Only a few games have been played in the J2-League so far, with Ventforet Kofu placed 15th and Omiya Ardija sitting in the 2nd position.
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 Omiya Ardija.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Ventforet Kofu's two home games in the J2-League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium.
The fans are hoping that Ventforet will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the J2-League game against Tokyo Verdy (placed 17th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Zweigen Kanazawa in a game that was won 2-1.
A goal frenzy last time out for Ventforet, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Tokyo Verdy. Fun stuff to watch!
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ventforet have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost three.
Ventforet Kofu has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Omiya Ardija form and stats
Omiya Ardija have six points from their first three away games in the J2-League, meaning two victories and a loss.
Ardija are travelling again after losing away to Tochigi in their previous match (0-1). Before that, Omiya Ardija secured a home win against Tokyo Verdy with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Ardija in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Omiya Ardija, one draw and five defeats.
Ardija find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ventforet three wins, five draws and Omiya Ardija two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Simovic 8 goals |
Ventforet Kofu missing players
Omiya Ardija missing players
| Ventforet Kofu | Omiya Ardija | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 31 | 47 |
| 13 | 11 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 12 | 18 |
| 46% | 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 200% | 25% | 33% |
- All of Ventforet Kofu's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Omiya Ardija have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Omiya Ardija haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ventforet Kofu have not yet lost a game at home.
| Ventforet Kofu | Last season | Omiya Ardija | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 43 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 43 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 20 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 9 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 65 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 62 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 42 | ||
| 98% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 76% | 81% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 48% | 65% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 5% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 23% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 19% | ||
| 51% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 51% | ||
| 37% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 48% | 42% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 26% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 518 | 276 | Total Shots | T S | 245 | 511 | ||
| 203 | 102 | Shots on Target | S O | 95 | 208 | ||
| 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Omiya Ardija | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | JEF United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Fagiano Okayama | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Machida Zelvia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Jubilo Iwata | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Ehime | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Ventforet Kofu | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Tokyo Verdy | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Montedio Yamagata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 2 |