Albirex Niigata prepare for this following their 2-0 result vs ThespaKusatsu Gunma, a fixture that made them wiser. What will happen against JEF United?
- Albirex Niigata have the the best goal difference (+21) in J2-League
- JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
10-1-0 is the performance here at Denka Big Swan Stadium so far in the J2-League, giving Albirex Niigata a total of 31 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results!
Albirex Niigata are returning here after visiting ThespaKusatsu Gunma and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Homma and Ito scored the goal(s).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Yokohama.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Albirex handle that role? We have found 22 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 13 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
The manager Matsuhashi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Renofa Yamaguchi in only four days.
The Albirex Niigata manager Matsuhashi has got the team scoring with 26 from 11 home games in the league. Albirex 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 7 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
JEF United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
JEF United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Oita Trinita (placed 7th). Before that loss this team had won at least one point from seven league matches in a row. Leading 2-0 was not enough for JEF United in their fight with Oita Trinita last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Tokyo Verdy.We have checked recent matches where JEF United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
A new game in only four days for JEF, the J2-League home match versus Tochigi. Busy days.
The visiting JEF United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded by JEF United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Albirex Niigata and JEF United have faced off earlier this season: JEF United - Albirex 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Albirex Niigata victories, two draws and three JEF United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Taniguchi 7 goals | Y. Takagi 6 goals |  I. Arai 6 goals |
Albirex Niigata missing players
JEF United missing players
| Albirex Niigata | JEF United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 41 | 26 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 83% | 91% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 67% |
| 46% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 29% |
| 12% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 8% |
| 8% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 4% |
| 46% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 73% | 50% |
| 42% | 64% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 29% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 25% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.1 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.9 | 8.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 41% | 48% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 35% |
| 8 | 6.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
- Albirex Niigata have not yet lost a game at home.
- Albirex Niigata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Albirex Niigata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most clean sheets (7) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most points (31) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (26) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the the best goal difference (+21) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- JEF United 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 | Yokohama | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 49 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Fagiano Okayama | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Oita Trinita | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | JEF United | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Roasso Kumamoto | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Montedio Yamagata | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 32 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 13 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 14 | Mito Hollyhock | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 30 |
| 16 | Ventforet Kofu | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 30 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 27 |
| 18 | Blaublitz Akita | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 27 |
| 19 | Grulla Morioka | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -19 | 26 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 23 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 22 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 15 |
