Get ready for a show! Today's main characters are Albirex Niigata and Ventforet Kofu, victory is the objective and 90 minutes the duration.
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in J2-League
- Ventforet Kofu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both participants have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an active match!
Albirex Niigata form and stats
8 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Albirex Niigata, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in J2-League, have to build on here at Denka Big Swan Stadium in the J2-League.
Happy days for Albirex Niigata in their previous game, a J2-League match away at Tokyo Verdy (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Montedio Yamagata (1-2).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 twelve games. Albirex Niigata has won five of these, drawn two and lost five.
The Albirex fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 15 league matches. Albirex have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Ventforet Kofu playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.
The Ventforet Kofu goalkeeper Kohei Kawata is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 300 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Ventforet Kofu won their last game, 1-0 versus Omiya Ardija played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at ThespaKusatsu Gunma.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Ventforet in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Ventforet Kofu, five draws and four defeats.
The visiting Ventforet have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 15 games. 16 goals have been conceded by Ventforet in these games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have met previously this season: Ventforet Kofu - Albirex 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Albirex wins - draws - Ventforet Kofu wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Taniguchi 11 goals | Y. Takagi 10 goals |  J. Izumisawa 10 goals |
Albirex Niigata missing players
Ventforet Kofu missing players
| Albirex Niigata | Ventforet Kofu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 52 | 24 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 47 |
| 30 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 87% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 73% | 53% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 60% | 67% |
| 57% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | 43% |
| 37% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 40% | 43% |
| 40% | 53% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 40% | 43% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 27% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 9.7 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.6 | 9.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 43% | 35% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 37% | 42% |
- Albirex Niigata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Albirex Niigata have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most clean sheets (8) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Albirex Niigata have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ventforet Kofu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ventforet Kofu have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Kyoto Sanga | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 24 | 64 |
| 2 | Jubilo Iwata | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 21 | 63 |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 54 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 54 |
| 5 | Machida Zelvia | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 52 |
| 6 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 52 |
| 7 | Ryukyu | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 51 |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 49 |
| 9 | Mito Hollyhock | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 41 |
| 10 | JEF United | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 40 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 30 | -7 | 40 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 36 |
| 14 | Tochigi | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 33 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 32 |
| 16 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -14 | 32 |
| 17 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -17 | 29 |
| 18 | Sagamihara | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -15 | 28 |
| 19 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -16 | 28 |
| 20 | Omiya Ardija | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 27 |
| 21 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 28 | -27 | 27 |
| 22 | Ehime | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -20 | 26 |