Tochigi will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Tokushima Vortis.
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
The story so far in the J2-League for Tochigi at their home stadium (Tochigi Green Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Happy days for Tochigi in their previous game, a J2-League match away at Mito Hollyhock (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the match before that, Tochigi hosted Giravanz Kitakyushu and drew the game 2-2.
A late climax in the match against Mito Hollyhock as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Y. Yanagi.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Tochigi, as the J2-League home game vs Matsumoto Yamaga is only four days away.
Tochigi aren't scoring a lot here at Tochigi Green Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. Tochigi have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
The away team, who have the the best goal difference (+15) in J2-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the J2-League. Tokushima Vortis love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Tokushima Vortis are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the J2-League against ThespaKusatsu Gunma (placed 21st). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Mito Hollyhock.
After this away game Tokushima return home for a J2-League game against Zweigen Kanazawa. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Tokushima are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Tokushima in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Tochigi wins - draws - Tokushima Vortis wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kawata 14 goals | M. Watai 7 goals |
Tochigi missing players
Tokushima Vortis missing players
| Tochigi | Tokushima Vortis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 30 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 94% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 76% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 47% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 161 | 66 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 70 | 169 |
| 56 | 28 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 29 | 64 |
| 25% | 21% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 52% | 47% |
- Tochigi has the fewest conceded goals (13)
- Tochigi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Tochigi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tokushima Vortis has the most scored goals in the first half (15)
- Tokushima Vortis has the the best goal difference (+15)
- Tokushima Vortis has the the best goal difference (+5) away
- Tokushima Vortis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tokushima Vortis have scored more than double the goals of Tochigi.
- Tokushima Vortis haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 37 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Jubilo Iwata | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Tochigi | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | JEF United | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 18 | Ehime | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 20 | Ryukyu | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -19 | 13 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 12 |