Season ticket holders at Ningineer Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ehime languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Tochigi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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 Tochigi.
These teams have little in common geographically as Tochigi have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Ehime form and stats
Ehime's results here at Ningineer Stadium in the J2-League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. Ehime are slowly digging their own grave here at Ningineer Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Omiya Ardija match. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Ehime with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Renofa Yamaguchi game, 21 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Ehime's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus V-Varen Nagasaki (placed 3rd). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Montedio Yamagata.
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 (12 from 15 games). Ehime have conceded 24 from these games.
Tochigi form and stats
6-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tochigi in their J2-League matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Tochigi, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Tochigi go into this game after a win, the home game against Ryūkyū that ended 4-1. Before that, Tochigi travelled to Tokyo Verdy and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Tochigi as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Tochigi - Ehime 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Ehime wins - draws - Tochigi wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Ehime missing players
Tochigi missing players
| Ehime | Tochigi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 43 | 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 82% | 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 86% |
| 61% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 36% | 39% |
| 43% | 47% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 29% | 25% |
| 21% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 18% |
| 21% | 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 46% | 53% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 29% | 32% |
| 29% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 43% | 36% |
| 43% | 47% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 43% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 203 | 114 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 141 | 274 |
| 76 | 45 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 45 | 97 |
| 33% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 27% |
- Ehime has the fewest points (10) at home in J2-League
- Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tochigi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in J2-League
- Tochigi 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 | Avispa Fukuoka | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 56 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 23 | 55 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 50 |
| 4 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 47 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 41 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 40 |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 38 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 14 | Machida Zelvia | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 36 |
| 15 | Fagiano Okayama | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 36 |
| 16 | JEF United | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -1 | 35 |
| 17 | Omiya Ardija | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -22 | 29 |
| 19 | Ryūkyū | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -12 | 27 |
| 20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -16 | 26 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -18 | 26 |
| 22 | Ehime | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -18 | 22 |