A look at the J3-League standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Check out our Ehime - Ryūkyū preview!
- Ehime is in the best form (3-3-0) in J3-League
- Ryūkyū have yet to win a game away.
It's quite the trip for Ryūkyū when visiting Ehime as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ehime form and stats
Ehime have collected 7 points from their J3-League home games so far after 2-1-1.
The home team returns to Ningineer Stadium after drawing with Kamatamare Sanuki (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Gifu.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ehime have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Ehime are traveling soon after this match as the J3-League match at Azul Claro Numazu awaits in four days.
Ehime have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ningineer Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches.
Ryūkyū form and stats
The J3-League season is young and Ryūkyū have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Impressive finishing from Yanagi and Abe secured the home win 2-0 against Giravanz Kitakyushu in their previous game. That win felt good as this team had gone four league rounds without winning.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Nara Club.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ryūkyū playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 7 Ryūkyū wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ryūkyū are hosting Gainare Tottori in the J3-League only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Ryūkyū has scored 3 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous six meetings): Ehime won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Ryūkyū have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Matsuda 5 goals |  R. Noda 2 goals | R. Sato 1 goals |
Ehime missing players
Ryūkyū missing players
| Ehime | Ryūkyū | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 5.1 | 6.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 9.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.5 | 8.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 38% | 46% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 8.1 | 8.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12 | 9.4 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 7 | 3.7 |
- All of Ehime's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Ryūkyū's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Ehime have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ehime have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Ehime haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ehime is in the best form (3-3-0) in J3-League
- Ryūkyū have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Ryūkyū have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ryūkyū have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ryūkyū have yet to win a game away.
- Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parceiro Nagano | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Kataller Toyama | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Imabari | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Ehime | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Grulla Morioka | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Gainare Tottori | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Ryūkyū | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Kagoshima United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Osaka | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Gifu | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 18 | Sagamihara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 19 | Fukushima United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | YSCC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
