Balanced ball game between Albirex Niigata and Omiya Ardija expected

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 06.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Denka Big Swan Stadium (42279 seats)

Albirex Niigata will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Omiya Ardija.

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 Niigata and Omiya Ardija.

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Albirex Niigata form and stats

Albirex Niigata have played 8 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Denka Big Swan Stadium.

Albirex Niigata's last game was hosting Omiya Ardija and winning 2-1. A Emperor Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Zweigen Kanazawa.

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 13 games. Albirex Niigata has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Albirex Niigata are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 9 goals in 8 matches. Albirex Niigata's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Omiya Ardija form and stats

As the visiting team Omiya Ardija have produced an overall stat of 4-4-1 so far.

Omiya Ardija play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Albirex Niigata. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against ThespaKusatsu Gunma in the Emperor Cup.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Omiya Ardija in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Omiya Ardija, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Omiya Ardija find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures. It's not easy to score on Omiya Ardija as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Albirex Niigata - Omiya Ardija 2-1. Albirex Niigata-Omiya Ardija H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Albirex Niigata 4 wins, Omiya Ardija 4 wins, 2 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Leonardo
8 goals
Juanma
7 goals
Franci
5 goals

Albirex Niigata missing players

Omiya Ardija missing players

Albirex Niigata Omiya Ardija
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
21 9 3 Played 2 11 21
8 4 0 Won 1 4 9
5 1 1 Drew 1 5 9
8 4 2 Lost 0 2 3
31 11 2 Scored 1 10 25
26 10 5 Conceded 0 7 17
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 50% 82% 76%
71% 67% 67% Over 1.5 0% 45% 57%
52% 33% 33% Over 2.5 0% 18% 38%
33% 22% 33% Over 3.5 0% 9% 14%
19% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 5%
57% 33% 33% BTTS 0% 36% 52%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 100% 55% 43%
29% 33% 67% Failed To Score 50% 27% 29%
 
4.2 4 5.7 Corners For (avg) 5 5.2 5.4
4 4.8 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 3.7 3.3
0.8 0.8 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
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
15-06-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 0 Tochigi
22-06-19 J2 Zweigen Kanazawa 2 - 1 Albirex Niigata
29-06-19 J2 Kagoshima United 1 - 3 Albirex Niigata
03-07-19 EC Zweigen Kanazawa 1 - 0 Albirex Niigata
06-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 1 Omiya Ardija
13-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Yokohama
20-07-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 10:00 Albirex Niigata
27-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Ryūkyū
31-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 10:00 Albirex Niigata
04-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 09:00 Tokushima Vortis
Omiya Ardija
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
15-06-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 2 - 1 Gifu
22-06-19 J2 Tokyo Verdy 0 - 0 Omiya Ardija
29-06-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 0 - 0 Zweigen Kanazawa
03-07-19 EC Omiya Ardija 2 - 1 ThespaKusatsu Gunma
06-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 1 Omiya Ardija
13-07-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 10:00 Kagoshima United
20-07-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 10:00 Omiya Ardija
27-07-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 10:00 Renofa Yamaguchi
31-07-19 J2 Gifu 10:00 Omiya Ardija
04-08-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 10:00 Montedio Yamagata

  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 Montedio Yamagata 18 10 6 2 22 11 9 6 2 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 36
2 Omiya Ardija 18 9 7 2 24 15 9 5 3 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 34
3 Mito Hollyhock 18 9 6 3 19 9 8 3 4 1 10 5 10 6 2 2 9 4 10 33
4 Ventforet Kofu 18 8 6 4 26 16 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 30
5 Kyoto Sanga 18 8 6 4 25 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 30
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 14 9 5 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 7 6 4 14 11 8 4 3 1 7 2 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 27
8 Fagiano Okayama 18 7 6 5 22 20 10 5 4 1 14 10 8 2 2 4 8 10 2 27
9 Zweigen Kanazawa 18 6 8 4 22 13 8 3 4 1 9 3 10 3 4 3 13 10 9 26
10 Ryūkyū 18 6 7 5 25 22 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 1 3 5 10 14 3 25
11 Tokushima Vortis 18 6 6 6 19 19 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 2 3 5 10 13 0 24
12 Tokyo Verdy 18 6 6 6 24 25 10 4 4 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 24
13 Albirex Niigata 18 6 5 7 25 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 10 3 4 3 16 13 3 23
14 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 20 22 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 3 2 4 8 9 -2 22
15 JEF United 18 5 7 6 20 26 9 3 3 3 13 16 9 2 4 3 7 10 -6 22
16 Machida Zelvia 17 5 5 7 15 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -8 20
17 Ehime 18 5 4 9 16 21 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 19
18 Kagoshima United 18 5 2 11 16 22 10 4 0 6 11 15 8 1 2 5 5 7 -6 17
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 18 4 5 9 23 31 9 1 2 6 10 18 9 3 3 3 13 13 -8 17
20 Tochigi 18 3 8 7 14 22 9 1 5 3 5 8 9 2 3 4 9 14 -8 17
21 Avispa Fukuoka 17 4 4 9 15 25 8 1 2 5 3 10 9 3 2 4 12 15 -10 16
22 Gifu 18 3 3 12 14 32 10 3 2 5 11 16 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 12

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