This could be an interesting match as Tochigi have their presumed home advantage while Albirex Niigata are ahead 11 points in the J2-League table.
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (22) in J2-League
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.
Tochigi form and stats
When playing at home in the J2-League, Tochigi have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Tochigi's attacking players as they have now played 225 minutes without scoring in a league game. Juninho was their last goal scorer. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Shuhei Kawata not having conceded a league goal in 270 minutes.
Before that, Tochigi drew at home versus Sagamihara.
The manager K. Tasaka will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zweigen Kanazawa in only four days.
Tochigi have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. Tochigi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Albirex Niigata, who have the most scored goals (22) in J2-League, in their J2-League matches away.
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. Albirex goalkeeper Koto Abe is eager to challenge this, with his 222 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Montedio Yamagata at their stadium, the result 2-0.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Albert Puig when K. Yamura scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Albirex Niigata manager Albert Puig as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Ehime.
Albirex Niigata are a potent attacking force on the road with their 10 goals in 4 league games. As opposed to that, Albirex have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Tochigi three wins, two draws and Albirex Niigata one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Tochigi missing players
Albirex Niigata missing players
| Tochigi | Albirex Niigata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.2 | 9 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 59% |
- Albirex Niigata have not yet lost a game.
- Albirex Niigata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Albirex Niigata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata have scored more than double the goals of Tochigi.
- Albirex Niigata have the most points (10) away in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (10) away in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (22) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the the best goal difference (+17) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the the best goal difference (+6) away in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Albirex Niigata's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| 2 | Ryukyu | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Jubilo Iwata | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Blaublitz Akita | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Machida Zelvia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Tochigi | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Tokyo Verdy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 12 | Mito Hollyhock | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | JEF United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Montedio Yamagata | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Sagamihara | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 21 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 22 | Ehime | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |