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 Tokyo Verdy will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Tokyo Verdy when visiting Ehime as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
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 7 defeats. The home fans are hungry for more even though Ehime have been steadily collecting points here at Ningineer Stadium through three straight draws.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 182 minutes without scoring a league goal. K. Arita was the last player to find the net.
Ehime are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Tokushima Vortis. In the match before that, Ehime hosted Renofa Yamaguchi and drew the game 0-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ehime as they are travelling to their away game against Montedio Yamagata in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
Ehime have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 16 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Visiting Tokyo has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Tokyo Verdy's previous game was their home loss versus Fagiano Okayama (0-1). Before that, Tokyo Verdy secured a home win against Omiya Ardija with the score 3-1.
After this away game Tokyo return home for a J2-League game against Tochigi. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Tokyo Verdy have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Tokyo have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Ehime and Tokyo Verdy have met before this season: Tokyo Verdy - Ehime 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Ehime won three, Tokyo Verdy won two and five draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Koike 6 goals |  K. Arita 4 goals | Y. Sato 4 goals |
Ehime missing players
Tokyo Verdy missing players
| Ehime | Tokyo Verdy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 80% | 77% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | 84% |
| 56% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 60% |
| 36% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 46% | 40% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 40% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 44% |
| 32% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| 48% | 54% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 36% |
| 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 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 185 | 102 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 95 | 200 |
| 68 | 40 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 42 | 78 |
| 32% | 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 32% |
- Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tokyo Verdy 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 | Tokushima Vortis | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 15 | Fagiano Okayama | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 31 |
| 16 | Machida Zelvia | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 31 |
| 17 | JEF United | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 30 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 24 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -14 | 23 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -23 | 23 |
| 22 | Ehime | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 22 |