Soccer match news: Home fans with big expectations before Albirex Niigata - Ehime

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Denka Big Swan Stadium (41684 seats)

Albirex Niigata look forward to meeting Ehime with belief in acquiring all three points. Will they? Read our match guide!

Insights:
  • Albirex Niigata have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in J2-League
  • Ehime have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in J2-League

This should be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

These teams have little in common geographically as Ehime have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Albirex can neither be promoted or relegated from J2-League. Ehime are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Albirex Niigata form and stats

10 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Albirex Niigata have to build on here at Denka Big Swan Stadium in the J2-League. The Albirex manager Albert Puig might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Albirex Niigata shared the glory with Matsumoto Yamaga in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Albert Puig made a successful contribution in the game against Matsumoto Yamaga, bringing on Y. Takazawa who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Before that game, the home loss against Jubilo Iwata with the scoreline 0-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Albirex matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, two draws and one defeat (from three games).

Albirex has scored 27 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Albirex have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ehime form and stats

Playing away, Ehime have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 8 defeats in the J2-League this season.

Ehime's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Machida Zelvia that finished 0-0.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zweigen Kanazawa wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

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 Ehime playing away, we found six games. Results were one away win, three draws and two home wins.

The visitors have scored 18 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ehime have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived result between these teams is the Ehime - Albirex 0-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Albirex two wins, two draws and Ehime three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Albirex NiigataK. Taniguchi
K. Taniguchi
13 goals
Albirex NiigataY. Takagi
Y. Takagi
10 goals
EhimeY. Fujimoto
Y. Fujimoto
10 goals

Albirex Niigata missing players

Ehime missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Albirex Niigata Ehime
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 7 Played P 6 19 38
17 10 4 Won W 0 6 7
12 4 3 Drew D 2 5 13
9 5 0 Lost L 4 8 18
58 27 11 Scored S 5 18 35
37 12 4 Conceded C 13 24 60
89% 84% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 92%
68% 47% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 66%
47% 42% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 37% 45%
29% 16% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 34%
11% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 11%
50% 32% 43% BTTS BTTS 50% 37% 45%
37% 53% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 37% 24%
24% 32% 29% Failed to Score F T 50% 32% 39%
 
4.5 5.3 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.3
3.3 3.3 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.6 5.9
0.9 0.8 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 0.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 9.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 6.2 7.5
4 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.5 2.6
38% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 38% 36%
 
6.6 6.1 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 10.1 10.3
2.6 2.3 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 3.9
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Albirex Niigata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Albirex Niigata have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in J2-League
  • Albirex Niigata have the most clean sheets (10) at home in J2-League
  • Ehime have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) 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 Jubilo Iwata 38 25 8 5 68 38 19 13 3 3 36 22 19 12 5 2 32 16 30 83
2 Kyoto Sanga 38 23 9 6 56 30 19 12 5 2 34 18 19 11 4 4 22 12 26 78
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 38 21 8 9 62 40 19 10 6 3 34 20 19 11 2 6 28 20 22 71
4 Ventforet Kofu 38 20 10 8 56 33 19 12 5 2 34 15 19 8 5 6 22 18 23 70
5 Machida Zelvia 38 18 10 10 56 34 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 11 5 3 29 13 22 64
6 Montedio Yamagata 38 19 7 12 50 39 18 9 2 7 24 20 20 10 5 5 26 19 11 64
7 Albirex Niigata 38 17 12 9 58 37 19 10 4 5 27 12 19 7 8 4 31 25 21 63
8 Ryūkyū 38 17 8 13 51 42 19 10 4 5 25 13 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 59
9 JEF United 38 15 13 10 41 33 19 6 8 5 20 18 19 9 5 5 21 15 8 58
10 Mito Hollyhock 38 14 10 14 50 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 7 5 7 29 25 8 52
11 Fagiano Okayama 38 13 13 12 35 31 19 6 4 9 15 15 19 7 9 3 20 16 4 52
12 Tokyo Verdy 38 13 9 16 50 64 19 8 2 9 26 30 19 5 7 7 24 34 -14 48
13 Blaublitz Akita 38 11 14 13 38 42 19 3 11 5 13 20 19 8 3 8 25 22 -4 47
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 38 10 11 17 35 47 19 6 5 8 20 21 19 4 6 9 15 26 -12 41
15 Tochigi 38 8 15 15 33 45 19 3 7 9 17 24 19 5 8 6 16 21 -12 39
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 38 9 11 18 33 52 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 4 4 11 16 31 -19 38
17 Omiya Ardija 38 8 13 17 45 50 19 5 5 9 26 26 19 3 8 8 19 24 -5 37
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 38 9 10 19 37 54 19 5 5 9 18 26 19 4 5 10 19 28 -17 37
19 Sagamihara 38 7 13 18 28 46 19 4 7 8 17 25 19 3 6 10 11 21 -18 34
20 Ehime 38 7 13 18 35 60 19 1 8 10 17 36 19 6 5 8 18 24 -25 34
21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 38 6 14 18 32 57 20 3 7 10 16 27 18 3 7 8 16 30 -25 32
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 38 7 11 20 31 64 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 2 5 12 11 35 -33 32

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 Jubilo Iwata 38 25 8 5 68 38 19 13 3 3 36 22 19 12 5 2 32 16 30 83
2 Kyoto Sanga 38 23 9 6 56 30 19 12 5 2 34 18 19 11 4 4 22 12 26 78
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 38 21 8 9 62 40 19 10 6 3 34 20 19 11 2 6 28 20 22 71
4 Ventforet Kofu 38 20 10 8 56 33 19 12 5 2 34 15 19 8 5 6 22 18 23 70
5 Machida Zelvia 38 18 10 10 56 34 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 11 5 3 29 13 22 64
6 Montedio Yamagata 38 19 7 12 50 39 18 9 2 7 24 20 20 10 5 5 26 19 11 64
7 Albirex Niigata 38 17 12 9 58 37 19 10 4 5 27 12 19 7 8 4 31 25 21 63
8 Ryūkyū 38 17 8 13 51 42 19 10 4 5 25 13 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 59
9 JEF United 38 15 13 10 41 33 19 6 8 5 20 18 19 9 5 5 21 15 8 58
10 Mito Hollyhock 38 14 10 14 50 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 7 5 7 29 25 8 52
11 Fagiano Okayama 38 13 13 12 35 31 19 6 4 9 15 15 19 7 9 3 20 16 4 52
12 Tokyo Verdy 38 13 9 16 50 64 19 8 2 9 26 30 19 5 7 7 24 34 -14 48
13 Blaublitz Akita 38 11 14 13 38 42 19 3 11 5 13 20 19 8 3 8 25 22 -4 47
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 38 10 11 17 35 47 19 6 5 8 20 21 19 4 6 9 15 26 -12 41
15 Tochigi 38 8 15 15 33 45 19 3 7 9 17 24 19 5 8 6 16 21 -12 39
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 38 9 11 18 33 52 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 4 4 11 16 31 -19 38
17 Omiya Ardija 38 8 13 17 45 50 19 5 5 9 26 26 19 3 8 8 19 24 -5 37
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 38 9 10 19 37 54 19 5 5 9 18 26 19 4 5 10 19 28 -17 37
19 Sagamihara 38 7 13 18 28 46 19 4 7 8 17 25 19 3 6 10 11 21 -18 34
20 Ehime 38 7 13 18 35 60 19 1 8 10 17 36 19 6 5 8 18 24 -25 34
21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 38 6 14 18 32 57 20 3 7 10 16 27 18 3 7 8 16 30 -25 32
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 38 7 11 20 31 64 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 2 5 12 11 35 -33 32

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