J2-League match preview and statistics: Zweigen Kanazawa fight Ryūkyū

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sat 03.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ishikawa Seibu Stadium

Zweigen Kanazawa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Ryūkyū.

Insights:
  • Zweigen Kanazawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ryūkyū have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ryūkyū, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.

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Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats

Zweigen Kanazawa have collected 12 points from their J2-League home games so far after 3-3-4.

Kanazawa lost their last game at Montedio Yamagata (placed 5th) after a 1-4 scoreline.

Preceding that match was the home game against Kyoto Sanga that was lost 1-2.

Zweigen Kanazawa has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, Kanazawa have conceded 12 goals.

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Ryūkyū form and stats

4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ryūkyū in their J2-League matches away.

Koya Kazama and K. Kiyotake (3) scored in Ryūkyū's previous match, the home game against Matsumoto Yamaga that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Ryūkyū was very dominant against Matsumoto Yamaga, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Koya Kazama and K. Kiyotake (3) providing the goals. K. Kiyotake certainly enjoyed Ryūkyū's last game versus Matsumoto Yamaga, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory.

A 0-3 defeat away at Fagiano Okayama before that.

Ryūkyū are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. Ryūkyū have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Zweigen Kanazawa won two, Ryūkyū won zero and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RyūkyūK. Kiyotake
K. Kiyotake
7 goals
RyūkyūR. Ikeda
R. Ikeda
6 goals
KanazawaS. Niwa
S. Niwa
5 goals

Zweigen Kanazawa missing players

Ryūkyū missing players

Zweigen Kanazawa Ryūkyū
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 5 9 20
7 3 0 Won W 2 4 12
4 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
9 4 1 Lost L 2 3 4
22 11 1 Scored S 5 14 34
25 12 2 Conceded C 8 12 18
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
40% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 50%
20% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 20%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 10%
55% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 40%
20% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 22% 45%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 22% 25%
 
5.1 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5.7 5.8
4.3 3.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6 5.8
0.7 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.4 0.4 0.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 9.4 9.4
2.8 2.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.9 4
39% 42% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 40% 43%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • All of Ryūkyū's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ryūkyū have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zweigen Kanazawa 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 Kyoto Sanga 20 13 5 2 32 13 10 6 3 1 20 10 10 7 2 1 12 3 19 44
2 Júbilo Iwata 20 14 2 4 32 19 10 8 0 2 19 12 10 6 2 2 13 7 13 44
3 Albirex Niigata 20 12 5 3 38 16 10 6 2 2 16 4 10 6 3 1 22 12 22 41
4 Ryūkyū 20 12 4 4 34 18 11 8 2 1 20 6 9 4 2 3 14 12 16 40
5 Montedio Yamagata 20 9 6 5 24 16 10 5 1 4 14 11 10 4 5 1 10 5 8 33
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 20 10 3 7 24 23 10 4 3 3 13 12 10 6 0 4 11 11 1 33
7 Tokyo Verdy 20 10 3 7 28 30 12 7 1 4 21 16 8 3 2 3 7 14 -2 33
8 Ventforet Kofu 19 8 7 4 25 17 9 5 3 1 14 7 10 3 4 3 11 10 8 31
9 Machida Zelvia 19 9 4 6 26 19 9 2 2 5 8 11 10 7 2 1 18 8 7 31
10 Mito Hollyhock 20 8 2 10 27 21 10 4 1 5 11 8 10 4 1 5 16 13 6 26
11 Fagiano Okayama 20 7 4 9 18 18 9 2 1 6 6 8 11 5 3 3 12 10 0 25
12 JEF United 20 6 7 7 18 19 9 1 4 4 8 11 11 5 3 3 10 8 -1 25
13 Blaublitz Akita 20 6 7 7 18 20 10 2 6 2 6 7 10 4 1 5 12 13 -2 25
14 Zweigen Kanazawa 20 7 4 9 22 25 10 3 3 4 11 12 10 4 1 5 11 13 -3 25
15 Renofa Yamaguchi 19 5 6 8 15 22 9 2 3 4 5 8 10 3 3 4 10 14 -7 21
16 Tochigi 20 4 8 8 20 25 9 2 3 4 8 10 11 2 5 4 12 15 -5 20
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 20 4 7 9 16 34 10 3 4 3 12 15 10 1 3 6 4 19 -18 19
18 Ehime 19 4 6 9 19 30 10 1 4 5 9 18 9 3 2 4 10 12 -11 18
19 Giravanz Kitakyushu 20 4 6 10 15 30 11 1 4 6 7 15 9 3 2 4 8 15 -15 18
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 19 4 5 10 15 25 10 3 2 5 8 12 9 1 3 5 7 13 -10 17
21 Omiya Ardija 19 2 7 10 16 24 9 1 2 6 8 12 10 1 5 4 8 12 -8 13
22 Sagamihara 20 2 6 12 11 29 10 1 3 6 7 17 10 1 3 6 4 12 -18 12