Giravanz Kitakyushu and Tokyo Verdy are both riding high in the J2-League with their 2nd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
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.
Tokyo Verdy have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
Giravanz Kitakyushu, who have the most scored goals (23) in J2-League, have performed here at Kitakyushu Stadium this season with 5 wins from 7 J2-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Ever since the Kyoto Sanga game Kitakyushu has been unbeatable here at Kitakyushu Stadium producing four straight wins. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Kitakyushu has won seven games in a row. The Júbilo Iwata match was the last time out without a victory.
It's back home for Kitakyushu, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Omiya Ardija away with the result 4-1. T. Arakaki, T. Nagata and A. Disaro (2) found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Machida Zelvia in a game that was won 2-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Giravanz Kitakyushu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Giravanz Kitakyushu as a small favourite), we find five games. Kitakyushu has won two of these, drawn one and lost two.
Kitakyushu have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kitakyushu Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively Kitakyushu have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
Playing away, Tokyo Verdy have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the J2-League this season. Momentum is building for Tokyo in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
196 minutes! That's how long the Tokyo Verdy goalkeeper Matheus Caldeira Vidotto de Oliveira and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Tokyo Verdy had fun at their own home (Kitakyushu Stadium) last time out, beating Matsumoto Yamaga 3-0. S. Inoue, J. Koike and R. Yamashita scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Mito Hollyhock.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Tokyo in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Tokyo Verdy, one draw and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tokyo have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. Tokyo have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Giravanz Kitakyushu four wins, two draws and Tokyo Verdy four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Koike 16 goals |  S. Machino 8 goals | T. Ikemoto 7 goals |
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
Tokyo Verdy missing players
| Giravanz Kitakyushu | Tokyo Verdy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 92% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 85% |
| 85% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 71% | 69% |
| 54% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 38% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 31% |
| 23% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 0.6 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 141 | 78 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 56 | 99 |
| 51 | 26 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 23 | 37 |
| 45% | 46% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 35% |
- Giravanz Kitakyushu has the most scored goals (23)
- Giravanz Kitakyushu has the the best goal difference (+13)
- 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)
- Tokyo Verdy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tokyo Verdy 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Tokyo Verdy | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Omiya Ardija | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | JEF United | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Albirex Niigata | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Fagiano Okayama | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Montedio Yamagata | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 21 | Ehime | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 9 |