Júbilo Iwata have performed better than Tochigi so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
Júbilo Iwata and Tochigi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
Overall J2-League stats at home this season for Júbilo Iwata are 5-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). Júbilo have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Júbilo Iwata are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 203 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by S. Nakano). The Júbilo goalkeeper Daichi Sugimoto is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 242 minutes without conceding a goal in the J2-League.
Júbilo drew their last game, 0-0 away at V-Varen Nagasaki (placed 2nd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Mito Hollyhock.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Júbilo handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and two defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Júbilo as they have a new game in only four days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Ventforet Kofu are visiting.
The Júbilo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Júbilo have conceded only 9 goals.
Tochigi form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Tochigi, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in J2-League, playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Tochigi, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Tochigi's last game was the home draw against Matsumoto Yamaga (1-1). A 0-1 loss hosting Tokushima Vortis before that.
Tochigi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and eleven defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tochigi manager K. Tasaka as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kyoto Sanga.
The attacking power of Tochigi when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Tochigi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - zero - one (Júbilo Iwata wins - draws - Tochigi wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Araújo de Almeida 7 goals | K. Ogawa 6 goals | S. Nakano 5 goals |
Júbilo Iwata missing players
Tochigi missing players
| Júbilo Iwata | Tochigi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 84% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 79% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 32% | 20% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 5% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 32% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 32% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 199 | 118 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 95 | 184 |
| 72 | 42 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 28 | 61 |
| 40% | 43% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 25% |
- Júbilo Iwata have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tochigi have scored away.
- Tochigi has the fewest conceded goals (15) in J2-League
- Tochigi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in J2-League
- Tochigi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tochigi haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 38 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 26 |
| 13 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | JEF United | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 16 | Montedio Yamagata | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 19 | Ryukyu | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Ehime | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -19 | 16 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 13 |