With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Tochigi fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ehime.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tochigi form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Tochigi have to build on here at Tochigi Green Stadium in the J2-League.
A nice win for Tochigi last time playing, versus Fagiano Okayama. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Y. Yanagi scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Renofa Yamaguchi and winning 1-0.
A late climax in the match against Fagiano Okayama as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Y. Yanagi.
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 Tochigi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost two.
The manager K. Tasaka will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ryūkyū in only three days.
Tochigi aren't scoring a lot here at Tochigi Green Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Tochigi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tochigi Green Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Ehime form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ehime in their J2-League matches away. It's a growing despair in Ehime as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Ehime might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Montedio Yamagata proved too strong as Ehime slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Ningineer Stadium. Preceding that game, the 3-4 loss visiting Zweigen Kanazawa's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Ehime in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Ehime, zero draws and four defeats.
Ehime has another fixture away, a J2-League game, against Ventforet Kofu in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Ehime are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ehime have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Tochigi victory, three draws and six Ehime wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Fujimoto 9 goals |
Tochigi missing players
Ehime missing players
| Tochigi | Ehime | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 9% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 18% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | 48 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 40 | 95 |
| 34 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 21% | 19% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 50% | 42% |
- All of Ehime's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ehime has the most conceded goals in the second half (15)
- Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ehime have scored more than double the goals of Tochigi.
- Ehime haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ehime is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Tochigi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1)
- Tochigi has the fewest scored goals (7)
- Tochigi 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 | 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 |