ThespaKusatsu Gunma hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 22nd position in the J2-League table. Visiting JEF United holds 14th place with 30 pts.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
ThespaKusatsu Gunma's results here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma in the J2-League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 9 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on ThespaKusatsu to get some points in this home game.
The ThespaKusatsu fans got no joy from their last match, a J2-League game also here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma: A 1-4 defeat against Montedio Yamagata (placed 16th). Heartbreak before that as ThespaKusatsu lost 1-3 at Mito Hollyhock's place.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for ThespaKusatsu Gunma here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 12 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for ThespaKusatsu with 25 goals conceded in these matches.
JEF United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in J2-League, on their J2-League travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. JEF has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
204 minutes! That's how long the JEF goalkeeper Shota Arai and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
JEF United played 0-0 against Kyoto Sanga in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Ryukyu.
JEF find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on JEF as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was JEF United - ThespaKusatsu 1-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): ThespaKusatsu Gunma won five games, three matches ended with a draw and JEF United has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  T. Tanaka 5 goals |  K. Kawamata 5 goals |  G. Omae 4 goals |
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
JEF United missing players
| ThespaKusatsu Gunma | JEF United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 28 |
| 43 | 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 91% |
| 70% | 67% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 74% |
| 52% | 58% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 52% |
| 35% | 33% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| 13% | 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 43% | 42% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 55% | 39% |
| 48% | 50% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 216 | 108 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 93 | 186 |
| 68 | 31 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 42 | 72 |
| 28% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 36% | 39% |
- JEF United has the most clean sheets (6) away in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest clean sheets (2) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest points (7) at home in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (19) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (8) at home in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals (25) at home in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals (43) 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 (-17) at home in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-24) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 45 |
| 3 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 23 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Tokyo Verdy | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Tochigi | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Omiya Ardija | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Jubilo Iwata | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| 14 | JEF United | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Montedio Yamagata | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 27 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 19 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 23 |
| 20 | Ehime | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 21 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 20 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 23 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -24 | 19 |