JEF United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Kyoto Sanga.
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.
JEF United form and stats
JEF United's struggle is real here at Fukuda Denshi Arena with only 10 points collected from 11 J2-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-7.
It's back home for JEF United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ryūkyū away with the result 1-0. K. Yamashita found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Renofa Yamaguchi (1-2).
There will be little rest for JEF after this match as they are travelling to ThespaKusatsu Gunma for a J2-League game in only four days.
JEF has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
There's been little loot from Kyoto Sanga's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the J2-League. Kyoto Sanga only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.
Kyoto failed to get anything from their last game, a J2-League home match vs Omiya Ardija (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 2-4. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Tochigi.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for Kyoto in their fight with Omiya Ardija last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-4 loss. As you can tell from the result, the match against Omiya Ardija was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The J2-League trip to Júbilo Iwata.
The attacking power of Kyoto Sanga when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Kyoto Sanga have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Kyoto Sanga - JEF 2-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (JEF United wins - draws - Kyoto Sanga wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 15 goals |   K. Kawamata 5 goals | K. Yamashita 4 goals |
JEF United missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| JEF United | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 77% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 68% |
| 55% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 8% | 27% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 14% |
| 45% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 41% |
| 36% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 23% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 58% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 180 | 87 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 119 | 243 |
| 71 | 29 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 35 | 87 |
| 39% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 32% |
- JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- JEF United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Tokushima Vortis | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 44 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Tochigi | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Albirex Niigata | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | JEF United | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 13 | Machida Zelvia | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Omiya Ardija | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 28 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 27 |
| 17 | Montedio Yamagata | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 23 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 20 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -21 | 19 |
| 22 | Ehime | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 18 |