Another action-packed fixture in J2-League as Júbilo Iwata welcome V-Varen Nagasaki

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Wed 14.October
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yamaha Stadium (15165 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Júbilo Iwata have their presumed home advantage while V-Varen Nagasaki are ahead 15 points in the J2-League table.

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Júbilo Iwata form and stats

Júbilo Iwata have played 13 J2-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Júbilo shared the glory with Matsumoto Yamaga in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Kyoto Sanga that was lost 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Júbilo Iwata have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won three, drawn seven and lost five.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Júbilo as they are travelling to their away game against Zweigen Kanazawa in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Júbilo Iwata in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. Júbilo Iwata have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Nagasaki won their last game, 4-3 versus Renofa Yamaguchi played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tochigi at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Renofa Yamaguchi was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by V-Varen Nagasaki in our archives, and the results are: three wins for V-Varen Nagasaki, four draws and four defeats.

The schedule is very tough for V-Varen Nagasaki now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J2-League game at Giravanz Kitakyushu is waiting in only three days.

Nagasaki are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 18 goals have been conceded by Nagasaki in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: V-Varen Nagasaki - Júbilo Iwata 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Júbilo Iwata three wins, three draws and V-Varen Nagasaki one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JúbiloL. Araújo de Almeida
L. Araújo de Almeida
9 goals
Júbilo IwataK. Ogawa
K. Ogawa
7 goals
Júbilo IwataS. Nakano
S. Nakano
5 goals

Júbilo Iwata missing players

V-Varen Nagasaki missing players

Júbilo Iwata V-Varen Nagasaki
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 4 13 25
7 5 1 Won W 2 5 13
10 4 1 Drew D 1 5 7
8 4 2 Lost L 1 3 5
33 22 4 Scored S 5 18 35
30 15 5 Conceded C 4 18 27
84% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
76% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 85% 68%
52% 54% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 44%
28% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 28%
8% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
52% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 77% 56%
28% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 32%
36% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.1 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
272 155 51 Total Shots T S 47 124 250
99 63 18 Shots on Target S O 17 46 87
33% 35% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 38%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Júbilo Iwata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Júbilo Iwata is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • V-Varen Nagasaki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • V-Varen Nagasaki 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 Tokushima Vortis 25 15 6 4 40 19 13 6 5 2 20 8 12 9 1 2 20 11 21 51
2 Avispa Fukuoka 25 15 4 6 30 19 13 7 2 4 15 11 12 8 2 2 15 8 11 49
3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 25 14 4 7 36 26 13 8 2 3 19 13 12 6 2 4 17 13 10 46
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 25 13 7 5 35 27 12 8 2 2 17 9 13 5 5 3 18 18 8 46
5 Albirex Niigata 25 10 10 5 37 28 13 5 5 3 19 16 12 5 5 2 18 12 9 40
6 Kyoto Sanga 25 10 8 7 31 27 11 7 2 2 20 13 14 3 6 5 11 14 4 38
7 Ventforet Kofu 25 8 12 5 32 29 13 6 5 2 16 12 12 2 7 3 16 17 3 36
8 Tokyo Verdy 25 9 8 8 29 24 12 5 3 4 16 11 13 4 5 4 13 13 5 35
9 Zweigen Kanazawa 25 9 8 8 36 34 12 4 5 3 14 13 13 5 3 5 22 21 2 35
10 Mito Hollyhock 25 9 7 9 43 36 13 4 4 5 22 21 12 5 3 4 21 15 7 34
11 Tochigi 25 9 7 9 22 22 12 3 5 4 9 9 13 6 2 5 13 13 0 34
12 Omiya Ardija 25 9 6 10 24 30 12 5 4 3 13 12 13 4 2 7 11 18 -6 33
13 Montedio Yamagata 25 8 8 9 29 26 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 3 5 4 13 11 3 32
14 Júbilo Iwata 25 7 10 8 33 30 13 5 4 4 22 15 12 2 6 4 11 15 3 31
15 Fagiano Okayama 25 8 7 10 21 24 14 5 3 6 13 14 11 3 4 4 8 10 -3 31
16 Machida Zelvia 25 7 10 8 26 30 13 3 8 2 15 12 12 4 2 6 11 18 -4 31
17 JEF United 25 9 3 13 29 32 13 3 2 8 14 21 12 6 1 5 15 11 -3 30
18 Ryukyu 25 6 6 13 33 43 11 2 4 5 17 19 14 4 2 8 16 24 -10 24
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 25 5 9 11 24 38 11 3 3 5 10 17 14 2 6 6 14 21 -14 24
20 Renofa Yamaguchi 25 6 5 14 29 43 12 5 1 6 16 17 13 1 4 8 13 26 -14 23
21 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 25 7 2 16 20 43 13 3 1 9 9 25 12 4 1 7 11 18 -23 23
22 Ehime 25 5 7 13 22 31 13 2 4 7 10 16 12 3 3 6 12 15 -9 22