With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Júbilo Iwata fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against ThespaKusatsu Gunma.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Júbilo and ThespaKusatsu Gunma.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
Júbilo Iwata have played 14 J2-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Júbilo are confident in defense, having played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The home team returns to Yamaha Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Tokyo Verdy (placed 8th) on their last time out; the J2-League game ended 0-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Zweigen Kanazawa and winning 1-0.
A decent goal production from Júbilo in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 14 league matches. Júbilo have conceded 15 in these home matches.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in J2-League, are W5-D1-L7 on the road this term. That's in the J2-League.
ThespaKusatsu are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the J2-League against Ventforet Kofu (placed 6th). A loss against Avispa Fukuoka was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The attacking power of ThespaKusatsu Gunma when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by ThespaKusatsu in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Júbilo Iwata 2-2 played earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Júbilo victories, two draws and one ThespaKusatsu Gunma win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Araújo de Almeida 9 goals | K. Ogawa 7 goals |  T. Tanaka 6 goals |
Júbilo Iwata missing players
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
| Júbilo Iwata | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 35 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 44 |
| 82% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 68% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 57% |
| 46% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 43% |
| 25% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 31% | 29% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 11% |
| 46% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 36% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 21% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 46% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 307 | 165 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 121 | 252 |
| 115 | 69 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 41 | 78 |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 29% | 28% |
- Júbilo Iwata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (22) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-22) 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 | Avispa Fukuoka | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 56 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 23 | 55 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 50 |
| 4 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 47 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 41 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 40 |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 38 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 38 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 14 | Machida Zelvia | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 36 |
| 15 | Fagiano Okayama | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 36 |
| 16 | JEF United | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -1 | 35 |
| 17 | Omiya Ardija | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 35 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -22 | 29 |
| 19 | Ryukyu | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -12 | 27 |
| 20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -16 | 26 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -18 | 26 |
| 22 | Ehime | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -18 | 22 |