J2-League match preview: Ehime versus Kyoto Sanga

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ningineer Stadium (20919 seats)

Season ticket holders at Ningineer Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ehime languishing in the 21st position so far. The guesting Kyoto Sanga will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Ehime has the fewest points (13) at home in J2-League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ehime and Kyoto Sanga.

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Ehime form and stats

Ehime's results here at Ningineer Stadium in the J2-League have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats.

Ehime shared the glory with Omiya Ardija in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. Before that, Ehime had a home game versus Mito Hollyhock which ended with a victory 2-1.

Ehime salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Omiya Ardija, trailing 0-3 at one point. Not giving up resulted in T. Kawamura equalizing. A goal frenzy last time out for Ehime, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Omiya Ardija. Fun stuff to watch! T. Kawamura was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Omiya Ardija after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ventforet Kofu are coming to town in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ehime here at Ningineer Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 18 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kyoto Sanga so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-9 (win-draw-lose).

Kyoto Sanga had fun at their own home (Ningineer Stadium) last time out, beating V-Varen Nagasaki 2-1. K. Sento and Y. Soneda scored. Before that, Kyoto Sanga travelled to Matsumoto Yamaga and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Kyoto in these games.

Head 2 Head

Kyoto Sanga - Ehime 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Ehime, one draw and six wins for Kyoto Sanga. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Kyoto SangaP. Utaka
P. Utaka
22 goals
EhimeK. Arita
K. Arita
7 goals
EhimeT. Kawamura
T. Kawamura
6 goals

Ehime missing players

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ehime Kyoto Sanga
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 7 19 38
8 3 2 Won W 1 3 15
10 4 0 Drew D 2 7 10
19 11 4 Lost L 4 9 13
38 14 6 Scored S 4 13 45
55 27 11 Conceded C 9 22 41
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 79% 89%
65% 56% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 58% 68%
46% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 26% 39%
22% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 13%
19% 17% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
51% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 29% 37% 45%
24% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 26% 34%
38% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 57% 58% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 0.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.3 8.3 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 9.4 9.9
2.9 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.6 3.6
35% 23% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 27% 33%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Ehime has the fewest points (13) at home in J2-League
  • Ehime has the fewest scored goals (14) at home in J2-League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tokushima Vortis 38 24 8 6 66 31 19 10 6 3 32 11 19 14 2 3 34 20 35 80
2 Avispa Fukuoka 38 22 8 8 44 27 18 10 3 5 21 14 20 12 5 3 23 13 17 74
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 38 20 10 8 59 37 18 12 3 3 32 13 20 8 7 5 27 24 22 70
4 Ventforet Kofu 37 15 16 6 47 36 19 10 7 2 25 16 18 5 9 4 22 20 11 61
5 Giravanz Kitakyushu 38 17 8 13 53 45 19 10 4 5 26 19 19 7 4 8 27 26 8 59
6 Albirex Niigata 38 14 15 9 52 46 20 6 8 6 26 28 18 8 7 3 26 18 6 57
7 Montedio Yamagata 38 15 11 12 55 39 20 10 3 7 34 22 18 5 8 5 21 17 16 56
8 Kyoto Sanga 38 15 10 13 45 41 19 12 3 4 32 19 19 3 7 9 13 22 4 55
9 Jubilo Iwata 38 13 15 10 51 42 19 9 6 4 33 19 19 4 9 6 18 23 9 54
10 Tokyo Verdy 38 13 14 11 47 43 19 6 8 5 23 18 19 7 6 6 24 25 4 53
11 Tochigi 38 14 11 13 36 34 18 6 6 6 17 14 20 8 5 7 19 20 2 53
12 Mito Hollyhock 38 14 10 14 66 59 19 6 6 7 30 30 19 8 4 7 36 29 7 52
13 Omiya Ardija 38 12 11 15 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 20 19 6 3 10 19 27 -10 47
14 JEF United 38 13 7 18 44 49 19 4 4 11 19 30 19 9 3 7 25 19 -5 46
15 Zweigen Kanazawa 38 12 10 16 52 60 20 6 6 8 26 30 18 6 4 8 26 30 -8 46
16 Fagiano Okayama 38 11 13 14 36 44 21 8 6 7 25 24 17 3 7 7 11 20 -8 46
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 38 10 14 14 37 50 18 5 7 6 18 24 20 5 7 8 19 26 -13 44
18 Ryukyu 38 12 7 19 49 59 18 6 5 7 27 24 20 6 2 12 22 35 -10 43
19 Machida Zelvia 38 9 13 16 36 49 19 5 9 5 21 19 19 4 4 11 15 30 -13 40
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 38 12 3 23 33 59 20 5 1 14 15 36 18 7 2 9 18 23 -26 39
21 Ehime 37 8 10 19 38 55 18 3 4 11 14 27 19 5 6 8 24 28 -17 34
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 38 7 6 25 37 68 18 5 2 11 19 30 20 2 4 14 18 38 -31 27

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 Tokushima Vortis 38 24 8 6 66 31 19 10 6 3 32 11 19 14 2 3 34 20 35 80
2 Avispa Fukuoka 38 22 8 8 44 27 18 10 3 5 21 14 20 12 5 3 23 13 17 74
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 38 20 10 8 59 37 18 12 3 3 32 13 20 8 7 5 27 24 22 70
4 Ventforet Kofu 37 15 16 6 47 36 19 10 7 2 25 16 18 5 9 4 22 20 11 61
5 Giravanz Kitakyushu 38 17 8 13 53 45 19 10 4 5 26 19 19 7 4 8 27 26 8 59
6 Albirex Niigata 38 14 15 9 52 46 20 6 8 6 26 28 18 8 7 3 26 18 6 57
7 Montedio Yamagata 38 15 11 12 55 39 20 10 3 7 34 22 18 5 8 5 21 17 16 56
8 Kyoto Sanga 38 15 10 13 45 41 19 12 3 4 32 19 19 3 7 9 13 22 4 55
9 Jubilo Iwata 38 13 15 10 51 42 19 9 6 4 33 19 19 4 9 6 18 23 9 54
10 Tokyo Verdy 38 13 14 11 47 43 19 6 8 5 23 18 19 7 6 6 24 25 4 53
11 Tochigi 38 14 11 13 36 34 18 6 6 6 17 14 20 8 5 7 19 20 2 53
12 Mito Hollyhock 38 14 10 14 66 59 19 6 6 7 30 30 19 8 4 7 36 29 7 52
13 Omiya Ardija 38 12 11 15 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 20 19 6 3 10 19 27 -10 47
14 JEF United 38 13 7 18 44 49 19 4 4 11 19 30 19 9 3 7 25 19 -5 46
15 Zweigen Kanazawa 38 12 10 16 52 60 20 6 6 8 26 30 18 6 4 8 26 30 -8 46
16 Fagiano Okayama 38 11 13 14 36 44 21 8 6 7 25 24 17 3 7 7 11 20 -8 46
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 38 10 14 14 37 50 18 5 7 6 18 24 20 5 7 8 19 26 -13 44
18 Ryukyu 38 12 7 19 49 59 18 6 5 7 27 24 20 6 2 12 22 35 -10 43
19 Machida Zelvia 38 9 13 16 36 49 19 5 9 5 21 19 19 4 4 11 15 30 -13 40
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 38 12 3 23 33 59 20 5 1 14 15 36 18 7 2 9 18 23 -26 39
21 Ehime 37 8 10 19 38 55 18 3 4 11 14 27 19 5 6 8 24 28 -17 34
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 38 7 6 25 37 68 18 5 2 11 19 30 20 2 4 14 18 38 -31 27

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