There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Tokushima Vortis leading ThespaKusatsu Gunma by 17 points.
It's no vacation for neither Tokushima Vortis nor ThespaKusatsu Gunma 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
4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Tokushima Vortis have to build on here at Pocari Sweat Stadium in the J2-League.
The Tokushima fans got no joy from their last match, a J2-League game also here at Pocari Sweat Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Mito Hollyhock (placed 15th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Matsumoto Yamaga and winning 3-1.
The manager R. Rodríguez Suárez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tochigi in only four days.
Tokushima have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pocari Sweat Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Tokushima Vortis are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pocari Sweat Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
As the visiting team in J2-League matches, ThespaKusatsu Gunma, who have the most conceded goals (30) in J2-League, have produced an overall stat of 3-0-4 so far.
ThespaKusatsu lost away at Ventforet Kofu (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Júbilo Iwata.
A new game in only four days for ThespaKusatsu, the J2-League home match versus Kyoto Sanga. Busy days.
ThespaKusatsu are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). ThespaKusatsu's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tokushima Vortis four wins, three draws and ThespaKusatsu Gunma three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kawata 14 goals |   J. Kato 9 goals |
Tokushima Vortis missing players
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
| Tokushima Vortis | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 94% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 69% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 56% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 50% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 44% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 160 | 90 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 66 | 147 |
| 59 | 30 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 23 | 46 |
| 47% | 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 30% | 28% |
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals (30)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals in the first half (15)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-17)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tokushima Vortis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tokushima Vortis have scored more than double the goals of ThespaKusatsu Gunma.
- Tokushima Vortis have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Machida Zelvia | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Omiya Ardija | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | JEF United | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 15 | Mito Hollyhock | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Ehime | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -17 | 13 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 12 |