An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 13th and the visitors in 15th place.
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 Blaublitz Akita and Azul Claro Numazu.
Blaublitz Akita form and stats
The story so far in the J3-League for Blaublitz Akita, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in J3-League, at their home stadium (Akita City Stadium) is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The Blaublitz Akita crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Azul Claro Numazu here at Akita City Stadium in a J3-League match. In the match before that, Blaublitz Akita hosted Kataller Toyama and drew the game 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Blaublitz Akita perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blaublitz Akita as a small favourite), we find three games. Blaublitz Akita has won 0 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Blaublitz Akita have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Blaublitz Akita have only let in 2 goals at home.
Azul Claro Numazu form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Azul Claro Numazu playing as the away team in the J3-League this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Azul Claro Numazu are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
It's the second away game in a row for Azul Claro Numazu, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Blaublitz Akita in the J3-League last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Grulla Morioka.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Azul Claro Numazu in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Azul Claro Numazu, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Azul Claro Numazu are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Blaublitz Akita - Azul Claro Numazu 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Blaublitz Akita won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Azul Claro Numazu has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 0 / 6Top Goalscorers
  Y. Oka 3 goals |  E. Ozaki 2 goals |
Blaublitz Akita missing players
Azul Claro Numazu missing players
| Blaublitz Akita | Azul Claro Numazu | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 76% | 64% | 33% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 62% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 48% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 29% |
| 19% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 48% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 38% |
| 29% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 45% | 48% |
| 48% | 64% | 100% | Failed To Score | 50% | 27% | 29% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | 3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 6.3 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.5 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20-07-19 | | Blaublitz Akita | 0 - 2 | Gainare Tottori |
| 27-07-19 | | Blaublitz Akita | 3 - 1 | Grulla Morioka |
| 04-08-19 | | Roasso Kumamoto | 0 - 0 | Blaublitz Akita |
| 11-08-19 | | Blaublitz Akita | 1 - 1 | Kataller Toyama |
| 30-08-19 | | Blaublitz Akita | 0 - 1 | Azul Claro Numazu |
| 07-09-19 | | Gainare Tottori | 10:00 | Blaublitz Akita |
| 15-09-19 | | Blaublitz Akita | 07:00 | Kamatamare Sanuki |
| 29-09-19 | | Blaublitz Akita | 06:00 | YSCC |
| 06-10-19 | | Parceiro Nagano | - | Blaublitz Akita |
| 12-10-19 | | Blaublitz Akita | - | ThespaKusatsu Gunma |
| 21-07-19 | | Azul Claro Numazu | 0 - 0 | Parceiro Nagano |
| 27-07-19 | | Kamatamare Sanuki | 1 - 2 | Azul Claro Numazu |
| 04-08-19 | | Azul Claro Numazu | 2 - 4 | Fukushima United |
| 11-08-19 | | Azul Claro Numazu | 1 - 0 | Grulla Morioka |
| 30-08-19 | | Blaublitz Akita | 0 - 1 | Azul Claro Numazu |
| 08-09-19 | | Azul Claro Numazu | 06:00 | Vanraure Hachinohe |
| 15-09-19 | | Azul Claro Numazu | 06:00 | Cerezo Osaka U23 |
| 28-09-19 | | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 06:00 | Azul Claro Numazu |
| 06-10-19 | | Sagamihara | - | Azul Claro Numazu |
| 12-10-19 | | Azul Claro Numazu | - | Tokyo U23 |
| 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 |