A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The V-Varen Nagasaki fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and ThespaKusatsu Gunma's 22nd place in the table will show on the pitch.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for ThespaKusatsu Gunma, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats
The story so far in the J2-League for V-Varen Nagasaki, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in J2-League, at their home stadium (transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Nagasaki faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tokushima Vortis (1-3). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Tokyo Verdy.
V-Varen Nagasaki are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Montedio Yamagata awaits in four days.
Nagasaki has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively V-Varen Nagasaki have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (22) in J2-League, on their J2-League travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J2-League home defeat versus Giravanz Kitakyushu with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus JEF United at their stadium, the result 2-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ryukyu in just four days.
ThespaKusatsu are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). ThespaKusatsu struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Nagasaki, one draw and one win for ThespaKusatsu Gunma. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kato 9 goals |
V-Varen Nagasaki missing players
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
| V-Varen Nagasaki | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 60% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | 47 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 34 | 82 |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 11 | 26 |
| 41% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 27% |
- All of ThespaKusatsu Gunma's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals (22)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- V-Varen Nagasaki has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- V-Varen Nagasaki have not yet lost a game at home.
- V-Varen Nagasaki have scored at least twice as many goals 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Omiya Ardija | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Kyoto Sanga | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Jubilo Iwata | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Ventforet Kofu | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Machida Zelvia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | JEF United | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | Mito Hollyhock | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Fagiano Okayama | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 16 | Tokyo Verdy | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 17 | Ryukyu | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 19 | Ehime | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 21 | Montedio Yamagata | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -15 | 6 |