This match features two teams living in the basement of the J2-League, ThespaKusatsu Gunma holding 22nd place and Ryūkyū lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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 ThespaKusatsu and Ryūkyū.
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.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
ThespaKusatsu Gunma's results here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma in the J2-League have been very modest with 0 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats. ThespaKusatsu Gunma are yet to produce one single J2-League point here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma, to the disappointment of their supporters. All 6 matches have been lost. It's been an uphill battle for ThespaKusatsu in their home games for quite some time now, as six matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Grulla Morioka game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
In their previous game, the manager R. Okuno led his ThespaKusatsu to a defeat in the J2-League match away at V-Varen Nagasaki. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma. Preceding that match was the home game against Giravanz Kitakyushu that was lost 1-2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for ThespaKusatsu as they have a new game in only three days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Renofa Yamaguchi are visiting.
ThespaKusatsu has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 6 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, ThespaKusatsu having conceded 15 goals here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma so far.
Ryūkyū form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the J2-League. Ryūkyū has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
The manager Y. Higuchi was unhappy after their last game, a J2-League match played at their home ground Sportplatz SV Brixen im Thale (Hof). Ryūkyū suffered a 1-2 loss to Ventforet Kofu (placed 7th). Prior to that result Ryūkyū won their away game at Tokyo Verdy. The scoreline was 1-0.
A new game in only three days for Ryūkyū, the J2-League home match versus Tochigi. Busy days.
The attacking power of Ryūkyū when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Ryūkyū struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): ThespaKusatsu Gunma zero wins, zero draws and Ryūkyū two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
Ryūkyū missing players
| ThespaKusatsu Gunma | Ryūkyū | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 25 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 9% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 73% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 55% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 0.9 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | 48 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 78 | 127 |
| 29 | 15 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 25 | 43 |
| 28% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 20% | 26% |
- Ryūkyū have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ryūkyū have scored at least twice as many goals away as ThespaKusatsu Gunma have scored home.
- Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest points (0) at home
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (2) at home
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals (15) at home
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals (25)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals in the first half (12)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-17)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have lost all their home matches so far.
- 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Omiya Ardija | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Júbilo Iwata | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Tochigi | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | JEF United | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Tokyo Verdy | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Mito Hollyhock | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 17 | Montedio Yamagata | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 20 | Ehime | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 6 |