Evenly matched teams: Zweigen Kanazawa vs Ventforet Kofu match preview

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ishikawa Seibu Ryokuchi Stadium (20261 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Zweigen Kanazawa have their presumed home advantage while Ventforet Kofu are ahead 5 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 Kanazawa and Ventforet Kofu.

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Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats

3-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Zweigen Kanazawa so far this season.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Yuto Shirai not having conceded a league goal in 285 minutes.

Kanazawa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Matsumoto Yamaga's place. The match ended 1-0 with Lucão scoring. Preceding that game was the away draw at Ehime that finished 0-0.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Yanagishita when Lucão scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.

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 Kanazawa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn six and lost two.

Kanazawa has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

2 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Ventforet Kofu playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. Sharing is caring, but Ventforet Kofu are perhaps overdoing it with their five draws in a row. One point away has become something of a habit for Ventforet who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Ventforet's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tokyo Verdy that finished 0-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Albirex Niigata.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ventforet Kofu playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Ventforet win, five draws and zero defeats.

Ventforet find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Ventforet in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ventforet Kofu - Kanazawa 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Zweigen Kanazawa-Ventforet Kofu H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Zweigen Kanazawa one win, Ventforet Kofu three wins, one draw. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Zweigen Kanazawa Ventforet Kofu
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
8 3 1 Won W 0 2 8
7 5 1 Drew D 2 7 12
8 3 1 Lost L 1 2 3
32 12 4 Scored S 5 15 31
31 12 3 Conceded C 7 15 25
87% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 83%
70% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 70%
43% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 43%
26% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 26%
22% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 13%
52% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 61%
30% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 35%
30% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.7 0.5 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.6 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
272 133 42 Total Shots T S 11 68 172
86 41 14 Shots on Target S O 1 22 72
37% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 50% 38%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Ventforet Kofu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zweigen Kanazawa has the most points from losing position (12) in J2-League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tokushima Vortis 23 14 5 4 37 18 11 5 4 2 17 7 12 9 1 2 20 11 19 47
2 Giravanz Kitakyushu 23 14 3 6 36 24 12 8 1 3 19 13 11 6 2 3 17 11 12 45
3 Avispa Fukuoka 23 13 4 6 26 19 12 6 2 4 13 11 11 7 2 2 13 8 7 43
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 23 11 7 5 30 24 11 7 2 2 13 6 12 4 5 3 17 18 6 40
5 Ventforet Kofu 23 8 12 3 31 25 12 6 5 1 16 10 11 2 7 2 15 15 6 36
6 Kyoto Sanga 23 9 8 6 28 24 10 7 2 1 19 11 13 2 6 5 9 13 4 35
7 Albirex Niigata 23 8 10 5 31 27 12 4 5 3 15 16 11 4 5 2 16 11 4 34
8 Tochigi 23 9 6 8 22 21 11 3 5 3 9 8 12 6 1 5 13 13 1 33
9 Tokyo Verdy 23 8 8 7 26 22 10 4 3 3 13 9 13 4 5 4 13 13 4 32
10 Omiya Ardija 23 9 5 9 23 27 11 5 3 3 13 12 12 4 2 6 10 15 -4 32
11 Zweigen Kanazawa 23 8 7 8 32 31 11 3 5 3 12 12 12 5 2 5 20 19 1 31
12 Jubilo Iwata 23 7 9 7 32 28 12 5 4 3 21 13 11 2 5 4 11 15 4 30
13 Mito Hollyhock 23 8 6 9 38 35 12 4 3 5 22 21 11 4 3 4 16 14 3 30
14 JEF United 23 9 3 11 28 26 12 3 2 7 13 16 11 6 1 4 15 10 2 30
15 Machida Zelvia 23 7 9 7 24 24 12 3 7 2 13 10 11 4 2 5 11 14 0 30
16 Montedio Yamagata 23 7 8 8 25 23 11 4 3 4 12 12 12 3 5 4 13 11 2 29
17 Fagiano Okayama 23 7 6 10 20 24 14 5 3 6 13 14 9 2 3 4 7 10 -4 27
18 Ryukyu 23 6 5 12 32 39 11 2 4 5 17 19 12 4 1 7 15 20 -7 23
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 23 6 4 13 26 39 12 5 1 6 16 17 11 1 3 7 10 22 -13 22
20 Ehime 23 5 6 12 22 29 12 2 3 7 10 16 11 3 3 5 12 13 -7 21
21 Matsumoto Yamaga 23 4 8 11 21 37 10 3 2 5 10 17 13 1 6 6 11 20 -16 20
22 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 23 6 1 16 19 43 12 2 1 9 8 25 11 4 0 7 11 18 -24 19