Balanced ball game between Ehime and ThespaKusatsu Gunma expected

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sat 21.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ningineer Stadium (20919 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the J2-League, with both Ehime and ThespaKusatsu Gunma experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 21st and the visitors in 20th place.

Ehime and ThespaKusatsu Gunma should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

These teams have little in common geographically as ThespaKusatsu Gunma have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Ehime form and stats

With {2 J2-League wins}, 4 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Ehime, who have the fewest points (10) at home in J2-League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Ehime are slowly digging their own grave here at Ningineer Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Omiya Ardija match.

Ehime are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Giravanz Kitakyushu. Before that, Ehime played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Jubilo Iwata.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ehime have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ehime as they are travelling to their away game against Albirex Niigata in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.

Ehime aren't scoring a lot here at Ningineer Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 16 games. Ehime have conceded 25 from these games.

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ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (27) in J2-League, are W5-D2-L9 on the road this term. That's in the J2-League. Three has not been a lucky number for ThespaKusatsu Gunma as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Renofa Yamaguchi match.

ThespaKusatsu are looking to quickly end their 257 minutes long goal drought in the J2-League.

ThespaKusatsu Gunma's previous game was their home loss versus Tokyo Verdy (0-3). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zweigen Kanazawa wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by ThespaKusatsu in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for ThespaKusatsu Gunma, zero draws and four defeats.

A new game in only four days for ThespaKusatsu, the J2-League home match versus Omiya Ardija. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, ThespaKusatsu have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Ehime 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Ehime wins - draws - ThespaKusatsu Gunma wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ThespaKusatsu GunmaT. Tanaka
T. Tanaka
7 goals
EhimeK. Arita
K. Arita
6 goals
ThespaKusatsu GunmaG. Omae
G. Omae
6 goals

Ehime missing players

ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ehime ThespaKusatsu Gunma
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 34
6 2 1 Won W 2 5 9
9 4 2 Drew D 1 2 3
18 10 3 Lost L 2 9 22
30 12 5 Scored S 4 14 27
50 25 8 Conceded C 6 23 57
85% 81% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
64% 56% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 62%
42% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 47%
21% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 29%
18% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
52% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 41%
24% 19% 17% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 18%
39% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 44%
 
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 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 0.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
230 122 61 Total Shots T S 40 155 319
90 48 22 Shots on Target S O 12 54 101
33% 25% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 27%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Ehime has the fewest points (10) at home in J2-League
  • Ehime has the fewest scored goals (12) at home in J2-League
  • Ehime have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (27) in J2-League
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in J2-League
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-30) in J2-League
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  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 34 21 8 5 55 25 17 8 6 3 25 10 17 13 2 2 30 15 30 71
2 Avispa Fukuoka 34 21 5 8 40 24 16 9 2 5 19 13 18 12 3 3 21 11 16 68
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 34 18 9 7 54 34 16 11 2 3 29 12 18 7 7 4 25 22 20 63
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 34 17 5 12 48 37 18 10 3 5 25 18 16 7 2 7 23 19 11 56
5 Ventforet Kofu 33 14 13 6 43 34 17 10 5 2 24 15 16 4 8 4 19 19 9 55
6 Albirex Niigata 34 13 14 7 48 38 18 6 7 5 24 23 16 7 7 2 24 15 10 53
7 Montedio Yamagata 34 13 9 12 47 36 18 8 3 7 27 20 16 5 6 5 20 16 11 48
8 Tokyo Verdy 34 12 12 10 43 36 16 5 6 5 19 15 18 7 6 5 24 21 7 48
9 Jubilo Iwata 34 11 14 9 44 38 18 8 6 4 30 19 16 3 8 5 14 19 6 47
10 Kyoto Sanga 34 13 8 13 40 39 16 10 2 4 27 17 18 3 6 9 13 22 1 47
11 Tochigi 34 12 10 12 28 27 16 5 6 5 14 11 18 7 4 7 14 16 1 46
12 Mito Hollyhock 34 12 9 13 58 53 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 7 4 6 32 26 5 45
13 Fagiano Okayama 34 11 11 12 32 38 19 8 5 6 22 20 15 3 6 6 10 18 -6 44
14 Zweigen Kanazawa 34 11 10 13 46 50 18 6 6 6 22 24 16 5 4 7 24 26 -4 43
15 JEF United 34 12 6 16 40 44 17 4 4 9 18 27 17 8 2 7 22 17 -4 42
16 Omiya Ardija 34 11 9 14 32 42 17 6 6 5 15 17 17 5 3 9 17 25 -10 42
17 Machida Zelvia 34 9 12 13 34 40 18 5 9 4 21 16 16 4 3 9 13 24 -6 39
18 Ryukyu 34 11 6 17 44 53 15 5 4 6 22 21 19 6 2 11 22 32 -9 39
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 9 12 13 35 48 16 4 6 6 17 24 18 5 6 7 18 24 -13 39
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 34 9 3 22 27 57 18 4 1 13 13 34 16 5 2 9 14 23 -30 30
21 Ehime 33 6 9 18 30 50 16 2 4 10 12 25 17 4 5 8 18 25 -20 27
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 34 7 6 21 35 60 16 5 2 9 18 26 18 2 4 12 17 34 -25 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 34 21 8 5 55 25 17 8 6 3 25 10 17 13 2 2 30 15 30 71
2 Avispa Fukuoka 34 21 5 8 40 24 16 9 2 5 19 13 18 12 3 3 21 11 16 68
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 34 18 9 7 54 34 16 11 2 3 29 12 18 7 7 4 25 22 20 63
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 34 17 5 12 48 37 18 10 3 5 25 18 16 7 2 7 23 19 11 56
5 Ventforet Kofu 33 14 13 6 43 34 17 10 5 2 24 15 16 4 8 4 19 19 9 55
6 Albirex Niigata 34 13 14 7 48 38 18 6 7 5 24 23 16 7 7 2 24 15 10 53
7 Montedio Yamagata 34 13 9 12 47 36 18 8 3 7 27 20 16 5 6 5 20 16 11 48
8 Tokyo Verdy 34 12 12 10 43 36 16 5 6 5 19 15 18 7 6 5 24 21 7 48
9 Jubilo Iwata 34 11 14 9 44 38 18 8 6 4 30 19 16 3 8 5 14 19 6 47
10 Kyoto Sanga 34 13 8 13 40 39 16 10 2 4 27 17 18 3 6 9 13 22 1 47
11 Tochigi 34 12 10 12 28 27 16 5 6 5 14 11 18 7 4 7 14 16 1 46
12 Mito Hollyhock 34 12 9 13 58 53 17 5 5 7 26 27 17 7 4 6 32 26 5 45
13 Fagiano Okayama 34 11 11 12 32 38 19 8 5 6 22 20 15 3 6 6 10 18 -6 44
14 Zweigen Kanazawa 34 11 10 13 46 50 18 6 6 6 22 24 16 5 4 7 24 26 -4 43
15 JEF United 34 12 6 16 40 44 17 4 4 9 18 27 17 8 2 7 22 17 -4 42
16 Omiya Ardija 34 11 9 14 32 42 17 6 6 5 15 17 17 5 3 9 17 25 -10 42
17 Machida Zelvia 34 9 12 13 34 40 18 5 9 4 21 16 16 4 3 9 13 24 -6 39
18 Ryukyu 34 11 6 17 44 53 15 5 4 6 22 21 19 6 2 11 22 32 -9 39
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 9 12 13 35 48 16 4 6 6 17 24 18 5 6 7 18 24 -13 39
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 34 9 3 22 27 57 18 4 1 13 13 34 16 5 2 9 14 23 -30 30
21 Ehime 33 6 9 18 30 50 16 2 4 10 12 25 17 4 5 8 18 25 -20 27
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 34 7 6 21 35 60 16 5 2 9 18 26 18 2 4 12 17 34 -25 27

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