Struggling Ehime will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Ventforet Kofu in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
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 10 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 nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Omiya Ardija match.
No payout for Ehime in their previous match, an away game at Giravanz Kitakyushu that ended in defeat 1-3. Preceding that game was the away draw at Jubilo Iwata that finished 1-1.
Ehime have scored 12 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
Playing away, Ventforet Kofu have won 4 games, drawn 8 and suffered 4 defeats in the J2-League this season.
The supporters enjoyed Ventforet's previous game versus Mito Hollyhock (placed 14th), a J2-League 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Ventforet Kofu won their away game at Omiya Ardija. The scoreline was 2-1.
Ventforet find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ventforet Kofu have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ventforet Kofu - Ehime 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Ehime victory, four draws and five Ventforet Kofu wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() L. dos Santos Gonzaga 9 goals | ![]() K. Arita 6 goals | ![]() S. Ota 6 goals |
Ehime missing players
Ventforet Kofu missing players
| Ehime | Ventforet Kofu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 43 |
| 50 | 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 34 |
| 85% | 81% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 81% | 85% |
| 64% | 56% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 69% | 67% |
| 42% | 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 42% |
| 21% | 19% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 18% | 19% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 52% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 62% | 55% |
| 24% | 19% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | 36% |
| 39% | 50% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 24% |
| 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 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 230 | 122 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 134 | 298 |
| 90 | 48 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 54 | 129 |
| 33% | 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 35% | 33% |
- 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.
- Ventforet Kofu 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 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 29 | 68 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 65 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 63 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 33 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 55 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 33 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 53 |
| 6 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 53 |
| 7 | Montedio Yamagata | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 48 |
| 8 | Kyoto Sanga | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 47 |
| 9 | Jubilo Iwata | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 46 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 46 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 45 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | -3 | 43 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 43 |
| 14 | Mito Hollyhock | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 42 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -5 | 39 |
| 16 | JEF United | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 17 | -6 | 39 |
| 17 | Omiya Ardija | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -11 | 39 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 32 | -10 | 36 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 36 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 33 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -27 | 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 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 34 | -24 | 27 |