J2-League match research: Blaublitz Akita versus ThespaKusatsu Gunma

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Stadium (1000 seats)

J2-League: The average league table positions highlight the path Blaublitz Akita and ThespaKusatsu Gunma have been on so far. Both squads are eager to play; let's bake this cake!

Insights:
  • Blaublitz Akita have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in J2-League
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an energetic match!

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Blaublitz Akita form and stats

Blaublitz Akita have played 12 J2-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Happy days for Blaublitz Akita in their previous game, a fixture away at Renofa Yamaguchi (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. At last, a league victory after three games without one. The victory against Renofa Yamaguchi came after Niwa's winning goal. The Blaublitz Akita manager Yoshida was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 70th minute.

Before that, Blaublitz drew at home versus Roasso Kumamoto.

Blaublitz Akita aren't scoring a lot here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Stadium in the league, with only {9 goals} from 12 games. Blaublitz have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of ThespaKusatsu Gunma playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.

ThespaKusatsu Gunma's last game was the home draw against Júbilo Iwata (1-1).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Ventforet Kofu with the score of 3-0.

ThespaKusatsu Gunma are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

Lacking goals? 8 of this team's last 10 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far ThespaKusatsu have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, ThespaKusatsu Gunma have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other earlier this season: ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Blaublitz 0-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Blaublitz Akita victories, three draws and four ThespaKusatsu Gunma wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ThespaKusatsu GunmaM. Nagakura
M. Nagakura
6 goals
ThespaKusatsu GunmaR. Sato
R. Sato
5 goals
Blaublitz AkitaR. Saito
R. Saito
3 goals

Blaublitz Akita missing players

ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blaublitz Akita ThespaKusatsu Gunma
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 3 13 27
9 3 1 Won W 0 4 10
8 5 1 Drew D 1 4 10
9 4 2 Lost L 2 5 7
23 9 3 Scored S 3 18 32
29 11 5 Conceded C 6 19 28
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 85%
50% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 70%
35% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 44%
15% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 15%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 56%
38% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 33%
31% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 26%
 
6 6.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.9 3.9
4 4.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6 6.7
1.3 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.6 0.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 7.2 5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 8.1 7.4
2.6 2.5 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.7 3.4
34% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 38% 34%
 
7.9 7.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 12.2 10.8
3.3 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 4.5 3.7
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Blaublitz Akita have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in J2-League
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma 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 Machida Zelvia 26 16 6 4 43 20 14 9 3 2 26 13 12 7 3 2 17 7 23 54
2 Júbilo Iwata 27 13 9 5 48 30 14 6 6 2 27 18 13 7 3 3 21 12 18 48
3 Tokyo Verdy 27 14 6 7 38 21 13 4 5 4 11 10 14 10 1 3 27 11 17 48
4 Ventforet Kofu 27 14 4 9 42 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 6 2 5 20 17 12 46
5 Oita Trinita 27 13 6 8 34 34 14 8 2 4 20 17 13 5 4 4 14 17 0 45
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 11 10 6 51 24 12 6 4 2 28 11 15 5 6 4 23 13 27 43
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 27 12 6 9 42 34 12 7 2 3 24 12 15 5 4 6 18 22 8 42
8 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 27 10 10 7 32 28 14 6 6 2 14 9 13 4 4 5 18 19 4 40
9 Fujieda MYFC 27 10 6 11 40 48 14 4 4 6 16 24 13 6 2 5 24 24 -8 36
10 Fagiano Okayama 26 7 14 5 32 26 14 5 6 3 20 14 12 2 8 2 12 12 6 35
11 Montedio Yamagata 27 11 2 14 44 39 13 7 1 5 26 17 14 4 1 9 18 22 5 35
12 JEF United 27 9 8 10 29 35 13 6 4 3 14 13 14 3 4 7 15 22 -6 35
13 Blaublitz Akita 26 9 8 9 23 29 12 3 5 4 9 11 14 6 3 5 14 18 -6 35
14 Roasso Kumamoto 26 8 8 10 34 29 14 4 2 8 14 18 12 4 6 2 20 11 5 32
15 Vegalta Sendai 27 8 8 11 34 39 13 4 3 6 17 21 14 4 5 5 17 18 -5 32
16 Mito Hollyhock 27 8 7 12 33 46 15 4 5 6 21 28 12 4 2 6 12 18 -13 31
17 Iwaki 27 8 7 12 27 43 13 5 1 7 13 19 14 3 6 5 14 24 -16 31
18 Renofa Yamaguchi 27 7 10 10 22 40 14 3 6 5 12 22 13 4 4 5 10 18 -18 31
19 Tochigi 27 6 10 11 23 28 13 5 6 2 17 12 14 1 4 9 6 16 -5 28
20 Tokushima Vortis 27 5 13 9 25 36 14 3 6 5 11 17 13 2 7 4 14 19 -11 28
21 Zweigen Kanazawa 27 8 4 15 31 45 12 6 2 4 20 12 15 2 2 11 11 33 -14 28
22 Omiya Ardija 27 5 4 18 23 46 14 5 2 7 16 21 13 0 2 11 7 25 -23 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Machida Zelvia 26 16 6 4 43 20 14 9 3 2 26 13 12 7 3 2 17 7 23 54
2 Júbilo Iwata 27 13 9 5 48 30 14 6 6 2 27 18 13 7 3 3 21 12 18 48
3 Tokyo Verdy 27 14 6 7 38 21 13 4 5 4 11 10 14 10 1 3 27 11 17 48
4 Ventforet Kofu 27 14 4 9 42 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 6 2 5 20 17 12 46
5 Oita Trinita 27 13 6 8 34 34 14 8 2 4 20 17 13 5 4 4 14 17 0 45
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 11 10 6 51 24 12 6 4 2 28 11 15 5 6 4 23 13 27 43
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 27 12 6 9 42 34 12 7 2 3 24 12 15 5 4 6 18 22 8 42
8 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 27 10 10 7 32 28 14 6 6 2 14 9 13 4 4 5 18 19 4 40
9 Fujieda MYFC 27 10 6 11 40 48 14 4 4 6 16 24 13 6 2 5 24 24 -8 36
10 Fagiano Okayama 26 7 14 5 32 26 14 5 6 3 20 14 12 2 8 2 12 12 6 35
11 Montedio Yamagata 27 11 2 14 44 39 13 7 1 5 26 17 14 4 1 9 18 22 5 35
12 JEF United 27 9 8 10 29 35 13 6 4 3 14 13 14 3 4 7 15 22 -6 35
13 Blaublitz Akita 26 9 8 9 23 29 12 3 5 4 9 11 14 6 3 5 14 18 -6 35
14 Roasso Kumamoto 26 8 8 10 34 29 14 4 2 8 14 18 12 4 6 2 20 11 5 32
15 Vegalta Sendai 27 8 8 11 34 39 13 4 3 6 17 21 14 4 5 5 17 18 -5 32
16 Mito Hollyhock 27 8 7 12 33 46 15 4 5 6 21 28 12 4 2 6 12 18 -13 31
17 Iwaki 27 8 7 12 27 43 13 5 1 7 13 19 14 3 6 5 14 24 -16 31
18 Renofa Yamaguchi 27 7 10 10 22 40 14 3 6 5 12 22 13 4 4 5 10 18 -18 31
19 Tochigi 27 6 10 11 23 28 13 5 6 2 17 12 14 1 4 9 6 16 -5 28
20 Tokushima Vortis 27 5 13 9 25 36 14 3 6 5 11 17 13 2 7 4 14 19 -11 28
21 Zweigen Kanazawa 27 8 4 15 31 45 12 6 2 4 20 12 15 2 2 11 11 33 -14 28
22 Omiya Ardija 27 5 4 18 23 46 14 5 2 7 16 21 13 0 2 11 7 25 -23 19

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