Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Kashiwa Reysol welcomes Kagoshima United

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 09.November
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium (15349 seats)

The league table in J2-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Kashiwa Reysol leading Kagoshima United by 38 points. Match preview to follow:

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Kagoshima United when visiting Kashiwa Reysol as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.

For Kagoshima United most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Kashiwa Reysol form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium as Kashiwa Reysol, who have the fewest conceded goals (32) in J2-League, have scored 38 goals to get 40 points from 19 games. The overall stats in the J2-League are 12-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Nelsinho Baptista led his Kashiwa Reysol to a defeat in the J2-League match away at Omiya Ardija. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium. Before that, Kashiwa Reysol had a home game versus Avispa Fukuoka which ended with a victory 4-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kashiwa Reysol home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Kashiwa Reysol can score goals in their home matches. After 19 league matches they have found the net 38 times. From these home matches, Kashiwa Reysol have conceded only 15 goals.

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Kagoshima United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kagoshima United, who have the most conceded goals (41) away in J2-League, so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-12 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Kagoshima United has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Kagoshima United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Fagiano Okayama (placed 7th) in their previous match; a J2-League game. Before that, Kagoshima United secured a home win against Gifu with the score 1-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Kagoshima United played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 1 time.

The attacking power of Kagoshima United when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored from 19 league matches away. The Kagoshima United manager Kim Jong-Song has some worries about the defense as 41 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kagoshima United - Kashiwa Reysol 2-1 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Kashiwa ReysolM. Olunga
M. Olunga
18 goals
Kashiwa ReysolCristiano
Cristiano
14 goals
Kashiwa ReysolA. Esaka
A. Esaka
10 goals

Kashiwa Reysol missing players

Kagoshima United missing players

Kashiwa Reysol Kagoshima United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 7 Played P 6 19 39
22 12 6 Won W 0 2 10
9 4 1 Drew D 0 5 7
8 3 0 Lost L 6 12 22
66 38 15 Scored S 4 17 39
32 15 2 Conceded C 20 41 68
90% 89% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 84% 87%
67% 63% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 68% 64%
49% 47% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 63% 56%
23% 32% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 32% 26%
13% 26% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 26% 18%
46% 42% 29% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 46%
46% 53% 71% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 23%
18% 16% 14% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 44%
 
6.5 6.5 7.4 Corners For (avg) C F 4.2 5.8 5.6
4.6 4.3 4.6 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.2 3.8 4.2
1.3 1.3 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.4 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Kagoshima United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kagoshima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kashiwa Reysol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kashiwa Reysol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kagoshima United have scored 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 Kashiwa Reysol 39 22 9 8 66 32 19 12 4 3 38 15 20 10 5 5 28 17 34 75
2 Yokohama 39 20 10 9 62 40 20 12 4 4 39 22 19 8 6 5 23 18 22 70
3 Omiya Ardija 38 19 12 7 57 38 19 12 5 2 37 18 19 7 7 5 20 20 19 69
4 Montedio Yamagata 39 19 10 10 54 33 19 11 3 5 23 10 20 8 7 5 31 23 21 67
5 Tokushima Vortis 39 19 10 10 62 43 19 11 5 3 33 19 20 8 5 7 29 24 19 67
6 Mito Hollyhock 39 17 13 9 53 36 19 9 7 3 31 17 20 8 6 6 22 19 17 64
7 Fagiano Okayama 39 18 10 11 48 44 20 11 5 4 25 20 19 7 5 7 23 24 4 64
8 Ventforet Kofu 39 17 11 11 57 39 19 7 6 6 22 18 20 10 5 5 35 21 18 62
9 Kyoto Sanga 39 17 11 11 54 43 20 10 7 3 32 18 19 7 4 8 22 25 11 62
10 Zweigen Kanazawa 39 14 14 11 54 44 19 7 9 3 25 17 20 7 5 8 29 27 10 56
11 Albirex Niigata 39 15 10 14 66 50 19 10 2 7 36 21 20 5 8 7 30 29 16 55
12 V-Varen Nagasaki 39 16 5 18 53 57 20 9 2 9 26 31 19 7 3 9 27 26 -4 53
13 Tokyo Verdy 39 13 12 14 53 56 19 8 7 4 31 25 20 5 5 10 22 31 -3 51
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 39 13 8 18 52 63 20 8 3 9 30 31 19 5 5 9 22 32 -11 47
15 Ryukyu 39 12 10 17 55 74 20 8 5 7 33 36 19 4 5 10 22 38 -19 46
16 Ehime 39 12 6 21 45 56 20 8 3 9 23 21 19 4 3 12 22 35 -11 42
17 JEF United 39 10 12 17 46 62 19 6 4 9 26 37 20 4 8 8 20 25 -16 42
18 Avispa Fukuoka 38 11 8 19 37 54 19 4 5 10 16 25 19 7 3 9 21 29 -17 41
19 Machida Zelvia 39 7 16 16 33 55 19 2 11 6 16 26 20 5 5 10 17 29 -22 37
20 Kagoshima United 39 10 7 22 39 68 20 8 2 10 22 27 19 2 5 12 17 41 -29 37
21 Tochigi 39 6 15 18 31 53 20 4 8 8 15 22 19 2 7 10 16 31 -22 33
22 Gifu 39 7 9 23 31 68 20 4 7 9 18 35 19 3 2 14 13 33 -37 30

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