Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Ventforet Kofu and Albirex Niigata, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.
- Ventforet Kofu have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (34) in J2-League
Ventforet Kofu and Albirex Niigata should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 J2-League games here at Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium for Ventforet Kofu. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ventforet has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium. We remember; it was Giravanz Kitakyushu.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Ventforet, as their goalkeeper Kosuke Okanishi has completely shut out the opponents for 360 minutes in the J2-League.
Ventforet manager A. Ito and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Kyoto Sanga (placed 2nd) in the J2-League.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Mito Hollyhock.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ventforet Kofu, as the Emperor Cup home game vs Fukui United is only four days away.
Ventforet Kofu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Ventforet have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (34) in J2-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the J2-League.
The supporters enjoyed Albirex's previous game versus Ryūkyū (placed 3rd), a J2-League 2-1 win played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Albert Puig when K. Taniguchi scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Kyoto Sanga.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Zweigen Kanazawa in just four days.
The Albirex manager Albert Puig has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. As opposed to that, Albirex have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ventforet four wins, four draws and Albirex Niigata two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Takagi 7 goals |  J. Izumisawa 4 goals | S. Homma 4 goals |
Ventforet Kofu missing players
Albirex Niigata missing players
| Ventforet Kofu | Albirex Niigata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 34 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 62% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 19% | 14% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5.4 | 6.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 0.8 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 11.3 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.1 | 8.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 56% | 49% |
- Albirex Niigata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Albirex Niigata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (18) away in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (34) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the the best goal difference (+21) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Albirex Niigata's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ventforet Kofu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ventforet Kofu have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in J2-League
- Ventforet Kofu have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ventforet Kofu haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 36 |
| 2 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Ryūkyū | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | JEF United | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 18 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Ehime | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 14 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 11 |