On paper it looks like advantage Blaublitz Akita in this match against Giravanz Kitakyushu, but the away team will resist to the finish. Here's our match guide!
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's quite the trip for Giravanz Kitakyushu when visiting Blaublitz as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Blaublitz Akita form and stats
When playing at home in the J2-League, Blaublitz Akita have managed 3 wins, 8 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.
The Blaublitz Akita goalkeeper Yudai Tanaka is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the J2-League.
Happy days for Blaublitz in their previous game, a J2-League match away at Mito Hollyhock (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting ThespaKusatsu Gunma in a game that was won 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blaublitz Akita handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and three defeats.
Blaublitz aren't scoring a lot here at Akita City Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 14 games. Blaublitz are not conceding a lot of goals here at Akita City Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
As the visiting team in J2-League matches, Giravanz Kitakyushu have produced an overall stat of 3-5-5 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Kitakyushu, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kitakyushu goalkeeper Yuya Tanaka is eager to challenge this, with his 313 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Giravanz Kitakyushu won their last game, 1-0 versus Zweigen Kanazawa played at home.
Before that, Kitakyushu travelled to Albirex Niigata and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Kitakyushu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.
The attacking power of Giravanz Kitakyushu when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Giravanz Kitakyushu's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head game ended Giravanz Kitakyushu - Blaublitz 1-1, earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Blaublitz Akita victories, three draws and one Giravanz Kitakyushu win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Takahashi 6 goals |  T. Tomiyama 5 goals |  K. Saito 4 goals |
Blaublitz Akita missing players
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
| Blaublitz Akita | Giravanz Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 30 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 31 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 93% | 86% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 79% |
| 69% | 57% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 66% |
| 31% | 7% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 14% | 7% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 17% |
| 3% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 10% |
| 55% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 45% |
| 31% | 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 31% |
| 21% | 29% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 45% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.2 | 7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 40% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | 29% |
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Jubilo Iwata | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 21 | 62 |
| 2 | Kyoto Sanga | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 61 |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 51 |
| 4 | Machida Zelvia | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 51 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 51 |
| 6 | Ryukyu | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 51 |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 51 |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 49 |
| 9 | Mito Hollyhock | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 40 |
| 10 | Tokyo Verdy | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 30 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Blaublitz Akita | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | -1 | 37 |
| 12 | JEF United | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 37 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 35 |
| 14 | Tochigi | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 32 |
| 16 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -15 | 29 |
| 17 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -17 | 28 |
| 18 | Omiya Ardija | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 19 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -16 | 27 |
| 20 | Ehime | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 48 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -19 | 26 |
| 21 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | -27 | 26 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 25 |