It's match two of the J3-League season and important points to play for. Don't miss our complete preview of Azul Claro Numazu-Fukushima United!
This promises to be an engaging fixture with lots of action and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Azul Claro Numazu form and stats
The previous season, Azul Claro Numazu's league stats were 7 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses, ending with 14th position in the J3-League. From these 28 matches they scored 32 goals and gave away 44. Appearing as the home team in the last season Azul Claro Numazu produced 5-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 17 conceded.
Azul Claro Numazu lost their last game at Sagamihara (placed 7th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Grulla Morioka.Fukushima United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Fukushima United performed last season in the J3-League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 19/16 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the J3-League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 14 matches.
It's the second away game in a row for Fukushima, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Imabari (placed 15th) last time out.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Kamatamare Sanuki.It's early days yet, but Fukushima United has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Azul Claro Numazu one win, three draws and Fukushima United six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
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Azul Claro Numazu missing players
Fukushima United missing players
| Azul Claro Numazu | Fukushima United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Azul Claro Numazu | Last season | Fukushima United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 41 | ||
| 44 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 71% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 79% | ||
| 46% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 54% | ||
| 25% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 14% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 11% | ||
| 61% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 64% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 25% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 14% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fujieda MYFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Parceiro Nagano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Kataller Toyama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Fukushima United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sagamihara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Iwaki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kagoshima United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Gifu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | YSCC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Ehime | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Azul Claro Numazu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Imabari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Gainare Tottori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Roasso Kumamoto | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 54 |
| 2 | Grulla Morioka | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 53 |
| 3 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 53 |
| 4 | Kataller Toyama | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 46 |
| 5 | Fukushima United | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Gifu | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Kagoshima United | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | -1 | 40 |
| 8 | YSCC | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | -2 | 40 |
| 9 | Parceiro Nagano | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
| 10 | Fujieda MYFC | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Imabari | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Gainare Tottori | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 21 | -17 | 29 |
| 13 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 29 |
| 14 | Azul Claro Numazu | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -21 | 21 |