The league table in J2-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Ventforet Kofu leading Ehime by 10 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ventforet and Ehime.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
Ventforet Kofu are steadily winning J2-League games and points here at Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The spoils were shared in Ventforet Kofu's previous game, also at home. Visiting Tokushima Vortis (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Ryukyu.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ventforet have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost four.
Ventforet are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Montedio Yamagata awaits in four days.
The Ventforet fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Ventforet's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ehime form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ehime so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Ehime are looking to quickly end their 218 minutes long goal drought in the J2-League.
Ehime has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Tochigi for a J2-League game that ended a draw (0-0). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Montedio Yamagata.
We have checked recent matches where Ehime have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, three draws and three defeats.
After this away game Ehime return home for a J2-League game against Omiya Ardija. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Ehime find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Ehime rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ventforet Kofu-Ehime H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ventforet five wins, Ehime one win, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Fujimoto 9 goals |   L. dos Santos Gonzaga 7 goals |
Ventforet Kofu missing players
Ehime missing players
| Ventforet Kofu | Ehime | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 0.6 | 0.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | 52 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 43 | 98 |
| 34 | 25 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 44% | 40% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 50% | 42% |
- Ventforet Kofu have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ventforet Kofu have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Omiya Ardija | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | JEF United | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Júbilo Iwata | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Mito Hollyhock | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Montedio Yamagata | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 21 | Ehime | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -18 | 6 |