Ashitaka Fuji Stadium: Azul Claro Numazu vs Giravanz Kitakyushu J3-League preview

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashitaka Fuji Stadium (2000 seats)

Struggling Azul Claro Numazu will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Giravanz Kitakyushu in the upcoming league round. It's 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Azul Claro Numazu form and stats

When playing at home in the J3-League, Azul Claro Numazu, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in J3-League, have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games.

Azul Claro Numazu drew their last game, also a home match. Tokyo U23 (placed 18th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sagamihara (0-3).

Azul Claro Numazu have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J3-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the J3-League. Giravanz Kitakyushu has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Parceiro Nagano.

The supporters enjoyed Giravanz Kitakyushu's previous game versus Grulla Morioka (placed 9th), a J3-League 2-1 win played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Cerezo Osaka U23.

Giravanz Kitakyushu find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Giravanz Kitakyushu are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Giravanz Kitakyushu - Azul Claro Numazu 0-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 4 Azul Claro Numazu victories, 1 draw and 0 Giravanz Kitakyushu wins. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Sakamoto
5 goals
T. Ikemoto
5 goals

Azul Claro Numazu missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Azul Claro Numazu Giravanz Kitakyushu
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 5 13 26
9 4 1 Won W 3 8 14
6 4 0 Drew D 1 3 7
11 5 2 Lost L 1 2 5
26 15 2 Scored S 7 22 38
29 16 4 Conceded C 2 10 23
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 92%
58% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 85% 85%
42% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 46% 42%
15% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 12%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
42% 46% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 54% 54%
42% 46% 33% Clean Sheets C S 80% 46% 38%
27% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 8% 15%
 
4.5 4.8 3.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.4 5.1 5.4
4.2 3.8 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.4 4.8 3.8
0.7 0.4 0.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.6 0.7 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Azul Claro Numazu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

Azul Claro Numazu
All Emperor Cup J3-League
All Home Away
08-09-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 1 - 2 Vanraure Hachinohe
15-09-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 4 - 0 Cerezo Osaka U23
28-09-19 J3 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 2 - 1 Azul Claro Numazu
06-10-19 J3 Sagamihara 3 - 0 Azul Claro Numazu
13-10-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 2 - 2 Tokyo U23
20-10-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 04:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
27-10-19 J3 Roasso Kumamoto 06:00 Azul Claro Numazu
04-11-19 J3 YSCC - Azul Claro Numazu
10-11-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu - Fujieda MYFC
17-11-19 J3 Parceiro Nagano - Azul Claro Numazu
Giravanz Kitakyushu
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League
All Home Away
07-09-19 J3 Tokyo U23 0 - 2 Giravanz Kitakyushu
15-09-19 J3 Fukushima United 1 - 2 Giravanz Kitakyushu
29-09-19 J3 Sagamihara 1 - 3 Giravanz Kitakyushu
06-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 0 - 2 Cerezo Osaka U23
13-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 - 1 Grulla Morioka
20-10-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 04:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
27-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 05:00 YSCC
03-11-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu - Blaublitz Akita
10-11-19 J3 Roasso Kumamoto - Giravanz Kitakyushu
17-11-19 J3 ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Giravanz Kitakyushu

  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 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

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