It's advantage Blaublitz Akita so far with their 1st position in the J3-League table, welcoming Imabari who are placed 8th.
- Blaublitz Akita has the most scored goals (53) in J3-League
- Imabari has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in J3-League
Blaublitz Akita and Imabari should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Imabari have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Blaublitz Akita form and stats
35 points is a decent return from 16 J3-League games here at Akita Yabase Stadium for Blaublitz Akita. The data says 10 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.
Happy days for Blaublitz Akita in their previous game, a J3-League match away at Roasso Kumamoto (placed 6th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Kataller Toyama with the scoreline 0-1.
A goal frenzy last time out for Blaublitz Akita, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Roasso Kumamoto. Fun stuff to watch!
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Blaublitz Akita as they are travelling to their away game against Gainare Tottori in the J3-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Blaublitz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 16 league matches. Defensively Blaublitz Akita have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (7 in 16 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Imabari form and stats
As the visiting team in J3-League matches, Imabari have produced an overall stat of 8-5-2 so far.
Two away games in a row for Imabari, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Parceiro Nagano in the J3-League. A 1-2 loss hosting Fukushima United before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Grulla Morioka in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Imabari have scored 15 goals in 15 league games away. The Imabari defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 15 games).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Imabari - Blaublitz Akita 0-1.Blaublitz Akita missing players
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| Blaublitz Akita | Imabari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 53 | 26 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 77% | 75% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 83% |
| 57% | 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 57% |
| 37% | 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | 27% |
| 27% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 13% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 27% | 38% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 37% |
| 70% | 56% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 73% | 47% |
| 27% | 31% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.7 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 9.7 | 9.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 49% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 27% |
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals (11) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the most clean sheets (21) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the most clean sheets (9) at home in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the most points (35) at home in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the most scored goals (53) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the most scored goals in the second half (31) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the the best goal difference (+19) at home in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the the best goal difference (+42) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blaublitz Akita have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Imabari has the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in J3-League
- Imabari has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in J3-League
- Imabari has the most matches under the total-line (22) in J3-League
- Imabari have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Blaublitz Akita | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 42 | 71 |
| 2 | Sagamihara | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 53 |
| 3 | Parceiro Nagano | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 52 |
| 4 | Gifu | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | Kataller Toyama | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | Roasso Kumamoto | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 47 |
| 7 | Gainare Tottori | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 47 |
| 8 | Imabari | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 46 |
| 9 | Kagoshima United | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 46 |
| 10 | Fujieda MYFC | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 43 |
| 11 | Fukushima United | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | -5 | 39 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 13 | Grulla Morioka | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -16 | 35 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -15 | 27 |
| 17 | YSCC | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -26 | 24 |
| 18 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -26 | 21 |