J2-League: What this game might lack in glamour it should make up in energy and dedication. Get set for Zweigen Kanazawa - ThespaKusatsu Gunma!
- Zweigen Kanazawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in J2-League
Zweigen Kanazawa and ThespaKusatsu Gunma should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats
2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Zweigen Kanazawa so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Zweigen Kanazawa, their manager M. Yanagishita and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Stress levels are on the rise for Zweigen Kanazawa's attacking players as they have now played 201 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Niwa was their last goal scorer.
Zweigen Kanazawa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Matsumoto Yamaga that ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was the home game against Renofa Yamaguchi that was lost 0-1.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 Zweigen Kanazawa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won five times, drawn five and lost five.
The Zweigen Kanazawa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Zweigen Kanazawa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for ThespaKusatsu Gunma so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for ThespaKusatsu Gunma as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Ehime match.
It might be tough going out on the road again for ThespaKusatsu, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Júbilo Iwata (placed 4th).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Omiya Ardija.We have checked recent matches where ThespaKusatsu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were six victories, two draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting ThespaKusatsu as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by ThespaKusatsu Gunma in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Kanazawa, one draw and two wins for ThespaKusatsu Gunma. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Zweigen Kanazawa missing players
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| Zweigen Kanazawa | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 43% | 64% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 14% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 7.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 43% | 53% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 33% |
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in J2-League
- Zweigen Kanazawa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Zweigen Kanazawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Ryukyu | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Mito Hollyhock | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Blaublitz Akita | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | JEF United | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Tokyo Verdy | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Montedio Yamagata | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Omiya Ardija | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 19 | Ehime | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 20 | Sagamihara | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 11 |