Struggling Fukushima United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Roasso Kumamoto in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Fukushima nor Roasso Kumamoto as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Roasso Kumamoto, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
Fukushima United form and stats
When playing at home in the J3-League, Fukushima United have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.
A nice win for Fukushima last time playing, versus Cerezo Osaka U23. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Ö. Tokaç, H. Higuchi and O. Ismaila scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Vanraure Hachinohe with a 3-2 scoreline.
Fukushima United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Fukushima have conceded 19 from these games.
Roasso Kumamoto form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (36) in J3-League, are W5-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the J3-League. It's a growing despair in Kumamoto as they have recorded three consecutive losses. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Kumamoto have lost on their last two travels.
Roasso Kumamoto play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Parceiro Nagano (placed 2nd). Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Gifu.
Kumamoto have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Kumamoto have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Roasso Kumamoto - Fukushima 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Fukushima United-Roasso Kumamoto H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Fukushima one win, Roasso Kumamoto two wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Kitamura 11 goals |  R. Tamura 7 goals |
Fukushima United missing players
Roasso Kumamoto missing players
| Fukushima United | Roasso Kumamoto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 27 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 36 |
| 35 | 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 50% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 55% |
| 30% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 30% |
| 25% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 55% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 55% |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 30% | 27% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 221 | 126 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 85 | 221 |
| 92 | 50 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 34 | 93 |
| 27% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 35% | 39% |
- All of Fukushima United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fukushima United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Roasso Kumamoto has the most scored goals (36) in J3-League
- Roasso Kumamoto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Roasso Kumamoto 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 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 47 |
| 2 | Parceiro Nagano | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Roasso Kumamoto | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Gifu | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Sagamihara | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Kagoshima United | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Gainare Tottori | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Fujieda MYFC | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Imabari | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Kataller Toyama | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Fukushima United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Grulla Morioka | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -14 | 20 |
| 15 | YSCC | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 14 |
| 18 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -12 | 13 |