Ventforet Kofu and Tokushima Vortis have both delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf phrase. Both teams occupy mid-table spots in the J2-League.
- Ventforet Kofu have the most points from losing position (11) in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis have the fewest conceded goals (10) in J2-League
It's no vacation for neither Ventforet Kofu nor Tokushima Vortis as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
The overall J2-League statistics at home this season for Ventforet Kofu are 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Ventforet, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
The home team returns to Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium after drawing with Ryūkyū (placed 20th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Matsumoto was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Ryūkyū after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Before that, Ventforet Kofu drew at home versus Renofa Yamaguchi.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 Kofu have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Ventforet are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Roasso Kumamoto awaits in three days.
Ventforet Kofu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
2-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tokushima Vortis in their J2-League matches away.
Tokushima failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Tochigi (placed 19th) that ended with defeat 0-1.
aweayteam Hara magic won. Tokushima Vortis are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Tokushima Vortis now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J2-League game at Ryūkyū is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Tokushima when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Ventforet Kofu wins - draws - Tokushima Vortis wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hasegawa 5 goals |  S. Fujio 5 goals | K. Mitsuhira 3 goals |
Ventforet Kofu missing players
Tokushima Vortis missing players
| Ventforet Kofu | Tokushima Vortis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 71% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 47% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 65% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 12.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.1 | 9.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 26% | 23% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 21% | 25% |
| 7.6 | 9.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- Tokushima Vortis have the fewest conceded goals (10) in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis have the most clean sheets (9) in J2-League
- Ventforet Kofu have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Ventforet Kofu have the most points from losing position (11) in J2-League
- 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 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Yokohama | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Machida Zelvia | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Ventforet Kofu | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Roasso Kumamoto | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Blaublitz Akita | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 12 | Mito Hollyhock | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 15 | Oita Trinita | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 16 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 18 | JEF United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Ryūkyū | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 14 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 22 | Grulla Morioka | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 14 |
