Ehime favourites for feisty fight facing Giravanz Kitakyushu

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ningineer Stadium (20919 seats)

Ehime and Giravanz Kitakyushu have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. The teams both occupy mid-table positions in the J3-League.

Insights:
  • Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J3-League

This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of action and energy as both participants are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Ehime form and stats

When playing at home in the J3-League, Ehime have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.

The home regulars saw a 2-2 draw versus Parceiro Nagano last time out and are looking for a victory here.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Vanraure Hachinohe (0-1).

Ehime have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

There's been little loot from Giravanz Kitakyushu's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the J3-League. Giravanz Kitakyushu only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Kitakyushu have lost on their last two travels.

Giravanz Kitakyushu go into this game after a win, the home game against Vanraure Hachinohe that ended 2-1. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Hirayama and that is quite the accomplishment!

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Tegevajaro Miyazaki.

Kitakyushu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visiting Giravanz Kitakyushu have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Kitakyushu have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Giravanz Kitakyushu - Ehime 0-0 was the end result in these teams' last head-to-head game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ehime three wins, three draws and Giravanz Kitakyushu four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EhimeR. Matsuda
R. Matsuda
7 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuR. Sato
R. Sato
6 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuY. Takazawa
Y. Takazawa
6 goals

Ehime missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ehime Giravanz Kitakyushu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
12 8 0 Won W 0 3 9
6 3 3 Drew D 0 3 5
9 3 0 Lost L 3 8 14
40 28 3 Scored S 1 15 30
33 16 3 Conceded C 7 24 35
93% 93% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
78% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 57%
48% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 50%
22% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 25%
15% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
56% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 43%
26% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 21%
26% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 43%
 
4.5 3.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.6 4
5.6 5.5 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.7
1.3 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.4 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 9.9 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.3 8.3
4 4.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.1
37% 44% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 41% 34%
 
11.6 12.3 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.4 12.8
4.5 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 5.1
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Ehime 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 the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J3-League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Iwaki 28 19 6 3 60 19 14 9 4 1 28 10 14 10 2 2 32 9 41 63
2 Kagoshima United 28 19 2 7 48 30 14 11 1 2 31 14 14 8 1 5 17 16 18 59
3 Fujieda MYFC 28 18 4 6 49 24 15 11 1 3 28 15 13 7 3 3 21 9 25 58
4 Matsumoto Yamaga 28 16 6 6 35 22 14 9 2 3 17 10 14 7 4 3 18 12 13 54
5 Kataller Toyama 28 17 3 8 43 31 13 10 1 2 24 14 15 7 2 6 19 17 12 54
6 Imabari 28 16 5 7 45 29 14 8 2 4 20 12 14 8 3 3 25 17 16 53
7 Parceiro Nagano 28 12 8 8 32 32 13 7 4 2 18 15 15 5 4 6 14 17 0 44
8 Ehime 27 12 6 9 40 33 14 8 3 3 28 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 7 42
9 Fukushima United 28 10 8 10 33 34 13 5 4 4 12 16 15 5 4 6 21 18 -1 38
10 Gifu 28 9 6 13 38 45 14 6 3 5 20 20 14 3 3 8 18 25 -7 33
11 Giravanz Kitakyushu 28 9 5 14 30 35 14 6 2 6 15 11 14 3 3 8 15 24 -5 32
12 Azul Claro Numazu 28 8 6 14 23 33 14 7 4 3 16 10 14 1 2 11 7 23 -10 30
13 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 27 7 8 12 30 39 14 5 4 5 17 18 13 2 4 7 13 21 -9 29
14 Gainare Tottori 28 8 4 16 42 51 14 6 3 5 27 15 14 2 1 11 15 36 -9 28
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 28 9 1 18 24 42 14 7 0 7 14 19 14 2 1 11 10 23 -18 28
16 Sagamihara 28 6 5 17 26 39 15 3 2 10 13 25 13 3 3 7 13 14 -13 23
17 Kamatamare Sanuki 28 5 6 17 20 40 14 3 4 7 11 20 14 2 2 10 9 20 -20 21
18 YSCC 28 5 3 20 18 58 14 3 2 9 10 27 14 2 1 11 8 31 -40 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Iwaki 28 19 6 3 60 19 14 9 4 1 28 10 14 10 2 2 32 9 41 63
2 Kagoshima United 28 19 2 7 48 30 14 11 1 2 31 14 14 8 1 5 17 16 18 59
3 Fujieda MYFC 28 18 4 6 49 24 15 11 1 3 28 15 13 7 3 3 21 9 25 58
4 Matsumoto Yamaga 28 16 6 6 35 22 14 9 2 3 17 10 14 7 4 3 18 12 13 54
5 Kataller Toyama 28 17 3 8 43 31 13 10 1 2 24 14 15 7 2 6 19 17 12 54
6 Imabari 28 16 5 7 45 29 14 8 2 4 20 12 14 8 3 3 25 17 16 53
7 Parceiro Nagano 28 12 8 8 32 32 13 7 4 2 18 15 15 5 4 6 14 17 0 44
8 Ehime 27 12 6 9 40 33 14 8 3 3 28 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 7 42
9 Fukushima United 28 10 8 10 33 34 13 5 4 4 12 16 15 5 4 6 21 18 -1 38
10 Gifu 28 9 6 13 38 45 14 6 3 5 20 20 14 3 3 8 18 25 -7 33
11 Giravanz Kitakyushu 28 9 5 14 30 35 14 6 2 6 15 11 14 3 3 8 15 24 -5 32
12 Azul Claro Numazu 28 8 6 14 23 33 14 7 4 3 16 10 14 1 2 11 7 23 -10 30
13 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 27 7 8 12 30 39 14 5 4 5 17 18 13 2 4 7 13 21 -9 29
14 Gainare Tottori 28 8 4 16 42 51 14 6 3 5 27 15 14 2 1 11 15 36 -9 28
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 28 9 1 18 24 42 14 7 0 7 14 19 14 2 1 11 10 23 -18 28
16 Sagamihara 28 6 5 17 26 39 15 3 2 10 13 25 13 3 3 7 13 14 -13 23
17 Kamatamare Sanuki 28 5 6 17 20 40 14 3 4 7 11 20 14 2 2 10 9 20 -20 21
18 YSCC 28 5 3 20 18 58 14 3 2 9 10 27 14 2 1 11 8 31 -40 18

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