Balanced ball game between JEF United and Omiya Ardija expected

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fukuda Denshi Arena (19470 seats)

A total of 33 league rounds have been played and JEF United are 13 points ahead of Omiya Ardija. What will happen?

Insights:
  • JEF United have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in J2-League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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JEF United form and stats

JEF United have played 16 J2-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The JEF goalkeeper Shota Arai is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the J2-League.

JEF enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Machida Zelvia's place. The match ended 1-0 with T. Miki scoring.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Matsumoto Yamaga.

This is expected to be a close game, with JEF United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with JEF United as a small favourite), we find ten games. JEF has won four of these, drawn two and lost four.

JEF has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. JEF United have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Omiya Ardija form and stats

There's been little loot from Omiya Ardija's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 17 away games in the J2-League. Omiya Ardija only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 8 draws.

There were no winners in Ardija's previous match, a J2-League home game that ended 2-2 vs Zweigen Kanazawa (placed 18th). Omiya Ardija's last match (vs Zweigen Kanazawa) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 85th minute equalizer by S. Nakano. The draw against Zweigen Kanazawa came from a losing position. The Ardija manager M. Shimoda brought on S. Nakano as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Prior to that result Ardija won their away game at Tochigi. The scoreline was 3-1.

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

Ardija have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. Ardija have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived scoreline involving both these teams is the Omiya Ardija - JEF 0-2 played previously this season. JEF-Omiya Ardija H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: JEF United four wins, Omiya Ardija four wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

JEF UnitedT. Miki
T. Miki
9 goals
JEFT. Funayama
T. Funayama
7 goals
Omiya ArdijaA. Kurokawa
A. Kurokawa
5 goals

JEF United missing players

Omiya Ardija missing players

JEF United Omiya Ardija
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 6 17 33
12 5 3 Won W 2 3 7
11 6 1 Drew D 3 8 13
10 5 1 Lost L 1 6 13
31 16 5 Scored S 6 18 39
29 15 2 Conceded C 4 21 42
88% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 88%
55% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 67%
21% 25% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 41% 45%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 29% 33%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
39% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 59% 55%
42% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 24%
30% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 33%
 
4.9 5.6 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.9 4.9
4 3.7 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.4 5
1.5 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 0.8 0.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.8 8.8 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.6 8.8 9
3.2 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.3 3.5
31% 34% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 32% 34%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • JEF United have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in J2-League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Júbilo Iwata 33 22 6 5 61 34 17 12 2 3 33 20 16 10 4 2 28 14 27 72
2 Kyoto Sanga 33 21 7 5 52 27 17 11 4 2 32 17 16 10 3 3 20 10 25 70
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 8 5 3 27 17 17 10 2 5 24 18 16 61
4 Albirex Niigata 33 17 9 7 54 31 17 10 4 3 26 9 16 7 5 4 28 22 23 60
5 Ventforet Kofu 33 17 9 7 50 29 17 11 5 1 31 12 16 6 4 6 19 17 21 60
6 Machida Zelvia 33 16 7 10 51 32 17 6 4 7 24 19 16 10 3 3 27 13 19 55
7 Montedio Yamagata 33 16 7 10 45 35 16 8 2 6 22 18 17 8 5 4 23 17 10 55
8 Ryūkyū 33 15 7 11 47 37 16 9 3 4 23 11 17 6 4 7 24 26 10 52
9 Mito Hollyhock 33 14 6 13 44 35 17 7 3 7 20 16 16 7 3 6 24 19 9 48
10 JEF United 33 12 11 10 31 29 16 5 6 5 16 15 17 7 5 5 15 14 2 47
11 Tokyo Verdy 33 12 7 14 45 53 16 8 1 7 25 22 17 4 6 7 20 31 -8 43
12 Fagiano Okayama 33 10 11 12 27 28 16 4 3 9 10 14 17 6 8 3 17 14 -1 41
13 Blaublitz Akita 33 9 12 12 33 37 16 3 9 4 11 16 17 6 3 8 22 21 -4 39
14 Tochigi 33 8 12 13 30 40 16 3 6 7 15 20 17 5 6 6 15 20 -10 36
15 Omiya Ardija 33 7 13 13 39 42 16 4 5 7 21 21 17 3 8 6 18 21 -3 34
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 33 8 9 16 29 45 16 4 5 7 14 19 17 4 4 9 15 26 -16 33
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 33 8 8 17 28 43 17 5 4 8 16 19 16 3 4 9 12 24 -15 32
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 33 8 8 17 31 47 17 4 5 8 15 23 16 4 3 9 16 24 -16 32
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 33 7 10 16 27 54 17 5 5 7 18 26 16 2 5 9 9 28 -27 31
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 33 6 12 15 28 49 17 3 6 8 13 22 16 3 6 7 15 27 -21 30
21 Sagamihara 33 6 11 16 24 41 16 4 6 6 16 22 17 2 5 10 8 19 -17 29
22 Ehime 33 6 11 16 31 55 17 1 7 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 14 20 -24 29