Giravanz Kitakyushu vs Fagiano Okayama: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sat 28.November
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kitakyushu Stadium (10202 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Giravanz Kitakyushu fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Fagiano Okayama's 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in J2-League
  • Fagiano Okayama has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in J2-League

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.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

10-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Giravanz Kitakyushu so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kitakyushu Stadium.

Kitakyushu shared the glory with Mito Hollyhock in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Ryukyu the opponent.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Mito Hollyhock as R. Sato's goal in the 82nd minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. The hometeam coach S. Kobayashi made a successful contribution in the game against Mito Hollyhock, bringing on R. Sato who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

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 Giravanz Kitakyushu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost five.

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

Kitakyushu has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Kitakyushu have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Fagiano Okayama form and stats

There's been little loot from Fagiano Okayama's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the J2-League. Fagiano Okayama, who have the fewest scored goals (10) away in J2-League, only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Fagiano are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Fagiano Okayama failed to get anything from their last game, a J2-League home match vs Tochigi (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Prior to that match, the Fagiano manager K. Arima faced defeat when travelling to Matsumoto Yamaga and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Fagiano in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Fagiano Okayama, two draws and seven defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avispa Fukuoka in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fagiano Okayama as they have only managed to score 10 times from 16 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. Fagiano have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fagiano Okayama - Kitakyushu 0-2 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Kitakyushu won five, Fagiano Okayama won three and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KitakyushuA. Disaro
A. Disaro
15 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuD. Takahashi
D. Takahashi
8 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuS. Machino
S. Machino
7 goals

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Fagiano Okayama missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Giravanz Kitakyushu Fagiano Okayama
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 7 Played P 4 16 36
17 10 5 Won W 0 3 11
7 3 1 Drew D 2 6 11
12 5 1 Lost L 2 7 14
51 25 13 Scored S 1 10 34
40 18 4 Conceded C 7 19 42
94% 89% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 89%
75% 72% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 58%
50% 56% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 36%
22% 17% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 6% 17%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 11%
50% 44% 43% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 50%
25% 33% 43% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 28%
31% 33% 29% Failed to Score F T 75% 44% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.6 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 0.9 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.6 10.4 10.9 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.2 9.2
4.1 3.5 3.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3 3.4
34% 40% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 21% 28%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Fagiano Okayama has the fewest scored goals (10) away in J2-League
  • Fagiano Okayama has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in J2-League
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in J2-League
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fagiano Okayama have scored away.

  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 36 22 8 6 58 27 18 9 6 3 28 10 18 13 2 3 30 17 31 74
2 Avispa Fukuoka 36 21 7 8 42 26 17 9 3 5 20 14 19 12 4 3 22 12 16 70
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 36 19 10 7 56 35 17 11 3 3 30 13 19 8 7 4 26 22 21 67
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 36 17 7 12 51 40 18 10 3 5 25 18 18 7 4 7 26 22 11 58
5 Ventforet Kofu 35 14 15 6 45 36 18 10 6 2 25 16 17 4 9 4 20 20 9 57
6 Albirex Niigata 36 14 14 8 50 42 19 6 7 6 24 26 17 8 7 2 26 16 8 56
7 Montedio Yamagata 36 14 10 12 52 37 19 9 3 7 31 20 17 5 7 5 21 17 15 52
8 Tokyo Verdy 36 13 13 10 46 38 18 6 7 5 22 17 18 7 6 5 24 21 8 52
9 Jubilo Iwata 36 12 15 9 48 39 19 9 6 4 33 19 17 3 9 5 15 20 9 51
10 Kyoto Sanga 36 14 9 13 43 40 18 11 3 4 30 18 18 3 6 9 13 22 3 51
11 Mito Hollyhock 36 13 10 13 63 56 18 5 6 7 28 29 18 8 4 6 35 27 7 49
12 Tochigi 36 13 10 13 32 32 17 5 6 6 15 14 19 8 4 7 17 18 0 49
13 Omiya Ardija 36 12 10 14 34 43 18 6 7 5 15 17 18 6 3 9 19 26 -9 46
14 JEF United 36 13 6 17 42 46 18 4 4 10 18 28 18 9 2 7 24 18 -4 45
15 Fagiano Okayama 36 11 11 14 34 42 20 8 5 7 24 23 16 3 6 7 10 19 -8 44
16 Zweigen Kanazawa 36 11 10 15 47 56 19 6 6 7 23 26 17 5 4 8 24 30 -9 43
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 36 10 13 13 37 49 17 5 6 6 18 24 19 5 7 7 19 25 -12 43
18 Machida Zelvia 36 9 13 14 34 43 18 5 9 4 21 16 18 4 4 10 13 27 -9 40
19 Ryukyu 36 11 7 18 45 57 16 5 5 6 23 22 20 6 2 12 22 35 -12 40
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 36 10 3 23 29 59 19 4 1 14 14 36 17 6 2 9 15 23 -30 33
21 Ehime 35 7 9 19 33 51 17 2 4 11 12 26 18 5 5 8 21 25 -18 30
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 36 7 6 23 37 64 17 5 2 10 19 28 19 2 4 13 18 36 -27 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 36 22 8 6 58 27 18 9 6 3 28 10 18 13 2 3 30 17 31 74
2 Avispa Fukuoka 36 21 7 8 42 26 17 9 3 5 20 14 19 12 4 3 22 12 16 70
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 36 19 10 7 56 35 17 11 3 3 30 13 19 8 7 4 26 22 21 67
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 36 17 7 12 51 40 18 10 3 5 25 18 18 7 4 7 26 22 11 58
5 Ventforet Kofu 35 14 15 6 45 36 18 10 6 2 25 16 17 4 9 4 20 20 9 57
6 Albirex Niigata 36 14 14 8 50 42 19 6 7 6 24 26 17 8 7 2 26 16 8 56
7 Montedio Yamagata 36 14 10 12 52 37 19 9 3 7 31 20 17 5 7 5 21 17 15 52
8 Tokyo Verdy 36 13 13 10 46 38 18 6 7 5 22 17 18 7 6 5 24 21 8 52
9 Jubilo Iwata 36 12 15 9 48 39 19 9 6 4 33 19 17 3 9 5 15 20 9 51
10 Kyoto Sanga 36 14 9 13 43 40 18 11 3 4 30 18 18 3 6 9 13 22 3 51
11 Mito Hollyhock 36 13 10 13 63 56 18 5 6 7 28 29 18 8 4 6 35 27 7 49
12 Tochigi 36 13 10 13 32 32 17 5 6 6 15 14 19 8 4 7 17 18 0 49
13 Omiya Ardija 36 12 10 14 34 43 18 6 7 5 15 17 18 6 3 9 19 26 -9 46
14 JEF United 36 13 6 17 42 46 18 4 4 10 18 28 18 9 2 7 24 18 -4 45
15 Fagiano Okayama 36 11 11 14 34 42 20 8 5 7 24 23 16 3 6 7 10 19 -8 44
16 Zweigen Kanazawa 36 11 10 15 47 56 19 6 6 7 23 26 17 5 4 8 24 30 -9 43
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 36 10 13 13 37 49 17 5 6 6 18 24 19 5 7 7 19 25 -12 43
18 Machida Zelvia 36 9 13 14 34 43 18 5 9 4 21 16 18 4 4 10 13 27 -9 40
19 Ryukyu 36 11 7 18 45 57 16 5 5 6 23 22 20 6 2 12 22 35 -12 40
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 36 10 3 23 29 59 19 4 1 14 14 36 17 6 2 9 15 23 -30 33
21 Ehime 35 7 9 19 33 51 17 2 4 11 12 26 18 5 5 8 21 25 -18 30
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 36 7 6 23 37 64 17 5 2 10 19 28 19 2 4 13 18 36 -27 27

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