Tochigi vs Zweigen Kanazawa match preview: Even contest expected at Kanseki Stadium

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kanseki Stadium

This duo has had a low return so far, but a win and three points in this very important match would certainly be a big help. Let's hear it for Tochigi - Zweigen Kanazawa!

Insights:
  • Tochigi have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in J2-League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Tochigi form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J2-League this season. Tochigi have only managed 3 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Kanseki Stadium. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Tochigi, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

In their previous game, the manager K. Tasaka led his Tochigi to a defeat in the J2-League match away at V-Varen Nagasaki. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kanseki Stadium.

1-1 away at Blaublitz Akita before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Tochigi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tochigi as a small favourite), we find ten games. Tochigi has won three of these, drawn four and lost three.

Tochigi have scored 17 league goals here from 19 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Tochigi have conceded 24 in these home matches.

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Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zweigen Kanazawa so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-10 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Zweigen Kanazawa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Tokyo Verdy proved too strong as Zweigen Kanazawa slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Ishikawa Seibu Ryokuchi Stadium. Kanazawa lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Ryūkyū's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Zweigen Kanazawa in our archives, and the results are: one win for Kanazawa, four draws and four defeats.

Zweigen Kanazawa have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 19 goals have been scored. Kanazawa have conceded 28 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played previously this season: Zweigen Kanazawa - Tochigi 1-1. Tochigi-Zweigen Kanazawa H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Tochigi zero wins, Zweigen Kanazawa two wins, seven draws. one of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Zweigen KanazawaS. Niwa
S. Niwa
9 goals
TochigiY. Yanagi
Y. Yanagi
6 goals
TochigiT. Mori
T. Mori
5 goals

Tochigi missing players

Zweigen Kanazawa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tochigi Zweigen Kanazawa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
8 3 2 Won W 1 4 9
15 7 1 Drew D 4 5 10
16 9 3 Lost L 1 10 20
33 17 7 Scored S 6 19 37
48 24 7 Conceded C 5 28 58
82% 84% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 92%
62% 63% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 63% 69%
38% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 49%
15% 21% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 26% 21%
8% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 16% 10%
46% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 59%
31% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 18%
41% 47% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 32% 31%
 
4.2 4.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 4.9
4.4 4.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.4 4.6
0.9 0.7 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 0.9 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 8.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.1 7.9
2.5 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.2 2.8
34% 32% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 34%
 
7.5 7.4 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 8.5 8.6
3.1 3.2 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.7
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Tochigi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tochigi have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in J2-League

  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 39 26 8 5 71 39 19 13 3 3 36 22 20 13 5 2 35 17 32 86
2 Kyoto Sanga 39 24 9 6 59 31 20 13 5 2 37 19 19 11 4 4 22 12 28 81
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 39 22 8 9 65 40 20 11 6 3 37 20 19 11 2 6 28 20 25 74
4 Ventforet Kofu 39 21 10 8 59 35 20 13 5 2 37 17 19 8 5 6 22 18 24 73
5 Albirex Niigata 39 18 12 9 60 37 20 11 4 5 29 12 19 7 8 4 31 25 23 66
6 Machida Zelvia 39 18 11 10 57 35 20 7 6 7 28 22 19 11 5 3 29 13 22 65
7 Montedio Yamagata 39 19 8 12 52 41 19 9 3 7 26 22 20 10 5 5 26 19 11 65
8 Ryūkyū 39 17 9 13 53 44 20 10 5 5 27 15 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 60
9 JEF United 39 15 14 10 43 35 19 6 8 5 20 18 20 9 6 5 23 17 8 59
10 Fagiano Okayama 39 14 13 12 38 33 19 6 4 9 15 15 20 8 9 3 23 18 5 55
11 Mito Hollyhock 39 14 10 15 51 45 20 7 5 8 22 20 19 7 5 7 29 25 6 52
12 Tokyo Verdy 39 14 9 16 54 64 19 8 2 9 26 30 20 6 7 7 28 34 -10 51
13 Blaublitz Akita 39 11 14 14 39 45 19 3 11 5 13 20 20 8 3 9 26 25 -6 47
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 39 10 11 18 35 48 20 6 5 9 20 22 19 4 6 9 15 26 -13 41
15 Tochigi 39 8 15 16 33 48 19 3 7 9 17 24 20 5 8 7 16 24 -15 39
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 39 9 12 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 20 4 5 11 17 32 -19 39
17 Omiya Ardija 39 8 14 17 47 52 19 5 5 9 26 26 20 3 9 8 21 26 -5 38
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 39 9 10 20 37 58 20 5 5 10 18 30 19 4 5 10 19 28 -21 37
19 Giravanz Kitakyushu 39 7 14 18 33 57 20 3 7 10 16 27 19 4 7 8 17 30 -24 35
20 Sagamihara 39 7 13 19 30 49 20 4 7 9 19 28 19 3 6 10 11 21 -19 34
21 Ehime 39 7 13 19 35 62 19 1 8 10 17 36 20 6 5 9 18 26 -27 34
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 39 7 11 21 33 67 19 5 6 8 20 29 20 2 5 13 13 38 -34 32

Table
  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 39 26 8 5 71 39 19 13 3 3 36 22 20 13 5 2 35 17 32 86
2 Kyoto Sanga 39 24 9 6 59 31 20 13 5 2 37 19 19 11 4 4 22 12 28 81
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 39 22 8 9 65 40 20 11 6 3 37 20 19 11 2 6 28 20 25 74
4 Ventforet Kofu 39 21 10 8 59 35 20 13 5 2 37 17 19 8 5 6 22 18 24 73
5 Albirex Niigata 39 18 12 9 60 37 20 11 4 5 29 12 19 7 8 4 31 25 23 66
6 Machida Zelvia 39 18 11 10 57 35 20 7 6 7 28 22 19 11 5 3 29 13 22 65
7 Montedio Yamagata 39 19 8 12 52 41 19 9 3 7 26 22 20 10 5 5 26 19 11 65
8 Ryūkyū 39 17 9 13 53 44 20 10 5 5 27 15 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 60
9 JEF United 39 15 14 10 43 35 19 6 8 5 20 18 20 9 6 5 23 17 8 59
10 Fagiano Okayama 39 14 13 12 38 33 19 6 4 9 15 15 20 8 9 3 23 18 5 55
11 Mito Hollyhock 39 14 10 15 51 45 20 7 5 8 22 20 19 7 5 7 29 25 6 52
12 Tokyo Verdy 39 14 9 16 54 64 19 8 2 9 26 30 20 6 7 7 28 34 -10 51
13 Blaublitz Akita 39 11 14 14 39 45 19 3 11 5 13 20 20 8 3 9 26 25 -6 47
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 39 10 11 18 35 48 20 6 5 9 20 22 19 4 6 9 15 26 -13 41
15 Tochigi 39 8 15 16 33 48 19 3 7 9 17 24 20 5 8 7 16 24 -15 39
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 39 9 12 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 20 4 5 11 17 32 -19 39
17 Omiya Ardija 39 8 14 17 47 52 19 5 5 9 26 26 20 3 9 8 21 26 -5 38
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 39 9 10 20 37 58 20 5 5 10 18 30 19 4 5 10 19 28 -21 37
19 Giravanz Kitakyushu 39 7 14 18 33 57 20 3 7 10 16 27 19 4 7 8 17 30 -24 35
20 Sagamihara 39 7 13 19 30 49 20 4 7 9 19 28 19 3 6 10 11 21 -19 34
21 Ehime 39 7 13 19 35 62 19 1 8 10 17 36 20 6 5 9 18 26 -27 34
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 39 7 11 21 33 67 19 5 6 8 20 29 20 2 5 13 13 38 -34 32

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