With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Albirex Niigata fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ryūkyū.
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 Ryūkyū.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
When playing at home in the J2-League, Albirex Niigata have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Kyoto Sanga in the J2-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Fagiano Okayama.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Albirex's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.
Albirex are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Albirex have conceded 9 goals.
Ryūkyū form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Ryūkyū have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
There were no winners in Ryūkyū's previous match, a J2-League home game that ended 2-2 vs Tochigi (placed 11th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus ThespaKusatsu Gunma at their stadium, the result 1-0.
S. Uehara was the key player in the comeback draw against Tochigi, being brought on as a substitute in the 74th minute and scoring two goals to make the result 2-2.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ryūkyū when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning one game.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ryūkyū struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Albirex victory, zero draws and one Ryūkyū win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Albirex Niigata missing players
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| Albirex Niigata | Ryūkyū | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 77% |
| 38% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 54% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 62% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 69% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 15% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 152 | 83 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 86 | 140 |
| 51 | 27 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 26 | 48 |
| 39% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 29% |
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ryūkyū 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Tokyo Verdy | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Omiya Ardija | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | JEF United | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Albirex Niigata | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Fagiano Okayama | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Montedio Yamagata | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 21 | Ehime | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 9 |