J-League: We're previewing an intriguing and crucial battle featuring Shonan Bellmare and Albirex Niigata at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka. Both need the points!
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
This promises to be an engaging match with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Shonan Bellmare have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka. It's trouble wherever Shonan Bellmare are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Bellmare are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 210 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Abe).
In their previous game, the manager Yamaguchi led his Shonan Bellmare to a defeat away at Sanfrecce Hiroshima. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka. Bellmare's goalkeeper Song was extremely busy against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Shimizu S-Pulse in the Nabisco Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shonan Bellmare handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Thank Kuriyama are coming to town in four days.
The Shonan Bellmare fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
There's been little loot from Albirex Niigata's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the J-League. Albirex Niigata only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Matsuhashi, the Albirex manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Gamba Osaka with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Fitzgerald was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Fitzgerald scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
The match before that was the Nabisco Cup-battle against Avispa Fukuoka, a home loss (1-2). Albirex Niigata are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Albirex Niigata are hosting Biwako Shiga in the Emperor Cup only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Albirex as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Albirex Niigata have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between these squads: Shonan Bellmare won three, Albirex Niigata triumphed in five and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 7 goals |   R. Ito 7 goals | S. Ota 4 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Albirex Niigata missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Albirex Niigata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 25 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 73% |
| 57% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 71% | 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 33% |
| 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 5 | 5.4 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 13.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 12.5 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 25% |
| 14.6 | 14.7 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12 | 12.6 |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- All of Shonan Bellmare's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shonan Bellmare have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest points (5) at home in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 10 |
