Evenly matched teams: Albirex Niigata vs Tokushima Vortis match preview

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Denka Big Swan Stadium (42279 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Albirex Niigata in 13th and Tokushima Vortis in 11th place.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Albirex Niigata form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Albirex Niigata are 3-1-4 (wins-draw-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 Tokushima Vortis and winning 4-0. 3-3 away at Machida Zelvia before that.

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 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 8.

The Albirex Niigata fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Albirex Niigata have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Tokushima Vortis form and stats

There's been little loot from Tokushima Vortis's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games. Tokushima Vortis only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Tokushima Vortis seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Tokushima Vortis, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Albirex Niigata. That result followed a home victory 5-2 versus Kagoshima United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Tokushima Vortis in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Tokushima Vortis, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Tokushima Vortis have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, 10 away games. As opposed to that, Tokushima Vortis have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Albirex Niigata - Tokushima Vortis 4-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 4 - 1 - 3 (Albirex Niigata wins - draws - Tokushima Vortis wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leonardo
12 goals
Franci
8 goals
K. Kiyotake
6 goals

Albirex Niigata missing players

Tokushima Vortis missing players

Albirex Niigata Tokushima Vortis
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
26 12 2 Played 4 14 26
10 6 1 Won 1 4 10
7 1 0 Drew 1 3 7
9 5 1 Lost 2 7 9
44 19 4 Scored 4 15 33
33 12 2 Conceded 5 20 32
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 75% 86% 92%
77% 75% 100% Over 1.5 75% 64% 65%
58% 42% 50% Over 2.5 75% 57% 46%
42% 33% 50% Over 3.5 0% 21% 19%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 12%
54% 25% 0% BTTS 75% 50% 58%
27% 42% 50% Clean Sheets 25% 29% 27%
27% 33% 50% Failed To Score 25% 36% 23%
 
4.5 4.5 7 Corners For (avg) 6 5 5.8
4.1 5 6 Corners Against (avg) 4.5 4 4
0.9 0.8 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.6 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tokushima Vortis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Albirex Niigata
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
13-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 0 - 2 Yokohama
20-07-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 2 - 2 Albirex Niigata
27-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 4 - 0 Ryūkyū
31-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 3 - 3 Albirex Niigata
04-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 4 - 0 Tokushima Vortis
11-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 10:00 Albirex Niigata
17-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Fagiano Okayama
24-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Zweigen Kanazawa
31-08-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Albirex Niigata
07-09-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 JEF United
Tokushima Vortis
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
13-07-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 1 - 2 Kashiwa Reysol
21-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 0 - 3 Tokushima Vortis
27-07-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 3 - 1 Tokushima Vortis
31-07-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 5 - 2 Kagoshima United
04-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 4 - 0 Tokushima Vortis
10-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 10:00 Ventforet Kofu
14-08-19 EC Honda 10:00 Tokushima Vortis
17-08-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 10:00 Tokushima Vortis
24-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 10:00 Ryūkyū
31-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 10:00 Kyoto Sanga

  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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