Fukushima United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Grulla Morioka.
- Fukushima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grulla Morioka have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in J3-League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Emperor Cup game only three days ago.
Fukushima United form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Fukushima United have to build on here at TOHO Stadium in the J3-League.
Fukushima are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Fukushima's previous game was a J3-League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Vanraure Hachinohe (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Parceiro Nagano and winning 1-0.Fukushima United are traveling soon after this match as the J3-League match at Azul Claro Numazu awaits in four days.
Fukushima United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Fukushima have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
The seven points Grulla Morioka have gathered from their first three away trips in the J3-League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Morioka won their last game, 13-0 versus Oyama played at home. As mentioned above, Morioka was the only team on the pitch versus Oyama in their previous game, winning 13-0. This could be a tougher task.
The game before that, in the J3-League, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Gifu.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Grulla Morioka manager Y. Akita as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kamatamare Sanuki.
The travelling fans enjoy Morioka's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Grulla Morioka are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Fukushima United won three, Grulla Morioka won four and three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Ismaila 3 goals | H. Yoshinaka 2 goals |  K. Arinaga 2 goals |
Fukushima United missing players
Grulla Morioka missing players
| Fukushima United | Grulla Morioka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.3 | 10.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 45% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 42% | 38% |
- Fukushima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grulla Morioka have not yet lost a game away.
- Grulla Morioka have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Grulla Morioka have the most scored goals in the second half (8) 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 | Kataller Toyama | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Gifu | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Roasso Kumamoto | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Grulla Morioka | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Fukushima United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Fujieda MYFC | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Kagoshima United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Parceiro Nagano | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Gainare Tottori | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Imabari | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | YSCC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |