A key match in J2-League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Tokushima Vortis in 1st position and Júbilo Iwata placed 7th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
It's no vacation for neither Tokushima nor Júbilo Iwata as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
6-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Tokushima Vortis, who have the the best goal difference (+24) in J2-League, so far this season.
A good away victory last time out for Tokushima Vortis, who won 3-2 against ThespaKusatsu Gunma (placed 20th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Albirex Niigata that ended 0-0.
The game against ThespaKusatsu Gunma had lots of late drama as Tokushima came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through A. Kawata's goal in the 90th minute. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of R. Rodríguez Suárez when A. Kawata scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute. A late climax in the match against ThespaKusatsu Gunma as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by A. Kawata.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tokushima Vortis handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and one defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tokushima as they are travelling to their away game against Tokyo Verdy in the J2-League. That match is three days after this one.
Tokushima Vortis has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Tokushima have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
As the visiting team in J2-League matches, Júbilo Iwata have produced an overall stat of 3-7-4 so far.
Júbilo are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the J2-League against Avispa Fukuoka (placed 2nd). Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against ThespaKusatsu Gunma.
Júbilo Iwata are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
A new game in only four days for Júbilo, the J2-League home match versus Ehime. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Júbilo as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Júbilo have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Tokushima Vortis and Júbilo Iwata have met before this season: Júbilo Iwata - Tokushima Vortis 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Tokushima Vortis one win, one draw and Júbilo Iwata one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kakita 11 goals |  L. Araújo de Almeida 10 goals | K. Ogawa 8 goals |
Tokushima Vortis missing players
Júbilo Iwata missing players
| Tokushima Vortis | Júbilo Iwata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 47 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 40 |
| 23 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 32 |
| 93% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 83% |
| 70% | 67% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 70% |
| 37% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 20% | 13% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 47% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 50% |
| 43% | 47% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 33% |
| 17% | 27% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 312 | 169 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 142 | 323 |
| 118 | 61 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 46 | 124 |
| 40% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 32% |
- Júbilo Iwata is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Tokushima Vortis has the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis has the the best goal difference (+24) in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokushima Vortis | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 59 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 59 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 54 |
| 4 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 46 |
| 7 | Júbilo Iwata | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 44 |
| 8 | Kyoto Sanga | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 12 | Fagiano Okayama | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 40 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 39 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -2 | 39 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 36 |
| 16 | Omiya Ardija | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 36 |
| 17 | JEF United | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 35 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 33 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 32 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -25 | 29 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -22 | 26 |
| 22 | Ehime | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 45 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -18 | 25 |