Kyoto Sanga supporters put their faith in manager I. Nakata to deliver victory against Ehime

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sun 06.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kyōto Nishikyogoku Stadium (20242 seats)

The league table in J2-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Kyoto Sanga leading Ehime by 20 points. Match preview to follow:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

9-6-2 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Kyoto Sanga so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Kyoto Sanga tasted defeat here at Kyōto Nishikyogoku Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games.

Happy days for Kyoto Sanga in their previous game, a J2-League match away at Kagoshima United (placed 20th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting V-Varen Nagasaki (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kyoto Sanga handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D0-L2.

A decent goal production from Kyoto Sanga in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. Kyoto Sanga have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ehime form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ehime so far with only {14 J2-League points} returning home. The records show 4-2-10 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Ehime in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus JEF United.

Ehime are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the J2-League against Tochigi (placed 21st). A 1-2 defeat away at Kashiwa Reysol before that.

We have checked recent matches where Ehime have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were W4-D3-L3.

Ehime find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 20 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Ehime have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ehime - Kyoto Sanga 0-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Kyoto Sanga won 5, Ehime won 4 and 1 draw. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Ichimi
14 goals
Y. Fujimoto
9 goals
T. Koyamatsu
7 goals

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Ehime missing players

Kyoto Sanga Ehime
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 3 16 34
16 9 3 Won W 0 4 11
10 6 3 Drew D 0 2 5
8 2 0 Lost L 3 10 18
48 27 11 Scored S 2 20 41
36 15 7 Conceded C 5 28 48
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
71% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 71%
50% 53% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 50%
26% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 24%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 31% 21%
53% 53% 83% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 50%
29% 35% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 18%
24% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 41%
 
4.6 5.5 6.8 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 4.6 4.6
3.4 2.9 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 4.2 4.2
0.9 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.1 0.8
2 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Kyoto Sanga
All Emperor Cup J2-League
All Home Away
31-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 2 - 1 Kyoto Sanga
08-09-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 3 - 0 Kyoto Sanga
14-09-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 2 - 0 Machida Zelvia
21-09-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 1 - 0 Kyoto Sanga
28-09-19 J2 Kagoshima United 0 - 1 Kyoto Sanga
06-10-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 05:00 Ehime
12-10-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 05:00 Kyoto Sanga
19-10-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 05:00 Yokohama
27-10-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 05:00 Kyoto Sanga
04-11-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 05:00 Ventforet Kofu
Ehime
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-08-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 3 - 0 Ehime
08-09-19 J2 Ehime 0 - 1 Tokushima Vortis
14-09-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 2 - 1 Ehime
22-09-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 2 - 1 Ehime
28-09-19 J2 Ehime 3 - 2 Tochigi
06-10-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 05:00 Ehime
13-10-19 J2 Ehime 06:00 Albirex Niigata
20-10-19 J2 Gifu 05:00 Ehime
27-10-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 04:00 Ehime
03-11-19 J2 Ehime 06:00 Machida Zelvia

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashiwa Reysol 34 20 9 5 56 26 17 11 4 2 32 12 17 9 5 3 24 14 30 69
2 Omiya Ardija 34 16 12 6 47 30 17 11 5 1 33 14 17 5 7 5 14 16 17 60
3 Yokohama 34 16 10 8 54 34 16 8 4 4 31 19 18 8 6 4 23 15 20 58
4 Montedio Yamagata 34 16 10 8 44 28 17 9 3 5 18 10 17 7 7 3 26 18 16 58
5 Kyoto Sanga 34 16 10 8 48 36 17 9 6 2 27 15 17 7 4 6 21 21 12 58
6 Mito Hollyhock 34 15 12 7 43 27 16 8 6 2 25 12 18 7 6 5 18 15 16 57
7 Ventforet Kofu 34 15 9 10 50 33 17 7 4 6 20 16 17 8 5 4 30 17 17 54
8 Tokushima Vortis 34 15 9 10 47 38 17 9 5 3 29 17 17 6 4 7 18 21 9 54
9 Fagiano Okayama 34 15 9 10 42 40 18 9 5 4 22 19 16 6 4 6 20 21 2 54
10 Zweigen Kanazawa 34 12 14 8 44 34 17 6 9 2 22 14 17 6 5 6 22 20 10 50
11 V-Varen Nagasaki 34 15 5 14 47 45 17 8 2 7 21 23 17 7 3 7 26 22 2 50
12 Albirex Niigata 34 12 10 12 54 45 17 8 2 7 27 20 17 4 8 5 27 25 9 46
13 Tokyo Verdy 34 11 12 11 44 48 17 7 7 3 28 22 17 4 5 8 16 26 -4 45
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 34 11 6 17 46 58 17 6 3 8 25 27 17 5 3 9 21 31 -12 39
15 Ehime 34 11 5 18 41 48 18 7 3 8 21 20 16 4 2 10 20 28 -7 38
16 Ryūkyū 34 9 10 15 47 65 18 8 5 5 30 28 16 1 5 10 17 37 -18 37
17 JEF United 34 8 12 14 39 51 16 5 4 7 23 29 18 3 8 7 16 22 -12 36
18 Avispa Fukuoka 34 9 8 17 33 48 16 2 5 9 12 23 18 7 3 8 21 25 -15 35
19 Machida Zelvia 34 7 13 14 30 49 17 2 9 6 16 26 17 5 4 8 14 23 -19 34
20 Kagoshima United 33 9 3 21 37 61 17 7 0 10 21 27 16 2 3 11 16 34 -24 30
21 Tochigi 34 5 13 16 27 47 17 3 7 7 12 18 17 2 6 9 15 29 -20 28
22 Gifu 33 6 7 20 28 57 17 3 6 8 15 27 16 3 1 12 13 30 -29 25

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