The glass has been half empty for Omiya Ardija so far, and you could say the same about Grulla Morioka. These hardened teams have the opportunity for some crucial points here.
- Omiya Ardija have the fewest clean sheets (1) in J2-League
- Grulla Morioka have the fewest scored goals (8) in J2-League
Little time to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a J2-League game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at V-Varen Nagasaki.
Omiya Ardija form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Omiya Ardija have to build on here at NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya in the J2-League. Two home wins in a row for Omiya Ardija bring valid hopes of a third.
Ardija drew their last game, 0-0 away at V-Varen Nagasaki (placed 15th).
Before that, Omiya Ardija played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Oita Trinita.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Omiya Ardija handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J2-League game versus Vegalta Sendai in only three days. This game is also played here at NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya.
Ardija has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in J2-League, on their J2-League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. When Grulla Morioka is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. V-Varen Nagasaki, JEF United, Zweigen Kanazawa, Mito Hollyhock, Tochigi, Grulla Morioka and Ryukyu is teams we like to compare Omiya Ardija with. Football is a nightmare at the moment for Grulla Morioka who have suffered through a seven match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.
Morioka failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs V-Varen Nagasaki (placed 15th) that ended with defeat 0-4. Grulla Morioka lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Roasso Kumamoto.Morioka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Grulla Morioka have another fixture away from home in just three nights, a J2-League match vs Mito Hollyhock. A back-breaking schedule for them!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grulla Morioka as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. Grulla Morioka's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kawata 6 goals | S. Yajima 3 goals |  Y. Shikama 2 goals |
Omiya Ardija missing players
Grulla Morioka missing players
| Omiya Ardija | Grulla Morioka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 25 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 64% |
| 53% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 67% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 21% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 5.7 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 0.6 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.6 | 7.4 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 7 | 7.6 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 34% | 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 33% | 26% |
| 12.3 | 13.1 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.9 | 11.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 6 | 5.6 |
- All of Omiya Ardija's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Grulla Morioka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Grulla Morioka have the fewest scored goals (8) in J2-League
- Grulla Morioka have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in J2-League
- Grulla Morioka have the the worst goal difference (-17) in J2-League
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Grulla Morioka is in the worst form (0-0-5)
- Omiya Ardija have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Omiya Ardija have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Omiya Ardija have the fewest clean sheets (1) in J2-League
- Omiya Ardija have the most matches under the total-line (6) in J2-League
- Omiya Ardija have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Omiya Ardija haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vegalta Sendai | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Yokohama | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Montedio Yamagata | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Roasso Kumamoto | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Blaublitz Akita | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 | Tokyo Verdy | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 13 | Oita Trinita | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 15 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 16 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 17 | Mito Hollyhock | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 18 | JEF United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 15 |
| 20 | Omiya Ardija | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 21 | Ryukyu | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 22 | Grulla Morioka | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 11 |
