J2-League match prediction: Little separates Zweigen Kanazawa and Kyoto Sanga in quality

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 16.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ishikawa Seibu Ryokuchi Stadium (20261 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Zweigen Kanazawa have their presumed home advantage while Kyoto Sanga are ahead 6 points in the J2-League table.

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 Zweigen Kanazawa and Kyoto Sanga.

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Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats

Overall J2-League stats at home this season for Zweigen Kanazawa are 1-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Kanazawa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Giravanz Kitakyushu (1-2). Before that, Kanazawa had a home game versus Ehime which ended with a victory 4-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Zweigen Kanazawa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Zweigen Kanazawa as a small favourite), we find nine games. Zweigen Kanazawa has won five of these, drawn three and lost one.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Kanazawa as they have a new game in only three days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Montedio Yamagata are visiting.

The Zweigen Kanazawa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kyoto Sanga so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).

Kyoto's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mito Hollyhock that finished 2-2. Preceding that game was the away victory against Montedio Yamagata with the score of 4-3.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kyoto Sanga playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Kyoto wins, four draws and five defeats.

Kyoto Sanga has another fixture away, a J2-League game, against Albirex Niigata in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The visiting Kyoto have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. Kyoto have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Kanazawa victories, six draws and two Kyoto Sanga wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Zweigen Kanazawa missing players

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Zweigen Kanazawa Kyoto Sanga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 4 1 Played P 0 6 11
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 5
1 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
19 4 0 Scored S 0 6 15
17 6 1 Conceded C 0 7 10
91% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 91%
64% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 64%
55% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 27%
36% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 18%
36% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
45% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 45%
27% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
36% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 27%
 
4.2 7.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.3 4.6
5.5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.3 4.7
0.7 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.7 0.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
132 52 0 Total Shots T S 0 66 116
45 14 0 Shots on Target S O 0 17 43
42% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 35%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Kyoto Sanga has the most points from losing position (7)
  • Zweigen Kanazawa have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 11 8 2 1 17 9 6 5 1 0 9 2 5 3 1 1 8 7 8 26
2 Tokushima Vortis 10 7 1 2 21 10 6 4 1 1 12 3 4 3 0 1 9 5 11 22
3 Omiya Ardija 10 6 2 2 11 6 4 3 1 0 6 2 6 3 1 2 5 4 5 20
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 10 6 1 3 17 8 5 3 1 1 8 2 5 3 0 2 7 6 9 19
5 Kyoto Sanga 11 5 4 2 15 10 5 4 1 0 9 3 6 1 3 2 6 7 5 19
6 Albirex Niigata 11 4 6 1 19 15 6 3 2 1 9 8 5 1 4 0 10 7 4 18
7 Ventforet Kofu 11 4 6 1 18 16 5 3 2 0 9 6 6 1 4 1 9 10 2 18
8 Jubilo Iwata 11 5 3 3 15 13 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 6 8 2 18
9 Tochigi 11 5 2 4 7 7 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 3 0 3 3 4 0 17
10 JEF United 10 5 0 5 14 8 6 2 0 4 6 6 4 3 0 1 8 2 6 15
11 Avispa Fukuoka 10 4 3 3 10 11 6 2 2 2 7 8 4 2 1 1 3 3 -1 15
12 Tokyo Verdy 11 3 5 3 12 12 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 7 0 14
13 Zweigen Kanazawa 11 4 1 6 19 17 4 1 1 2 4 6 7 3 0 4 15 11 2 13
14 Mito Hollyhock 11 3 4 4 19 19 6 2 2 2 12 11 5 1 2 2 7 8 0 13
15 Machida Zelvia 11 3 4 4 9 12 6 1 3 2 5 6 5 2 1 2 4 6 -3 13
16 Fagiano Okayama 11 3 3 5 12 14 7 2 2 3 9 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 -2 12
17 Montedio Yamagata 10 2 4 4 9 12 4 1 1 2 7 8 6 1 3 2 2 4 -3 10
18 Ryukyu 11 2 4 5 11 20 5 0 3 2 6 9 6 2 1 3 5 11 -9 10
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 11 2 3 6 9 15 4 1 1 2 4 5 7 1 2 4 5 10 -6 9
20 Ehime 11 2 2 7 15 19 6 1 1 4 7 10 5 1 1 3 8 9 -4 8
21 Renofa Yamaguchi 11 2 2 7 11 20 5 2 0 3 6 7 6 0 2 4 5 13 -9 8
22 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 11 2 0 9 8 25 6 0 0 6 2 15 5 2 0 3 6 10 -17 6