Albirex Niigata prepare for this game following their 1-1 result versus V-Varen Nagasaki, a game that made them wiser. Will they show it against Blaublitz Akita?
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in J2-League
- Blaublitz Akita have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in J2-League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
34 points is a decent return from 17 J2-League games here at Denka Big Swan Stadium for Albirex Niigata. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Denka Big Swan Stadium.
Albirex travelled for their previous game, a trip to V-Varen Nagasaki that ended 1-1.
Before that, Albirex had a home game versus Renofa Yamaguchi which ended with a victory 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 Albirex's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won zero matches, drawn two and lost one.
The Albirex Niigata fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Albirex Niigata are not conceding a lot of goals here at Denka Big Swan Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 17 matches.
Blaublitz Akita form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Blaublitz Akita playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Blaublitz Akita as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Fagiano Okayama match.
Blaublitz failed to get anything from their last game, a J2-League home match vs Machida Zelvia (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Montedio Yamagata's place.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Blaublitz when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning one game.
Blaublitz Akita have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Blaublitz have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier this match year: Blaublitz Akita - Albirex 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Albirex two wins, zero draws and Blaublitz Akita zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Taniguchi 11 goals | Y. Takagi 10 goals | K. Suzuki 7 goals |
Albirex Niigata missing players
Blaublitz Akita missing players
| Albirex Niigata | Blaublitz Akita | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 55 | 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 33 |
| 32 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 39 |
| 88% | 82% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 68% | 47% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 74% |
| 50% | 41% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | 29% |
| 32% | 18% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 12% |
| 12% | 6% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 47% | 29% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 65% | 56% |
| 41% | 59% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| 24% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | 24% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 9.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 40% | 35% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 51% | 36% |
- Albirex Niigata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Albirex Niigata have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most clean sheets (10) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Blaublitz Akita have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blaublitz Akita have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in J2-League
- Blaublitz Akita haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jubilo Iwata | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 73 |
| 2 | Kyoto Sanga | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 25 | 71 |
| 3 | Ventforet Kofu | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 63 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 62 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 61 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 21 | 58 |
| 7 | Montedio Yamagata | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 58 |
| 8 | Ryukyu | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 52 |
| 9 | JEF United | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 50 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 49 |
| 11 | Fagiano Okayama | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 44 |
| 12 | Tokyo Verdy | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 55 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -8 | 44 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 21 | -6 | 39 |
| 14 | Tochigi | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -10 | 37 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 34 |
| 16 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 45 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 33 |
| 18 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -17 | 32 |
| 19 | Ehime | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -23 | 32 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 51 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -21 | 31 |
| 21 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 31 | -30 | 31 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 29 |