Only three points will be enough for the V-Varen Nagasaki followers in this transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki clash with Grulla Morioka, seeing as they have a robust lead on the away team in the J2-League standings.
- V-Varen Nagasaki is in the best form (4-2-0) in J2-League
- Grulla Morioka have the the worst goal difference (-20) in J2-League
Grulla Morioka have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 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.
V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats
V-Varen Nagasaki have played 13 J2-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). V-Varen Nagasaki have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Montedio Yamagata last time out and are looking for a victory here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Ventforet Kofu and winning 1-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from V-Varen Nagasaki's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Nagasaki are traveling soon after this match as the Emperor Cup match at Avispa Fukuoka awaits in three days.
V-Varen Nagasaki aren't scoring a lot here at transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki in the league, with only 11 goals from 13 games. V-Varen Nagasaki have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
Grulla Morioka might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ryūkyū proved too strong as Grulla Morioka slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Iwagin Stadium. Before that defeat this team had won at least one point from six league matches in a row.
Before that, Morioka secured a home win against Omiya Ardija with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Grulla Morioka playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Morioka as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Grulla Morioka have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met previously this season: Grulla Morioka - V-Varen Nagasaki 0-4. Yamazaki likes to meet Grulla Morioka and have scored 3 goals in these games.Top Goalscorers
  C. da Silva 5 goals |  E. Teixeira Lima 5 goals |  R. Yamazaki 3 goals |
V-Varen Nagasaki missing players
Grulla Morioka missing players
| V-Varen Nagasaki | Grulla Morioka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 40 |
| 84% | 77% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 60% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 60% |
| 32% | 15% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 54% | 48% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 24% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 36% | 31% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 40% | 46% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 28% |
| 40% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 36% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 8.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 25% | 22% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 28% | 27% |
| 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.9 | 10.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
- Grulla Morioka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Grulla Morioka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grulla Morioka have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in J2-League
- Grulla Morioka have the the worst goal difference (-20) in J2-League
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- V-Varen Nagasaki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J2-League
- V-Varen Nagasaki is in the best form (4-2-0) in J2-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 47 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | JEF United | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Oita Trinita | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Machida Zelvia | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Roasso Kumamoto | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 33 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 33 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 16 | Ventforet Kofu | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 30 |
| 17 | Blaublitz Akita | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 28 |
| 18 | Tochigi | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 27 |
| 19 | Grulla Morioka | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -20 | 26 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -16 | 22 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
