The visiting Ryūkyū side should be favourites in this visit to Ehime, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
- Ryūkyū have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J2-League
It's no vacation for neither Ehime nor Ryūkyū as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Ryūkyū when visiting Ehime as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Ehime form and stats
Ehime's results here at Ningineer Stadium in the J2-League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Ehime, who played 0-0 against Júbilo Iwata. That match was also played at this venue (Ningineer Stadium). A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Kyoto Sanga.
Ehime has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Ehime's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ryūkyū form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J2-League, are W4-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the J2-League.
Ryūkyū delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Kyoto Sanga (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a J2-League game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Sagamihara with the score of 5-1.
Ryūkyū have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Ryūkyū in these games.
Head 2 Head
Ehime-Ryūkyū H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Ehime zero wins, Ryūkyū three wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Kawamura 5 goals |   R. Ikeda 5 goals |  M. Yoshida 3 goals |
Ehime missing players
Ryūkyū missing players
| Ehime | Ryūkyū | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 92% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 75% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 42% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 8% |
| 58% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 17% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 58% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.9 | 7.6 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.2 | 8.2 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 52% | 47% |
- All of Ryūkyū's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ryūkyū have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ryūkyū have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ryūkyū have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have the most clean sheets (7) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū 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 | Albirex Niigata | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Ryūkyū | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Machida Zelvia | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Mito Hollyhock | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Blaublitz Akita | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Fagiano Okayama | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | JEF United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Tokyo Verdy | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Montedio Yamagata | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 17 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 19 | Ehime | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Sagamihara | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 10 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 22 | Omiya Ardija | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 9 |