It's still early in the J2-League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the V-Varen Nagasaki - Ehime preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats
Perfect J2-League season at home so far for V-Varen Nagasaki, who have the most points (6) at home in J2-League, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
A good away victory last time out for Nagasaki, who won 2-1 against Avispa Fukuoka (placed 11th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Giravanz Kitakyushu.
Manager M. Teguramori felt very clever after C. Togashi scored the winning goal against Avispa Fukuoka, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 65th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when C. Togashi scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time.
The manager M. Teguramori will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ryukyu in only four days.
V-Varen Nagasaki has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Ehime form and stats
Only one away game in the J2-League so far for Ehime and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 14 losses from 21 travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Ehime, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Renofa Yamaguchi (placed 14th) in the J2-League last time out. Before that, Ehime secured a home win against Tokushima Vortis with the score 4-3.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fagiano Okayama in just four days.
3 goals so far away for Ehime, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nagasaki won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Ehime has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  Y. Fujimoto 9 goals |
V-Varen Nagasaki missing players
Ehime missing players
| V-Varen Nagasaki | Ehime | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 17 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 30 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 45% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 62% |
- Ehime has the most scored goals in the second half (7)
- V-Varen Nagasaki has the most points (6) at home
| V-Varen Nagasaki | Last season | Ehime | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Lost | L | 14 | 24 | ||
| 57 | 26 | Scored | S | 22 | 46 | ||
| 61 | 32 | Conceded | C | 39 | 62 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 93% | ||
| 69% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 74% | ||
| 60% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 19% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 17% | ||
| 52% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 52% | 45% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 5% | 17% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 48% | 45% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 440 | 217 | Total Shots | T S | 204 | 436 | ||
| 165 | 79 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 150 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Omiya Ardija | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Ehime | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | JEF United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Fagiano Okayama | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Tokushima Vortis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Júbilo Iwata | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Ventforet Kofu | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Mito Hollyhock | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Tokyo Verdy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | Tochigi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | Ryukyu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 85 | 33 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 52 | 84 |
| 2 | Yokohama | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 79 |
| 3 | Omiya Ardija | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 62 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 75 |
| 4 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 67 | 45 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 22 | 73 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 24 | 71 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 19 | 70 |
| 7 | Mito Hollyhock | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 70 |
| 8 | Kyoto Sanga | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 59 | 56 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 38 | 3 | 68 |
| 9 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 47 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 65 |
| 10 | Albirex Niigata | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 71 | 52 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 62 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 58 | 46 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 61 |
| 12 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 57 | 61 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 29 | -4 | 56 |
| 13 | Tokyo Verdy | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 59 | 59 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 55 |
| 14 | Ryukyu | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 57 | 80 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 41 | -23 | 49 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 70 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 36 | -16 | 47 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 39 | 62 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 34 | -23 | 44 |
| 17 | JEF United | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 64 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 26 | -18 | 43 |
| 18 | Machida Zelvia | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 36 | 59 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 30 | -23 | 43 |
| 19 | Ehime | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 46 | 62 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 39 | -16 | 42 |
| 20 | Tochigi | 42 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 33 | 53 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 31 | -20 | 40 |
| 21 | Kagoshima United | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 41 | 73 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 46 | -32 | 40 |
| 22 | Gifu | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 78 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 40 | -45 | 30 |