The Albirex Niigata & Omiya Ardija managers Albert Puig and T. Takagi are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J2-League league table.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Albirex Niigata have to build on here at Denka Big Swan Stadium in the J2-League.
Albirex drew their last game, 0-0 away at Tochigi (placed 13th). Before that, Albirex Niigata played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Tokyo Verdy.
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 15 games. Albirex has won six of these, drawn two and lost seven.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Albirex, as the J2-League home game vs Renofa Yamaguchi is only four days away.
The Albirex Niigata fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Albirex defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Omiya Ardija form and stats
3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Omiya Ardija in their J2-League matches away.
The Ardija goalkeeper Filip Kljajic is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 219 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Ardija, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Zweigen Kanazawa (placed 14th) in the J2-League last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Matsumoto Yamaga.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Omiya Ardija in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Ardija, one draw and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ardija are hosting Jubilo Iwata in the J2-League only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Omiya Ardija as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Ardija as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Albirex wins - draws - Omiya Ardija wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Albirex Niigata missing players
Omiya Ardija missing players
| Albirex Niigata | Omiya Ardija | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 62% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 6 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | 58 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 39 | 67 |
| 42 | 19 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 38% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 30% |
- Albirex Niigata has the most scored goals in the second half (11)
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Omiya Ardija has the fewest conceded goals (3)
- Omiya Ardija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Omiya Ardija have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Omiya Ardija haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Omiya Ardija | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Jubilo Iwata | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | Machida Zelvia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | Tokyo Verdy | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Tochigi | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | JEF United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Ehime | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Montedio Yamagata | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 21 | Ryukyu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -14 | 6 |