Home advantage could prove decisive in Kashiwa Reysol - Ventforet Kofu battle

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sun 07.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium (15900 seats)

The managers Nelsinho Baptista and A. Ito are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J2-League 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.

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Kashiwa Reysol form and stats

The story so far for Kashiwa Reysol, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in J2-League, at their home stadium (SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In general it's been a long time since Kashiwa Reysol tasted defeat here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Kashiwa Reysol's last game was hosting Ventforet Kofu and winning 4-2. Ahead of that match, Kashiwa Reysol won a home game hosting Grulla Morioka (4-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kashiwa Reysol have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Kashiwa Reysol aren't scoring a lot here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium with only 7 goals from 8 games. Defensively Kashiwa Reysol have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

Playing away, Ventforet Kofu have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat so far this season.

Ventforet Kofu play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Kashiwa Reysol. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Gifu in the Emperor Cup.

We have checked recent matches where Ventforet Kofu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W1-D1-L2.

The travelling fans enjoy Ventforet Kofu's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kashiwa Reysol - Ventforet Kofu 4-2. Kashiwa Reysol-Ventforet Kofu H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kashiwa Reysol 4 wins, Ventforet Kofu 1 win, 5 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

P. Utaka
9 goals
M. Olunga
7 goals
Dudu
6 goals

Kashiwa Reysol missing players

Ventforet Kofu missing players

Kashiwa Reysol Ventforet Kofu
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played 1 11 21
10 6 1 Won 0 5 9
7 3 1 Drew 1 4 6
4 1 0 Lost 0 2 6
22 13 4 Scored 0 21 33
14 4 1 Conceded 0 12 23
81% 80% 100% Over 0.5 0% 91% 95%
48% 40% 100% Over 1.5 0% 73% 76%
24% 20% 50% Over 2.5 0% 36% 38%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 0% 27% 19%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 0% 27% 14%
33% 20% 50% BTTS 0% 55% 52%
57% 70% 50% Clean Sheets 100% 36% 33%
29% 30% 0% Failed To Score 100% 18% 19%
 
7.1 7.2 6.5 Corners For (avg) 2 4.7 5.1
3.9 4 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 3 4.6 4.3
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.3 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Kashiwa Reysol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Kashiwa Reysol
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
16-06-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 1 - 1 Kashiwa Reysol
22-06-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 2 - 0 JEF United
29-06-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 0 - 1 Kashiwa Reysol
03-07-19 EC Kashiwa Reysol 4 - 0 Grulla Morioka
07-07-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 4 - 2 Ventforet Kofu
13-07-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 10:00 Kashiwa Reysol
20-07-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Zweigen Kanazawa
27-07-19 J2 Tochigi 09:00 Kashiwa Reysol
31-07-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 10:00 Kashiwa Reysol
04-08-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Ryūkyū
Ventforet Kofu
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League J-League
All Home Away
15-06-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 0 - 2 Tokyo Verdy
22-06-19 J2 Ryūkyū 2 - 5 Ventforet Kofu
29-06-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 0 - 1 Tokushima Vortis
03-07-19 EC Ventforet Kofu 2 - 2 Gifu
07-07-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 4 - 2 Ventforet Kofu
13-07-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Ehime
20-07-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 09:00 Ventforet Kofu
27-07-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Fagiano Okayama
31-07-19 J2 Mito Hollyhock 10:00 Ventforet Kofu
04-08-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Machida Zelvia

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Montedio Yamagata 18 10 6 2 22 11 9 6 2 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 36
2 Omiya Ardija 18 9 7 2 24 15 9 5 3 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 34
3 Mito Hollyhock 18 9 6 3 19 9 8 3 4 1 10 5 10 6 2 2 9 4 10 33
4 Ventforet Kofu 18 8 6 4 26 16 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 30
5 Kyoto Sanga 18 8 6 4 25 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 30
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 14 9 5 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 7 6 4 14 11 8 4 3 1 7 2 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 27
8 Fagiano Okayama 18 7 6 5 22 20 10 5 4 1 14 10 8 2 2 4 8 10 2 27
9 Zweigen Kanazawa 18 6 8 4 22 13 8 3 4 1 9 3 10 3 4 3 13 10 9 26
10 Ryūkyū 18 6 7 5 25 22 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 1 3 5 10 14 3 25
11 Tokushima Vortis 18 6 6 6 19 19 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 2 3 5 10 13 0 24
12 Tokyo Verdy 18 6 6 6 24 25 10 4 4 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 24
13 Albirex Niigata 18 6 5 7 25 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 10 3 4 3 16 13 3 23
14 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 20 22 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 3 2 4 8 9 -2 22
15 JEF United 18 5 7 6 20 26 9 3 3 3 13 16 9 2 4 3 7 10 -6 22
16 Machida Zelvia 17 5 5 7 15 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -8 20
17 Ehime 18 5 4 9 16 21 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 19
18 Kagoshima United 18 5 2 11 16 22 10 4 0 6 11 15 8 1 2 5 5 7 -6 17
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 18 4 5 9 23 31 9 1 2 6 10 18 9 3 3 3 13 13 -8 17
20 Tochigi 18 3 8 7 14 22 9 1 5 3 5 8 9 2 3 4 9 14 -8 17
21 Avispa Fukuoka 17 4 4 9 15 25 8 1 2 5 3 10 9 3 2 4 12 15 -10 16
22 Gifu 18 3 3 12 14 32 10 3 2 5 11 16 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 12

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