J2-League preview: Can Albirex Niigata edge out victory against JEF United?

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 07.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Denka Big Swan Stadium (42279 seats)

With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Albirex Niigata fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against JEF United.

It's no vacation for neither Albirex Niigata nor JEF United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Albirex Niigata form and stats

7-1-7 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Albirex Niigata so far this season.

The Albirex Niigata supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host JEF United in J2-League and win 2-1. 1-1 away at Kashiwa Reysol before that.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Albirex Niigata matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from two games).

Albirex Niigata have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Denka Big Swan Stadium with 23 goals in 15 league matches. Albirex Niigata have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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JEF United form and stats

There's been little loot from JEF United's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 17 away games in the J2-League. JEF United only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 7 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for JEF United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Albirex Niigata (placed 12th). A 1-1 draw at Machida Zelvia's stadium before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of JEF United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 22 goals have been conceded by JEF United in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Albirex Niigata - JEF United 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Albirex Niigata, 2 draws and 3 wins for JEF United. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Leonardo
17 goals
Kléber
12 goals
T. Funayama
11 goals

Albirex Niigata missing players

JEF United missing players

Albirex Niigata JEF United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played 4 17 31
11 7 4 Won 0 3 7
8 1 0 Drew 3 7 10
12 7 1 Lost 1 7 14
49 23 9 Scored 2 16 36
43 19 1 Conceded 3 22 49
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 75% 88% 87%
81% 80% 60% Over 1.5 50% 76% 77%
58% 53% 20% Over 2.5 0% 41% 55%
39% 33% 20% Over 3.5 0% 18% 29%
19% 13% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 16%
55% 33% 0% BTTS 50% 65% 65%
23% 33% 80% Clean Sheets 25% 24% 26%
29% 33% 20% Failed To Score 50% 24% 23%
 
4.6 4.5 3.8 Corners For (avg) 2.5 4.2 5
4.1 4.9 6 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.6 5
1.1 1 0.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Albirex Niigata
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
11-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 0 Albirex Niigata
17-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 0 - 3 Fagiano Okayama
24-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 3 Zweigen Kanazawa
31-08-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 - 1 Albirex Niigata
07-09-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 1 JEF United
14-09-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Tokyo Verdy
21-09-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Albirex Niigata
28-09-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 05:00 Mito Hollyhock
05-10-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 05:00 Kagoshima United
13-10-19 J2 Ehime 06:00 Albirex Niigata
JEF United
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-08-19 J2 JEF United 2 - 3 Ehime
18-08-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 2 - 1 JEF United
24-08-19 J2 JEF United 0 - 3 Ventforet Kofu
01-09-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 1 - 1 JEF United
07-09-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 1 JEF United
14-09-19 J2 JEF United 09:00 Mito Hollyhock
22-09-19 J2 JEF United 06:00 Tokushima Vortis
29-09-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 09:00 JEF United
06-10-19 J2 JEF United 06:00 Montedio Yamagata
12-10-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 09:00 JEF United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Kashiwa Reysol 31 18 8 5 50 24 15 9 4 2 27 11 16 9 4 3 23 13 26 62
2 Yokohama 31 16 7 8 53 33 15 8 3 4 31 19 16 8 4 4 22 14 20 55
3 Montedio Yamagata 31 15 9 7 38 24 16 9 3 4 18 9 15 6 6 3 20 15 14 54
4 Omiya Ardija 31 14 11 6 42 30 15 9 5 1 28 14 16 5 6 5 14 16 12 53
5 Kyoto Sanga 30 14 10 6 45 32 16 8 6 2 25 15 14 6 4 4 20 17 13 52
6 Mito Hollyhock 30 13 12 5 38 21 14 6 6 2 21 11 16 7 6 3 17 10 17 51
7 Ventforet Kofu 31 14 7 10 47 31 15 7 2 6 18 14 16 7 5 4 29 17 16 49
8 Zweigen Kanazawa 30 11 13 6 40 27 15 5 8 2 19 12 15 6 5 4 21 15 13 46
9 Tokushima Vortis 30 13 7 10 42 36 15 8 4 3 26 16 15 5 3 7 16 20 6 46
10 V-Varen Nagasaki 31 14 4 13 45 41 16 7 2 7 20 23 15 7 2 6 25 18 4 46
11 Fagiano Okayama 30 13 7 10 36 39 15 7 4 4 17 19 15 6 3 6 19 20 -3 46
12 Albirex Niigata 31 11 8 12 49 43 15 7 1 7 23 19 16 4 7 5 26 24 6 41
13 Tokyo Verdy 30 10 11 9 39 42 16 6 7 3 24 22 14 4 4 6 15 20 -3 41
14 Ehime 30 10 5 15 36 41 16 6 3 7 18 17 14 4 2 8 18 24 -5 35
15 Ryūkyū 31 9 7 15 42 60 17 8 4 5 27 25 14 1 3 10 15 35 -18 34
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 30 9 6 15 42 52 15 4 3 8 21 26 15 5 3 7 21 26 -10 33
17 Machida Zelvia 31 7 11 13 30 47 15 2 7 6 16 26 16 5 4 7 14 21 -17 32
18 JEF United 31 7 10 14 36 49 14 4 3 7 20 27 17 3 7 7 16 22 -13 31
19 Avispa Fukuoka 31 8 7 16 31 45 15 2 4 9 11 22 16 6 3 7 20 23 -14 31
20 Kagoshima United 30 9 3 18 36 54 15 7 0 8 21 23 15 2 3 10 15 31 -18 30
21 Tochigi 31 4 13 14 22 42 15 2 7 6 9 16 16 2 6 8 13 26 -20 25
22 Gifu 30 6 6 18 27 53 16 3 5 8 14 26 14 3 1 10 13 27 -26 24

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