Renofa Yamaguchi vs Giravanz Kitakyushu match preview: Even contest expected at Ishin Me-Life Stadium

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ishin Me-Life Stadium (15115 seats)

Get set for Renofa Yamaguchi - Giravanz Kitakyushu! Forget the ups and downs, this game should be awesome!

Renofa Yamaguchi and Giravanz Kitakyushu should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Yamaguchi are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Kitakyushu are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Renofa Yamaguchi have to build on here at Ishin Me-Life Stadium in the J2-League.

Yamaguchi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Omiya Ardija's place. The match ended 2-1 with W. Tanaka and K. Takai scoring.

Before that, Renofa Yamaguchi had a home game versus Ryūkyū which ended with a victory 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Yamaguchi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Renofa Yamaguchi as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Renofa Yamaguchi has won four of these, drawn two and lost five.

Renofa Yamaguchi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 19 games. On the other hand, Renofa Yamaguchi have conceded 21 goals.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Giravanz Kitakyushu so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-8 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Kitakyushu have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Machida Zelvia game.

D. Takahashi was the last player to score for the away team. Giravanz Kitakyushu haven't scored a league goal in the last 215 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Kitakyushu in their previous game, as they lost their J2-League-match, hosting Ventforet Kofu, 0-1.

A 0-0 draw at Mito Hollyhock's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Kitakyushu in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Giravanz Kitakyushu, five draws and four defeats.

The attacking power of Giravanz Kitakyushu when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 18 league matches away. Giravanz Kitakyushu have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Giravanz Kitakyushu - Yamaguchi 0-0 was the score in these squads' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Head to head data (for the last five meetings): Renofa Yamaguchi won three games, one match ended in a draw and Giravanz Kitakyushu managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three

Top Goalscorers

Giravanz KitakyushuD. Takahashi
D. Takahashi
9 goals
Renofa YamaguchiK. Takai
K. Takai
6 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuT. Tomiyama
T. Tomiyama
6 goals

Renofa Yamaguchi missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Renofa Yamaguchi Giravanz Kitakyushu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 19 7 Played P 5 18 38
10 6 3 Won W 0 3 6
11 5 2 Drew D 2 7 14
17 8 2 Lost L 3 8 18
35 20 8 Scored S 1 16 32
47 21 5 Conceded C 7 30 57
87% 89% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 82%
61% 53% 29% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 72% 68%
42% 42% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 45%
21% 26% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 24%
5% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 11%
42% 42% 29% BTTS BTTS 20% 56% 53%
29% 32% 43% Clean Sheets C S 20% 28% 26%
42% 37% 43% Failed to Score F T 80% 33% 39%
 
4.2 4.7 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.2 4
4.8 3.7 4.1 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.6 5.7
1.1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 0.8 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.9 8.2 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7.2 7.3
3.1 3.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.6 2.8
28% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 31%
 
10 8.7 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.7 10.5
4.3 3.6 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jubilo Iwata 38 25 8 5 68 38 19 13 3 3 36 22 19 12 5 2 32 16 30 83
2 Kyoto Sanga 38 23 9 6 56 30 19 12 5 2 34 18 19 11 4 4 22 12 26 78
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 38 21 8 9 62 40 19 10 6 3 34 20 19 11 2 6 28 20 22 71
4 Ventforet Kofu 38 20 10 8 56 33 19 12 5 2 34 15 19 8 5 6 22 18 23 70
5 Machida Zelvia 38 18 10 10 56 34 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 11 5 3 29 13 22 64
6 Montedio Yamagata 38 19 7 12 50 39 18 9 2 7 24 20 20 10 5 5 26 19 11 64
7 Albirex Niigata 38 17 12 9 58 37 19 10 4 5 27 12 19 7 8 4 31 25 21 63
8 Ryūkyū 38 17 8 13 51 42 19 10 4 5 25 13 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 59
9 JEF United 38 15 13 10 41 33 19 6 8 5 20 18 19 9 5 5 21 15 8 58
10 Mito Hollyhock 38 14 10 14 50 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 7 5 7 29 25 8 52
11 Fagiano Okayama 38 13 13 12 35 31 19 6 4 9 15 15 19 7 9 3 20 16 4 52
12 Tokyo Verdy 38 13 9 16 50 64 19 8 2 9 26 30 19 5 7 7 24 34 -14 48
13 Blaublitz Akita 38 11 14 13 38 42 19 3 11 5 13 20 19 8 3 8 25 22 -4 47
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 38 10 11 17 35 47 19 6 5 8 20 21 19 4 6 9 15 26 -12 41
15 Tochigi 38 8 15 15 33 45 19 3 7 9 17 24 19 5 8 6 16 21 -12 39
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 38 9 11 18 33 52 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 4 4 11 16 31 -19 38
17 Omiya Ardija 38 8 13 17 45 50 19 5 5 9 26 26 19 3 8 8 19 24 -5 37
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 38 9 10 19 37 54 19 5 5 9 18 26 19 4 5 10 19 28 -17 37
19 Sagamihara 38 7 13 18 28 46 19 4 7 8 17 25 19 3 6 10 11 21 -18 34
20 Ehime 38 7 13 18 35 60 19 1 8 10 17 36 19 6 5 8 18 24 -25 34
21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 38 6 14 18 32 57 20 3 7 10 16 27 18 3 7 8 16 30 -25 32
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 38 7 11 20 31 64 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 2 5 12 11 35 -33 32

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jubilo Iwata 38 25 8 5 68 38 19 13 3 3 36 22 19 12 5 2 32 16 30 83
2 Kyoto Sanga 38 23 9 6 56 30 19 12 5 2 34 18 19 11 4 4 22 12 26 78
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 38 21 8 9 62 40 19 10 6 3 34 20 19 11 2 6 28 20 22 71
4 Ventforet Kofu 38 20 10 8 56 33 19 12 5 2 34 15 19 8 5 6 22 18 23 70
5 Machida Zelvia 38 18 10 10 56 34 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 11 5 3 29 13 22 64
6 Montedio Yamagata 38 19 7 12 50 39 18 9 2 7 24 20 20 10 5 5 26 19 11 64
7 Albirex Niigata 38 17 12 9 58 37 19 10 4 5 27 12 19 7 8 4 31 25 21 63
8 Ryūkyū 38 17 8 13 51 42 19 10 4 5 25 13 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 59
9 JEF United 38 15 13 10 41 33 19 6 8 5 20 18 19 9 5 5 21 15 8 58
10 Mito Hollyhock 38 14 10 14 50 42 19 7 5 7 21 17 19 7 5 7 29 25 8 52
11 Fagiano Okayama 38 13 13 12 35 31 19 6 4 9 15 15 19 7 9 3 20 16 4 52
12 Tokyo Verdy 38 13 9 16 50 64 19 8 2 9 26 30 19 5 7 7 24 34 -14 48
13 Blaublitz Akita 38 11 14 13 38 42 19 3 11 5 13 20 19 8 3 8 25 22 -4 47
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 38 10 11 17 35 47 19 6 5 8 20 21 19 4 6 9 15 26 -12 41
15 Tochigi 38 8 15 15 33 45 19 3 7 9 17 24 19 5 8 6 16 21 -12 39
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 38 9 11 18 33 52 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 4 4 11 16 31 -19 38
17 Omiya Ardija 38 8 13 17 45 50 19 5 5 9 26 26 19 3 8 8 19 24 -5 37
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 38 9 10 19 37 54 19 5 5 9 18 26 19 4 5 10 19 28 -17 37
19 Sagamihara 38 7 13 18 28 46 19 4 7 8 17 25 19 3 6 10 11 21 -18 34
20 Ehime 38 7 13 18 35 60 19 1 8 10 17 36 19 6 5 8 18 24 -25 34
21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 38 6 14 18 32 57 20 3 7 10 16 27 18 3 7 8 16 30 -25 32
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 38 7 11 20 31 64 19 5 6 8 20 29 19 2 5 12 11 35 -33 32

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