It's advantage Giravanz Kitakyushu so far with their 2nd position in the J2-League table, welcoming JEF United who are placed 10th.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
These teams have little in common geographically as JEF United have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 J2-League games here at Kitakyushu Stadium for Giravanz Kitakyushu. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of eight straight victories regardless of arena. Kitakyushu has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Kitakyushu Stadium. We remember; it was Kyoto Sanga.
The Kitakyushu supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tokyo Verdy in J2-League and win 2-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Omiya Ardija and winning 4-1.
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 Giravanz Kitakyushu have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kitakyushu as they are travelling to their away game against Tochigi in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Giravanz Kitakyushu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively Kitakyushu have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
JEF United form and stats
As the visiting team in J2-League matches, JEF United, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in J2-League, have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for JEF United in their previous game, as they lost their J2-League-match, hosting Tokushima Vortis, 1-2. A 0-2 defeat away at V-Varen Nagasaki before that.
Late heartbreak for JEF United in the Tokushima Vortis match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
We have checked recent matches where JEF have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, two draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for JEF, the J2-League home match versus Avispa Fukuoka. Busy days.
JEF are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). JEF are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kitakyushu won seven games, zero matches ended with a draw and JEF United has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  K. Laube Pinheiro 17 goals |  T. Funayama 12 goals |  S. Machino 8 goals |
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
JEF United missing players
| Giravanz Kitakyushu | JEF United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 86% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 50% |
| 14% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 148 | 85 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 59 | 113 |
| 53 | 28 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 27 | 44 |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 37% | 39% |
- Giravanz Kitakyushu has the most scored goals (25)
- Giravanz Kitakyushu has the the best goal difference (+10) at home
- Giravanz Kitakyushu has the the best goal difference (+14)
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu is in the best form (6-0-0)
- JEF United has the most clean sheets (4) away
- JEF United has the the best goal difference (+5) 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Jubilo Iwata | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Omiya Ardija | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | JEF United | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 17 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 16 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 20 | Ehime | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -16 | 12 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 11 |