Akita 24 8 7 9 20 27 11 3 4 4 8 10 13 5 3 5 12 17 -7 31
15 JEF United 24 7 7 10 23 32 12 5 4 3 13 13 12 2 3 7 10 19 -9 28
16 Mito Hollyhock 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 3 4 6 18 27 11 4 2 5 9 14 -14 27
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 24 6 9 9 20 38 12 3 5 4 11 20 12 3 4 5 9 18 -18 27
18 Tokushima Vortis 24 5 11 8 23 33 12 3 5 4 9 14 12 2 6 4 14 19 -10 26
19 Tochigi 24 6 7 11 20 25 11 5 4 2 14 9 13 1 3 9 6 16 -5 25
20 Zweigen Kanazawa 24 7 3 14 28 42 11 5 2 4 18 11 13 2 1 10 10 31 -14 24
21 Iwaki 24 6 6 12 21 39 12 4 1 7 9 16 12 2 5 5 12 23 -18 24
22 Omiya Ardija 24 5 2 17 23 44 13 5 1 7 16 21 11 0 1 10 7 23 -21 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Machida Zelvia 24 16 5 3 40 15 12 9 2 1 23 8 12 7 3 2 17 7 25 53
2 Tokyo Verdy 24 13 4 7 32 16 12 4 4 4 11 10 12 9 0 3 21 6 16 43
3 Oita Trinita 24 12 6 6 29 29 12 8 2 2 18 13 12 4 4 4 11 16 0 42
4 Júbilo Iwata 24 11 8 5 40 27 13 5 6 2 23 17 11 6 2 3 17 10 13 41
5 V-Varen Nagasaki 24 12 5 7 39 26 11 7 2 2 24 11 13 5 3 5 15 15 13 41
6 Ventforet Kofu 24 12 4 8 36 25 13 8 2 3 22 10 11 4 2 5 14 15 11 40
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 24 10 8 6 46 20 11 6 3 2 26 9 13 4 5 4 20 11 26 38
8 Fujieda MYFC 24 10 5 9 37 39 12 4 3 5 14 19 12 6 2 4 23 20 -2 35
9 Fagiano Okayama 24 7 12 5 29 23 13 5 5 3 18 12 11 2 7 2 11 11 6 33
10 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 24 8 9 7 26 27 12 5 5 2 11 8 12 3 4 5 15 19 -1 33
11 Montedio Yamagata 24 10 2 12 37 32 11 6 1 4 20 13 13 4 1 8 17 19 5 32
12 Roasso Kumamoto 24 8 7 9 32 25 13 4 2 7 13 15 11 4 5 2 19 10 7 31
13 Vegalta Sendai 24 8 7 9 28 31 12 4 3 5 14 17 12 4 4 4 14 14 -3 31
14 Blaublitz Akita 24 8 7 9 20 27 11 3 4 4 8 10 13 5 3 5 12 17 -7 31
15 JEF United 24 7 7 10 23 32 12 5 4 3 13 13 12 2 3 7 10 19 -9 28
16 Mito Hollyhock 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 3 4 6 18 27 11 4 2 5 9 14 -14 27
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 24 6 9 9 20 38 12 3 5 4 11 20 12 3 4 5 9 18 -18 27
18 Tokushima Vortis 24 5 11 8 23 33 12 3 5 4 9 14 12 2 6 4 14 19 -10 26
19 Tochigi 24 6 7 11 20 25 11 5 4 2 14 9 13 1 3 9 6 16 -5 25
20 Zweigen Kanazawa 24 7 3 14 28 42 11 5 2 4 18 11 13 2 1 10 10 31 -14 24
21 Iwaki 24 6 6 12 21 39 12 4 1 7 9 16 12 2 5 5 12 23 -18 24
22 Omiya Ardija 24 5 2 17 23 44 13 5 1 7 16 21 11 0 1 10 7 23 -21 17

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