Giravanz Kitakyushu - Sagamihara: Small difference between teams in J2-League clash

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mikuni World Stadium

Giravanz Kitakyushu are keen to improve their points total at their own arena in the upcoming match vs Sagamihara.

Insights:
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in J2-League
  • Sagamihara have the fewest scored goals (25) in J2-League

Giravanz Kitakyushu and Sagamihara should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

These teams have little in common geographically as Sagamihara have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

Giravanz Kitakyushu's struggle is real here at Mikuni World Stadium with only 16 points collected from 18 J2-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-7-8. Giravanz Kitakyushu have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

In their previous game, the manager S. Kobayashi led his Giravanz Kitakyushu to a defeat in the J2-League match away at Omiya Ardija. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mikuni World Stadium.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Tokyo Verdy.

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

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

Kitakyushu have scored 15 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Kitakyushu have conceded 24 goals.

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Sagamihara form and stats

Sagamihara have only collected 11 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 2-5-10 (17 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sagamihara have lost on their last two travels.

Sagamihara's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Zweigen Kanazawa that finished 1-1.

A 0-1 loss hosting Montedio Yamagata before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sagamihara playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Sagamihara wins, four draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Sagamihara are hosting Blaublitz Akita in the J2-League only four days away.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sagamihara's away games in the league this season with only 8 goals from 17 matches. Sagamihara have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent registered result featuring both these sides is the Sagamihara - Giravanz Kitakyushu 0-0 played not long ago this season. Statistics for the last eight meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for Kitakyushu, one draw and four wins for Sagamihara. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Giravanz KitakyushuD. Takahashi
D. Takahashi
8 goals
SagamiharaJ. Fujimoto
J. Fujimoto
7 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuT. Tomiyama
T. Tomiyama
6 goals

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Sagamihara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Giravanz Kitakyushu Sagamihara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 6 Played P 4 17 35
6 3 2 Won W 0 2 6
13 7 2 Drew D 0 5 12
16 8 2 Lost L 4 10 17
31 15 7 Scored S 2 8 25
54 24 7 Conceded C 6 19 43
83% 78% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 83%
71% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 57%
46% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 24% 29%
26% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
54% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 35% 40%
26% 28% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 29%
37% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 49%
 
4.1 3.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.4 3.2
5.7 4.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 6.4
0.7 0.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.1 0.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.4 7.6 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 6.8 6.9
2.8 3.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.6 2.6
31% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 18% 27%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in J2-League
  • Sagamihara have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Sagamihara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sagamihara have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in J2-League
  • Sagamihara have the fewest scored goals (25) in J2-League
  • Sagamihara have the fewest scored goals (8) away in J2-League
  • Sagamihara have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in J2-League
  • Sagamihara have the most matches under the total-line (22) in J2-League
  • Sagamihara have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Jubilo Iwata 35 22 8 5 64 37 18 12 3 3 35 22 17 10 5 2 29 15 27 74
2 Kyoto Sanga 35 21 9 5 54 29 18 11 5 2 33 18 17 10 4 3 21 11 25 72
3 Ventforet Kofu 35 19 9 7 54 31 18 12 5 1 33 13 17 7 4 6 21 18 23 66
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 35 18 8 9 53 38 17 8 6 3 28 18 18 10 2 6 25 20 15 62
5 Albirex Niigata 35 17 10 8 56 34 18 10 4 4 27 11 17 7 6 4 29 23 22 61
6 Montedio Yamagata 35 18 7 10 47 35 17 9 2 6 23 18 18 9 5 4 24 17 12 61
7 Machida Zelvia 35 17 8 10 53 32 18 6 5 7 24 19 17 11 3 3 29 13 21 59
8 Ryūkyū 35 16 7 12 49 39 17 9 3 5 23 12 18 7 4 7 26 27 10 55
9 JEF United 35 14 11 10 38 31 17 6 6 5 18 16 18 8 5 5 20 15 7 53
10 Mito Hollyhock 35 14 8 13 47 38 18 7 4 7 21 17 17 7 4 6 26 21 9 50
11 Fagiano Okayama 35 11 12 12 31 29 17 5 3 9 13 14 18 6 9 3 18 15 2 45
12 Tokyo Verdy 35 12 8 15 48 60 17 8 1 8 26 27 18 4 7 7 22 33 -12 44
13 Blaublitz Akita 35 10 12 13 35 40 17 3 9 5 11 18 18 7 3 8 24 22 -5 42
14 Tochigi 35 8 14 13 31 41 17 3 7 7 16 21 18 5 7 6 15 20 -10 38
15 Omiya Ardija 35 8 13 14 43 45 17 5 5 7 24 22 18 3 8 7 19 23 -2 37
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 35 8 10 17 31 46 18 5 5 8 18 21 17 3 5 9 13 25 -15 34
17 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 35 8 10 17 30 47 17 4 6 7 15 20 18 4 4 10 15 27 -17 34
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 35 8 9 18 33 50 18 4 5 9 16 25 17 4 4 9 17 25 -17 33
19 Ehime 35 7 12 16 34 57 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 5 7 17 22 -23 33
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 35 6 13 16 31 54 18 3 7 8 15 24 17 3 6 8 16 30 -23 31
21 Matsumoto Yamaga 35 7 10 18 28 59 18 5 5 8 19 28 17 2 5 10 9 31 -31 31
22 Sagamihara 35 6 12 17 25 43 18 4 7 7 17 24 17 2 5 10 8 19 -18 30

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 Jubilo Iwata 35 22 8 5 64 37 18 12 3 3 35 22 17 10 5 2 29 15 27 74
2 Kyoto Sanga 35 21 9 5 54 29 18 11 5 2 33 18 17 10 4 3 21 11 25 72
3 Ventforet Kofu 35 19 9 7 54 31 18 12 5 1 33 13 17 7 4 6 21 18 23 66
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 35 18 8 9 53 38 17 8 6 3 28 18 18 10 2 6 25 20 15 62
5 Albirex Niigata 35 17 10 8 56 34 18 10 4 4 27 11 17 7 6 4 29 23 22 61
6 Montedio Yamagata 35 18 7 10 47 35 17 9 2 6 23 18 18 9 5 4 24 17 12 61
7 Machida Zelvia 35 17 8 10 53 32 18 6 5 7 24 19 17 11 3 3 29 13 21 59
8 Ryūkyū 35 16 7 12 49 39 17 9 3 5 23 12 18 7 4 7 26 27 10 55
9 JEF United 35 14 11 10 38 31 17 6 6 5 18 16 18 8 5 5 20 15 7 53
10 Mito Hollyhock 35 14 8 13 47 38 18 7 4 7 21 17 17 7 4 6 26 21 9 50
11 Fagiano Okayama 35 11 12 12 31 29 17 5 3 9 13 14 18 6 9 3 18 15 2 45
12 Tokyo Verdy 35 12 8 15 48 60 17 8 1 8 26 27 18 4 7 7 22 33 -12 44
13 Blaublitz Akita 35 10 12 13 35 40 17 3 9 5 11 18 18 7 3 8 24 22 -5 42
14 Tochigi 35 8 14 13 31 41 17 3 7 7 16 21 18 5 7 6 15 20 -10 38
15 Omiya Ardija 35 8 13 14 43 45 17 5 5 7 24 22 18 3 8 7 19 23 -2 37
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 35 8 10 17 31 46 18 5 5 8 18 21 17 3 5 9 13 25 -15 34
17 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 35 8 10 17 30 47 17 4 6 7 15 20 18 4 4 10 15 27 -17 34
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 35 8 9 18 33 50 18 4 5 9 16 25 17 4 4 9 17 25 -17 33
19 Ehime 35 7 12 16 34 57 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 5 7 17 22 -23 33
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 35 6 13 16 31 54 18 3 7 8 15 24 17 3 6 8 16 30 -23 31
21 Matsumoto Yamaga 35 7 10 18 28 59 18 5 5 8 19 28 17 2 5 10 9 31 -31 31
22 Sagamihara 35 6 12 17 25 43 18 4 7 7 17 24 17 2 5 10 8 19 -18 30

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