The Albirex Niigata & Júbilo Iwata managers Albert Puig and F. Jubero Carmona are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J2-League league table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Albirex and Júbilo Iwata.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
Overall J2-League stats at home this season for Albirex Niigata are 4-4-1 (wins-draw-losses).
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus V-Varen Nagasaki in the J2-League last time out and are looking for a win here. A strong away win before that one, visiting Avispa Fukuoka and winning 1-0.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against V-Varen Nagasaki as S. Homma's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
This is expected to be a close game, with Albirex Niigata perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Albirex Niigata as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Albirex Niigata has won six of these, drawn three and lost seven.
The manager Albert Puig will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to JEF United in only four days.
The Albirex fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Albirex Niigata have conceded 11 goals.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Júbilo Iwata so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Júbilo's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Júbilo's last game was the home draw against Tokyo Verdy (2-2). A 2-2 draw at ThespaKusatsu Gunma's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Júbilo in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Júbilo Iwata, one draw and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mito Hollyhock in just four days.
The visiting Júbilo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Júbilo have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Albirex two wins, three draws and Júbilo Iwata five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Albirex Niigata missing players
Júbilo Iwata missing players
| Albirex Niigata | Júbilo Iwata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 26 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 94% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 88% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 56% |
| 25% | 22% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 19% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 56% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 25% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 190 | 109 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 57 | 170 |
| 64 | 37 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 21 | 63 |
| 38% | 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 41% |
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Júbilo Iwata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Machida Zelvia | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Omiya Ardija | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | JEF United | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 15 | Mito Hollyhock | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Ehime | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -17 | 13 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 12 |