An important duel in the bottom section of the J2-League, with both JEF United and Ehime experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 22nd place.
It's no vacation for neither JEF nor Ehime as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Ehime when visiting JEF United as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
JEF United form and stats
With {4 J2-League wins}, 3 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, JEF United are certainly not brimming with confidence.
In their previous game, the manager J. Yoon led his JEF to a defeat in the J2-League match away at Fagiano Okayama. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Fukuda Denshi Arena. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Avispa Fukuoka.
Heartbreak for JEF United in their last match as Fagiano Okayama's Lee Yong-Jae scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does JEF handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and two defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Montedio Yamagata are coming to town in four days.
JEF are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. JEF's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ehime form and stats
Playing away, Ehime have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the J2-League this season.
Ehime play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Machida Zelvia (placed 15th). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Tochigi.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager K. Kawai when M. Yoshida scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute.
We have checked recent matches where Ehime have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were four victories, two draws and two defeats.
Ehime has another fixture away, a J2-League game, against Jubilo Iwata in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ehime have scored 15 goals in 14 league games away. Ehime have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ehime - JEF United 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for JEF United, two draws and four wins for Ehime. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Yamashita 6 goals | K. Kawamata 5 goals |  K. Arita 5 goals |
JEF United missing players
Ehime missing players
| JEF United | Ehime | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 36 | 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 20 | 45 |
| 87% | 87% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 60% |
| 47% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 20% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 20% |
| 40% | 53% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 47% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 27% |
| 33% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 244 | 121 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 92 | 214 |
| 96 | 44 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 34 | 82 |
| 34% | 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 44% | 33% |
- JEF United has the fewest points from losing position (1) in J2-League
- JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 59 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 59 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 54 |
| 4 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 46 |
| 7 | Jubilo Iwata | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 44 |
| 8 | Kyoto Sanga | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 12 | Fagiano Okayama | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 40 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 39 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -2 | 39 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 36 |
| 16 | Omiya Ardija | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 36 |
| 17 | JEF United | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 35 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 33 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 32 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -25 | 29 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -22 | 26 |
| 22 | Ehime | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 45 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -18 | 25 |