Betting preview: Azul Claro Numazu vs Fukushima United should be interesting

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashitaka Fuji Stadium (2000 seats)

Azul Claro Numazu hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 15th position in the J3-League table. Visiting Fukushima United holds 12th place with 13 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Azul Claro Numazu nor Fukushima United 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.

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Azul Claro Numazu form and stats

0-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Azul Claro Numazu, who have the fewest points (1) at home in J3-League, so far this season.

Azul Claro Numazu's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Fukushima United. In the game before, an away victory match versus Kamatamare Sanuki with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 Azul Claro Numazu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 3.

The lack of attacking qualities in Azul Claro Numazu means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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Fukushima United form and stats

Playing away, Fukushima United have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season.

Fukushima United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Azul Claro Numazu. A 1-1 draw at Sagamihara's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Fukushima United in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Fukushima United, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Fukushima United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 9 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Fukushima United in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Azul Claro Numazu - Fukushima United 2-4. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 1 Azul Claro Numazu victory, 3 draws and 2 Fukushima United wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Oka
3 goals
H. Higuchi
3 goals

Azul Claro Numazu missing players

Fukushima United missing players

Azul Claro Numazu Fukushima United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played 1 9 18
6 2 0 Won 1 4 7
5 3 2 Drew 0 1 3
8 4 0 Lost 0 4 8
16 7 1 Scored 2 14 22
20 12 1 Conceded 0 13 24
84% 78% 50% Over 0.5 100% 100% 94%
53% 56% 50% Over 1.5 100% 89% 78%
32% 33% 0% Over 2.5 0% 44% 50%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 0% 33% 17%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 22% 11%
42% 44% 50% BTTS 0% 56% 56%
42% 44% 50% Clean Sheets 100% 11% 17%
32% 33% 50% Failed To Score 0% 33% 33%
 
4.3 4.9 3.5 Corners For (avg) 4 2.2 3.8
4 3.6 4 Corners Against (avg) 6 4.5 4.7
0.8 0.6 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.6 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Azul Claro Numazu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fukushima United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fukushima United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Azul Claro Numazu
06-07-19 J3 Gainare Tottori 2 - 1 Azul Claro Numazu
14-07-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 1 - 1 ThespaKusatsu Gunma
21-07-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 0 - 0 Parceiro Nagano
27-07-19 J3 Kamatamare Sanuki 1 - 2 Azul Claro Numazu
04-08-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 2 - 4 Fukushima United
11-08-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 06:00 Grulla Morioka
30-08-19 J3 Blaublitz Akita 10:00 Azul Claro Numazu
08-09-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 06:00 Vanraure Hachinohe
15-09-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu - Cerezo Osaka U23
28-09-19 J3 ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Azul Claro Numazu
Fukushima United
07-07-19 J3 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 2 - 0 Fukushima United
14-07-19 J3 Fukushima United 2 - 1 Gamba Osaka U23
21-07-19 J3 Fukushima United 1 - 0 Roasso Kumamoto
27-07-19 J3 Sagamihara 1 - 1 Fukushima United
04-08-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 2 - 4 Fukushima United
10-08-19 J3 Fukushima United 07:00 Fujieda MYFC
18-08-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 06:00 Fukushima United
01-09-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 10:00 Fukushima United
08-09-19 J3 Parceiro Nagano 08:00 Fukushima United
15-09-19 J3 Fukushima United - Giravanz Kitakyushu

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Roasso Kumamoto 12 7 2 3 19 14 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 23
2 Kamatamare Sanuki 12 6 4 2 15 9 7 5 1 1 10 4 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 22
3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 11 6 3 2 13 7 5 3 0 2 6 5 6 3 3 0 7 2 6 21
4 Kataller Toyama 12 5 5 2 15 12 6 2 2 2 8 8 6 3 3 0 7 4 3 20
5 Fujieda MYFC 12 6 2 4 15 15 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 3 0 3 9 12 0 20
6 Sagamihara 12 5 3 4 14 13 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 9 1 18
7 Cerezo Osaka U23 11 5 2 4 18 17 6 4 1 1 12 7 5 1 1 3 6 10 1 17
8 Gamba Osaka U23 12 4 4 4 19 14 7 3 2 2 13 10 5 1 2 2 6 4 5 16
9 Grulla Morioka 12 5 1 6 13 16 6 3 0 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 5 8 -3 16
10 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 11 4 3 4 18 11 6 3 2 1 13 5 5 1 1 3 5 6 7 15
11 Vanraure Hachinohe 12 4 2 6 19 18 6 1 1 4 11 14 6 3 1 2 8 4 1 14
12 Fukushima United 11 4 1 6 13 15 6 1 1 4 4 9 5 3 0 2 9 6 -2 13
13 Blaublitz Akita 11 3 4 4 11 13 5 1 3 1 3 2 6 2 1 3 8 11 -2 13
14 Parceiro Nagano 11 3 4 4 11 13 5 1 1 3 5 7 6 2 3 1 6 6 -2 13
15 Azul Claro Numazu 11 3 3 5 8 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 7 3 2 2 6 4 -3 12
16 Gainare Tottori 11 3 3 5 15 22 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 11 16 -7 12
17 YSCC 12 4 0 8 18 28 6 1 0 5 7 18 6 3 0 3 11 10 -10 12
18 Tokyo U23 12 3 2 7 11 17 5 2 1 2 4 3 7 1 1 5 7 14 -6 11