J2-League: ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Ventforet Kofu preview and facts

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 12.September
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma (15190 seats)

Home advantage feels comfortable and nice for ThespaKusatsu Gunma, but Ventforet Kofu are fully set and able to win this one. Who will win?

Insights:
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ventforet Kofu have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's look for an animated match!

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ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what ThespaKusatsu Gunma have to build on here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma in the J2-League.

Stress levels are on the rise for ThespaKusatsu's attacking players as they have now played 257 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Kitagawa was their last goal scorer.

ThespaKusatsu Gunma faced defeat in their previous match, away at Blaublitz Akita (0-1). The defeat against Blaublitz Akita was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by R. Iio).

Before that, ThespaKusatsu Gunma drew at home versus Zweigen Kanazawa.

The ThespaKusatsu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 14 matches. 15 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ventforet Kofu in their J2-League matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Ventforet Kofu have lost on their last two travels.

Ventforet won their last game, 3-0 versus Kyoto Sanga played at home.

A 0-3 defeat away at Machida Zelvia before that.

Ventforet find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Ventforet Kofu have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

ThespaKusatsu and Ventforet Kofu have duelled already this season: Ventforet Kofu - ThespaKusatsu Gunma 6-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three ThespaKusatsu victories, two draws and five Ventforet Kofu wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ventforet KofuJ. Izumisawa
J. Izumisawa
10 goals
Ventforet KofuH. Marreiros
H. Marreiros
5 goals
ThespaKusatsuS. Kitagawa
S. Kitagawa
4 goals

ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players

Ventforet Kofu missing players

ThespaKusatsu Gunma Ventforet Kofu
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
7 4 0 Won W 2 5 13
8 5 0 Drew D 1 4 9
13 5 3 Lost L 1 5 6
25 14 1 Scored S 7 16 43
37 15 5 Conceded C 5 16 28
89% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
61% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 68%
39% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 43%
18% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 25%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
46% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 46%
25% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 39%
39% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 18%
 
4.9 5.1 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.2 5.2
5.9 5.9 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.4 4.4
0.5 0.6 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.8 0.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7 7.1 6 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8 9.6
2.4 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 2.9 3.6
38% 33% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 41%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ventforet Kofu have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 28 18 5 5 49 30 14 10 1 3 26 18 14 8 4 2 23 12 19 59
2 Kyoto Sanga 27 17 6 4 42 21 14 8 4 2 26 15 13 9 2 2 16 6 21 57
3 Albirex Niigata 28 14 9 5 48 27 14 8 4 2 23 7 14 6 5 3 25 20 21 51
4 Ryukyu 28 15 6 7 45 30 14 9 2 3 22 9 14 6 4 4 23 21 15 51
5 Machida Zelvia 28 14 6 8 45 26 14 6 3 5 20 13 14 8 3 3 25 13 19 48
6 Ventforet Kofu 28 13 9 6 43 28 14 8 5 1 27 12 14 5 4 5 16 16 15 48
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 27 14 5 8 36 30 13 6 4 3 20 16 14 8 1 5 16 14 6 47
8 Montedio Yamagata 27 13 7 7 36 24 14 7 2 5 20 15 13 6 5 2 16 9 12 46
9 Mito Hollyhock 28 12 4 12 36 26 14 5 3 6 16 11 14 7 1 6 20 15 10 40
10 JEF United 28 9 10 9 27 26 13 4 5 4 14 12 15 5 5 5 13 14 1 37
11 Tokyo Verdy 28 10 7 11 39 46 12 7 1 4 21 16 16 3 6 7 18 30 -7 37
12 Fagiano Okayama 28 9 8 11 22 23 14 4 2 8 9 12 14 5 6 3 13 11 -1 35
13 Blaublitz Akita 28 8 10 10 27 31 14 3 8 3 10 13 14 5 2 7 17 18 -4 34
14 Tochigi 28 6 11 11 27 35 14 3 5 6 14 17 14 3 6 5 13 18 -8 29
15 Renofa Yamaguchi 27 7 8 12 22 33 13 4 4 5 10 12 14 3 4 7 12 21 -11 29
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 28 7 8 13 25 37 14 4 5 5 14 15 14 3 3 8 11 22 -12 29
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 27 7 6 14 25 37 15 3 4 8 13 22 12 4 2 6 12 15 -12 27
18 Omiya Ardija 28 5 11 12 30 35 14 3 4 7 18 19 14 2 7 5 12 16 -5 26
19 Giravanz Kitakyushu 28 5 10 13 22 40 15 2 5 8 10 20 13 3 5 5 12 20 -18 25
20 Ehime 28 5 10 13 26 45 14 1 6 7 14 26 14 4 4 6 12 19 -19 25
21 Matsumoto Yamaga 27 6 7 14 22 47 14 4 4 6 14 22 13 2 3 8 8 25 -25 25
22 Sagamihara 28 5 9 14 17 34 14 3 5 6 10 18 14 2 4 8 7 16 -17 24