Struggling Ehime will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Giravanz Kitakyushu in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Ehime form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J2-League this season. Ehime have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here at Ningineer Stadium.
Happy days for Ehime in their previous game, a J2-League match away at Tokyo Verdy (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Machida Zelvia (1-2).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ehime, as the J2-League home game vs JEF United is only three days away.
Ehime are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Giravanz Kitakyushu failed to get anything from their last game, a J2-League home match vs Ventforet Kofu (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-3. A 2-2 draw at Tochigi's stadium before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Kitakyushu are hosting Albirex Niigata in the J2-League only four days away.
Kitakyushu are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. 9 goals have been conceded by Kitakyushu in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Ehime victories, two draws and four Giravanz Kitakyushu wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Fujimoto 9 goals |  S. Machino 8 goals |
Ehime missing players
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
| Ehime | Giravanz Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 25 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 65% |
| 18% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 18% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 53% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 24% |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | 72 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 70 | 172 |
| 52 | 29 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 28 | 62 |
| 40% | 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | 48% |
- All of Giravanz Kitakyushu's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ehime has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- Ehime have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ehime haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 37 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Jubilo Iwata | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Tochigi | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | JEF United | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 18 | Ehime | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 20 | Ryukyu | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -19 | 13 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 12 |