Ehime vs Tochigi: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ningineer Stadium (30000 seats)

Ehime are welcoming Tochigi for another important game after their 1-2 result against 1st-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Ehime form and stats

The story so far in the J2-League for Ehime at their home stadium (Ningineer Stadium) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats. It's trouble wherever Ehime are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Ehime lost their last game at Kashiwa Reysol (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Renofa Yamaguchi.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ehime have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won 0 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The Ehime fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 17 matches. On the other hand, Ehime have conceded 18 goals.

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Tochigi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tochigi, who have the fewest scored goals (25) in J2-League, so far with only {12 J2-League points} returning home. The records show 2-6-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.

Tochigi are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the J2-League against Kagoshima United (placed 20th). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Avispa Fukuoka.

We have checked recent matches where Tochigi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were W2-D2-L8.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Tochigi have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Tochigi - Ehime 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 3 - 2 (Ehime wins - draws - Tochigi wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Fujimoto
9 goals
T. Kondo
6 goals
M. Oguro
6 goals

Ehime missing players

Tochigi missing players

Ehime Tochigi
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 5 16 33
10 6 1 Won W 0 2 5
5 3 1 Drew D 2 6 13
18 8 2 Lost L 3 8 15
38 18 3 Scored S 3 13 25
46 18 5 Conceded C 9 26 44
91% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 81% 76%
70% 65% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 64%
48% 35% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 45%
21% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 18%
18% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
48% 35% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 45%
18% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 30%
42% 47% 50% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 48%
 
4.7 4.8 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.6 3.5 4.2
4.1 3.9 3.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 7.5 6.6
0.9 0.6 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.8 0.9 1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • Tochigi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Tochigi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Ehime
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-08-19 J2 Ehime 5 - 1 Omiya Ardija
31-08-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 3 - 0 Ehime
08-09-19 J2 Ehime 0 - 1 Tokushima Vortis
14-09-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 2 - 1 Ehime
22-09-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 2 - 1 Ehime
28-09-19 J2 Ehime 10:00 Tochigi
06-10-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 05:00 Ehime
13-10-19 J2 Ehime 06:00 Albirex Niigata
20-10-19 J2 Gifu 05:00 Ehime
27-10-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 04:00 Ehime
Tochigi
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 0 Tochigi
01-09-19 J2 Tochigi 0 - 3 Mito Hollyhock
07-09-19 J2 Gifu 0 - 0 Tochigi
14-09-19 J2 Tochigi 0 - 1 Avispa Fukuoka
22-09-19 J2 Tochigi 3 - 1 Kagoshima United
28-09-19 J2 Ehime 10:00 Tochigi
06-10-19 J2 Tochigi 05:00 Tokushima Vortis
13-10-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 07:00 Tochigi
20-10-19 J2 Tochigi 05:00 Ryukyu
27-10-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 10:00 Tochigi

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashiwa Reysol 33 19 9 5 53 26 16 10 4 2 29 12 17 9 5 3 24 14 27 66
2 Montedio Yamagata 33 16 10 7 44 27 16 9 3 4 18 9 17 7 7 3 26 18 17 58
3 Yokohama 33 16 9 8 53 33 16 8 4 4 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 14 20 57
4 Mito Hollyhock 33 15 12 6 43 24 16 8 6 2 25 12 17 7 6 4 18 12 19 57
5 Omiya Ardija 33 15 12 6 44 30 16 10 5 1 30 14 17 5 7 5 14 16 14 57
6 Kyoto Sanga 33 15 10 8 47 36 17 9 6 2 27 15 16 6 4 6 20 21 11 55
7 Fagiano Okayama 33 15 8 10 42 40 17 9 4 4 22 19 16 6 4 6 20 21 2 53
8 Ventforet Kofu 33 14 9 10 49 33 17 7 4 6 20 16 16 7 5 4 29 17 16 51
9 Tokushima Vortis 33 14 9 10 45 38 16 8 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 18 21 7 51
10 Zweigen Kanazawa 33 12 14 7 44 32 17 6 9 2 22 14 16 6 5 5 22 18 12 50
11 V-Varen Nagasaki 33 15 5 13 47 42 17 8 2 7 21 23 16 7 3 6 26 19 5 50
12 Tokyo Verdy 33 11 12 10 44 45 17 7 7 3 28 22 16 4 5 7 16 23 -1 45
13 Albirex Niigata 33 11 10 12 51 45 16 7 2 7 24 20 17 4 8 5 27 25 6 43
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 33 10 6 17 44 58 16 5 3 8 23 27 17 5 3 9 21 31 -14 36
15 Ryūkyū 33 9 9 15 47 65 18 8 5 5 30 28 15 1 4 10 17 37 -18 36
16 Ehime 33 10 5 18 38 46 17 6 3 8 18 18 16 4 2 10 20 28 -8 35
17 JEF United 33 8 11 14 39 51 16 5 4 7 23 29 17 3 7 7 16 22 -12 35
18 Avispa Fukuoka 33 9 8 16 33 46 16 2 5 9 12 23 17 7 3 7 21 23 -13 35
19 Machida Zelvia 33 7 12 14 30 49 16 2 8 6 16 26 17 5 4 8 14 23 -19 33
20 Kagoshima United 32 9 3 20 37 60 16 7 0 9 21 26 16 2 3 11 16 34 -23 30
21 Tochigi 33 5 13 15 25 44 17 3 7 7 12 18 16 2 6 8 13 26 -19 28
22 Gifu 32 6 6 20 27 56 16 3 5 8 14 26 16 3 1 12 13 30 -29 24

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