Ryūkyū are welcoming ThespaKusatsu Gunma for another important game after their 0-3 result against 13th-placed Montedio Yamagata.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ryūkyū and ThespaKusatsu Gunma.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Ryūkyū form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J2-League this season. Ryūkyū, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in J2-League, have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium. The Ryūkyū manager Y. Higuchi might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Ryūkyū faced defeat in their previous match, away at Montedio Yamagata (0-3). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Tokushima Vortis the opponent.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ryūkyū have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost three.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J2-League game versus Matsumoto Yamaga in only three days. This game is also played here at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium.
A decent goal production from Ryūkyū in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Ryūkyū have conceded 19 from these games.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in J2-League, on their J2-League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. ThespaKusatsu goalkeeper Keiki Shimizu is eager to challenge this, with his 194 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Giravanz Kitakyushu for a J2-League game that ended a draw (0-0). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against JEF United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by ThespaKusatsu Gunma in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for ThespaKusatsu Gunma, zero draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for ThespaKusatsu, the J2-League home match versus Avispa Fukuoka. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting ThespaKusatsu Gunma as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, ThespaKusatsu rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Ryūkyū 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Ryūkyū won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and ThespaKusatsu Gunma has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / twoTop Goalscorers
  T. Abe 10 goals |  S. Uehara 6 goals | K. Kazama 6 goals |
Ryūkyū missing players
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
| Ryūkyū | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 33 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 43 | 19 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 72% | 82% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| 56% | 64% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 48% |
| 40% | 55% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 24% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 60% | 73% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 40% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 16% |
| 28% | 18% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 267 | 111 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 114 | 230 |
| 95 | 43 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 39 | 71 |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 28% | 28% |
- Ryūkyū has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in J2-League
- Ryūkyū has the fewest clean sheets (3) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (20) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-23) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokushima Vortis | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 15 | Fagiano Okayama | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 31 |
| 16 | Machida Zelvia | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 31 |
| 17 | JEF United | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 30 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 24 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -14 | 23 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -23 | 23 |
| 22 | Ehime | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 22 |