Football betting preview: Fukushima United vs Giravanz Kitakyushu

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sun 15.September
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: TOHO Stadium (21000 seats)

Fukushima United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Giravanz Kitakyushu.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Fukushima United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J3-League this season. Fukushima United have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at TOHO Stadium. There’s a good atmosphere here at TOHO Stadium after three straight home wins.

Fukushima United are returning here after visiting Parceiro Nagano in a J3-League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Gamba Osaka U23.

Fukushima United have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

Giravanz Kitakyushu, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J3-League, have an excellent away record in the J3-League so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Giravanz Kitakyushu are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Two travels in a row for Giravanz Kitakyushu, whose manager S. Kobayashi could celebrate last time after the J3-League win against Tokyo U23. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vanraure Hachinohe at their stadium, the result 3-0.

Giravanz Kitakyushu are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). The Giravanz Kitakyushu defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 6 games).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Giravanz Kitakyushu - Fukushima United 2-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Fukushima United 1 win, 2 draws and Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

H. Take
6 goals
R. Tamura
5 goals

Fukushima United missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Fukushima United Giravanz Kitakyushu
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
22 10 3 Played 4 11 22
9 4 2 Won 3 6 11
3 2 1 Drew 0 3 7
10 4 0 Lost 1 2 4
27 11 4 Scored 8 17 31
34 12 1 Conceded 4 8 18
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 100% 91% 91%
82% 70% 33% Over 1.5 75% 82% 82%
55% 60% 33% Over 2.5 75% 36% 36%
23% 10% 33% Over 3.5 25% 9% 9%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 25% 9% 5%
55% 60% 33% BTTS 50% 45% 50%
14% 20% 67% Clean Sheets 50% 55% 45%
36% 30% 33% Failed To Score 0% 9% 14%
 
3.8 5.2 4 Corners For (avg) 3.3 4.3 4.8
4.8 4.9 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 6.7 4.8 3.9
1 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 0.7 0.8
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Fukushima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fukushima United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

Fukushima United
All Emperor Cup J3-League
All Home Away
04-08-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 2 - 4 Fukushima United
10-08-19 J3 Fukushima United 3 - 1 Fujieda MYFC
18-08-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 2 - 0 Fukushima United
01-09-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 6 - 0 Fukushima United
08-09-19 J3 Parceiro Nagano 1 - 2 Fukushima United
15-09-19 J3 Fukushima United 06:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
29-09-19 J3 Fukushima United 04:00 Grulla Morioka
05-10-19 J3 YSCC - Fukushima United
12-10-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 - Fukushima United
19-10-19 J3 Fukushima United - Blaublitz Akita
Giravanz Kitakyushu
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League
All Home Away
27-07-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 - 1 Kataller Toyama
04-08-19 J3 Parceiro Nagano 2 - 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu
10-08-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 - 1 Gamba Osaka U23
01-09-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 0 - 3 Giravanz Kitakyushu
07-09-19 J3 Tokyo U23 0 - 2 Giravanz Kitakyushu
15-09-19 J3 Fukushima United 06:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
29-09-19 J3 Sagamihara 06:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
06-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu - Cerezo Osaka U23
13-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu - Grulla Morioka
20-10-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu - Giravanz Kitakyushu

  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

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