J2-League: JEF United believed to overcome Giravanz Kitakyushu

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fukuda Denshi Arena (19470 seats)

The home advantage belongs to JEF United in this fixture versus Giravanz Kitakyushu, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our complete match guide!

Insights:
  • JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

This has all the signs of an action-packed match with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

It's quite the trip for Giravanz Kitakyushu when visiting JEF as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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JEF United form and stats

6 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what JEF United have to build on here at Fukuda Denshi Arena in the J2-League. JEF United has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Jubilo Iwata defeat 70 days ago.

JEF United drew their last game, 2-2 away at Ryūkyū (placed 8th).

In the match before that, JEF United hosted Mito Hollyhock and drew the game 2-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier JEF United matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and one defeat (from two games).

JEF United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 19 games. JEF United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fukuda Denshi Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 18 from 19 matches.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

There's been little loot from Giravanz Kitakyushu's travels as they have only collected 19 points from 19 away games in the J2-League. Giravanz Kitakyushu only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 7 draws.

Two travels in a row for Kitakyushu, whose manager S. Kobayashi could celebrate last time after the J2-League win against Renofa Yamaguchi.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Ventforet Kofu.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Kitakyushu when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing two and winning one game.

The attacking power of Kitakyushu when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored from 19 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Giravanz Kitakyushu have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other already this season, with the match result Giravanz Kitakyushu - JEF 0-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two JEF victories, one draw and seven Giravanz Kitakyushu wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

JEF UnitedT. Miki
T. Miki
11 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuD. Takahashi
D. Takahashi
10 goals
JEF UnitedT. Funayama
T. Funayama
8 goals

JEF United missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
JEF United Giravanz Kitakyushu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 7 Played P 6 19 39
15 6 4 Won W 1 4 7
14 8 2 Drew D 2 7 14
10 5 1 Lost L 3 8 18
43 20 7 Scored S 2 17 33
35 18 3 Conceded C 7 30 57
87% 79% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 84% 82%
56% 63% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 68% 67%
28% 32% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 42% 44%
18% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 26% 23%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 16% 10%
44% 47% 29% BTTS BTTS 17% 53% 51%
41% 37% 57% Clean Sheets C S 33% 32% 28%
28% 37% 43% Failed to Score F T 67% 32% 38%
 
4.9 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.2 4
4.3 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.7 5.8
1.4 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 0.8 0.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.2 9.1 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7.1 7.2
3.4 3.2 2.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.4 2.6 2.8
33% 35% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 31%
 
7 7.7 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 11.1 10.7
2.3 2.2 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 5 4.5
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • 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 Jubilo Iwata 39 26 8 5 71 39 19 13 3 3 36 22 20 13 5 2 35 17 32 86
2 Kyoto Sanga 39 24 9 6 59 31 20 13 5 2 37 19 19 11 4 4 22 12 28 81
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 39 22 8 9 65 40 20 11 6 3 37 20 19 11 2 6 28 20 25 74
4 Ventforet Kofu 39 21 10 8 59 35 20 13 5 2 37 17 19 8 5 6 22 18 24 73
5 Albirex Niigata 39 18 12 9 60 37 20 11 4 5 29 12 19 7 8 4 31 25 23 66
6 Machida Zelvia 39 18 11 10 57 35 20 7 6 7 28 22 19 11 5 3 29 13 22 65
7 Montedio Yamagata 39 19 8 12 52 41 19 9 3 7 26 22 20 10 5 5 26 19 11 65
8 Ryūkyū 39 17 9 13 53 44 20 10 5 5 27 15 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 60
9 JEF United 39 15 14 10 43 35 19 6 8 5 20 18 20 9 6 5 23 17 8 59
10 Fagiano Okayama 39 14 13 12 38 33 19 6 4 9 15 15 20 8 9 3 23 18 5 55
11 Mito Hollyhock 39 14 10 15 51 45 20 7 5 8 22 20 19 7 5 7 29 25 6 52
12 Tokyo Verdy 39 14 9 16 54 64 19 8 2 9 26 30 20 6 7 7 28 34 -10 51
13 Blaublitz Akita 39 11 14 14 39 45 19 3 11 5 13 20 20 8 3 9 26 25 -6 47
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 39 10 11 18 35 48 20 6 5 9 20 22 19 4 6 9 15 26 -13 41
15 Tochigi 39 8 15 16 33 48 19 3 7 9 17 24 20 5 8 7 16 24 -15 39
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 39 9 12 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 20 4 5 11 17 32 -19 39
17 Omiya Ardija 39 8 14 17 47 52 19 5 5 9 26 26 20 3 9 8 21 26 -5 38
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 39 9 10 20 37 58 20 5 5 10 18 30 19 4 5 10 19 28 -21 37
19 Giravanz Kitakyushu 39 7 14 18 33 57 20 3 7 10 16 27 19 4 7 8 17 30 -24 35
20 Sagamihara 39 7 13 19 30 49 20 4 7 9 19 28 19 3 6 10 11 21 -19 34
21 Ehime 39 7 13 19 35 62 19 1 8 10 17 36 20 6 5 9 18 26 -27 34
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 39 7 11 21 33 67 19 5 6 8 20 29 20 2 5 13 13 38 -34 32

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 39 26 8 5 71 39 19 13 3 3 36 22 20 13 5 2 35 17 32 86
2 Kyoto Sanga 39 24 9 6 59 31 20 13 5 2 37 19 19 11 4 4 22 12 28 81
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 39 22 8 9 65 40 20 11 6 3 37 20 19 11 2 6 28 20 25 74
4 Ventforet Kofu 39 21 10 8 59 35 20 13 5 2 37 17 19 8 5 6 22 18 24 73
5 Albirex Niigata 39 18 12 9 60 37 20 11 4 5 29 12 19 7 8 4 31 25 23 66
6 Machida Zelvia 39 18 11 10 57 35 20 7 6 7 28 22 19 11 5 3 29 13 22 65
7 Montedio Yamagata 39 19 8 12 52 41 19 9 3 7 26 22 20 10 5 5 26 19 11 65
8 Ryūkyū 39 17 9 13 53 44 20 10 5 5 27 15 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 60
9 JEF United 39 15 14 10 43 35 19 6 8 5 20 18 20 9 6 5 23 17 8 59
10 Fagiano Okayama 39 14 13 12 38 33 19 6 4 9 15 15 20 8 9 3 23 18 5 55
11 Mito Hollyhock 39 14 10 15 51 45 20 7 5 8 22 20 19 7 5 7 29 25 6 52
12 Tokyo Verdy 39 14 9 16 54 64 19 8 2 9 26 30 20 6 7 7 28 34 -10 51
13 Blaublitz Akita 39 11 14 14 39 45 19 3 11 5 13 20 20 8 3 9 26 25 -6 47
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 39 10 11 18 35 48 20 6 5 9 20 22 19 4 6 9 15 26 -13 41
15 Tochigi 39 8 15 16 33 48 19 3 7 9 17 24 20 5 8 7 16 24 -15 39
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 39 9 12 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 20 4 5 11 17 32 -19 39
17 Omiya Ardija 39 8 14 17 47 52 19 5 5 9 26 26 20 3 9 8 21 26 -5 38
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 39 9 10 20 37 58 20 5 5 10 18 30 19 4 5 10 19 28 -21 37
19 Giravanz Kitakyushu 39 7 14 18 33 57 20 3 7 10 16 27 19 4 7 8 17 30 -24 35
20 Sagamihara 39 7 13 19 30 49 20 4 7 9 19 28 19 3 6 10 11 21 -19 34
21 Ehime 39 7 13 19 35 62 19 1 8 10 17 36 20 6 5 9 18 26 -27 34
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 39 7 11 21 33 67 19 5 6 8 20 29 20 2 5 13 13 38 -34 32

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