An important duel in the bottom section of the J2-League, with both ThespaKusatsu Gunma and Ehime experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 20th place.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ehime have the most conceded goals (41) in J2-League
It's quite the trip for Ehime when visiting ThespaKusatsu Gunma as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
ThespaKusatsu Gunma have collected 12 points from their J2-League home games so far after 3-3-5.
A good away victory last time out for ThespaKusatsu, who won 1-0 against Fagiano Okayama (placed 13th).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Tokyo Verdy that ended 2-2.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 ThespaKusatsu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost three.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for ThespaKusatsu here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). ThespaKusatsu have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Ehime form and stats
There's been little loot from Ehime's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the J2-League. Ehime only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Ehime has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Ehime delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Tokyo Verdy (placed 9th) in their previous match; a J2-League game. As mentioned above, Ehime drew the match against Tokyo Verdy. Manager N. Saneyoshi brought on D. Enomoto to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ventforet Kofu wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Ehime in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Ehime, two draws and three defeats.
The attacking power of Ehime when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As for defending, Ehime 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: Ehime - ThespaKusatsu 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (ThespaKusatsu Gunma wins - draws - Ehime wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Fujimoto 6 goals |  T. Kawamura 5 goals |  M. Yoshida 5 goals |
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
Ehime missing players
| ThespaKusatsu Gunma | Ehime | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 35 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 41 |
| 91% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 65% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 74% |
| 43% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 45% | 52% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 39% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 13% |
| 52% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | 52% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 27% | 17% |
| 39% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 35% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 39% | 33% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 30% | 35% |
- Ehime have the most conceded goals (41) in J2-League
- Ehime have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in J2-League
- Ehime haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Júbilo Iwata | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 45 |
| 4 | Ryūkyū | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 43 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 42 |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 8 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 35 |
| 10 | JEF United | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 21 |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
| 20 | Ehime | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -19 | 19 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -18 | 16 |