Glory for the home side, the away team with a heroic away win or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Giravanz Kitakyushu and Azul Claro Numazu meet at Mikuni World Stadium.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Azul Claro Numazu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Giravanz Kitakyushu and Azul Claro Numazu should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
Giravanz Kitakyushu have played 9 J3-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Kitakyushu are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Fujieda MYFC.
Before that, Giravanz Kitakyushu had a home game versus Gifu which ended with a victory 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Giravanz Kitakyushu have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Kitakyushu aren't scoring a lot here at Mikuni World Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Giravanz Kitakyushu have conceded only 8 goals.
Azul Claro Numazu form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Azul Claro Numazu so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Azul Claro Numazu are looking to quickly end their 199 minutes long goal drought in the J3-League.
Azul Claro Numazu might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Imabari proved too strong as Azul Claro Numazu slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Ashitaka Fuji Stadium.
Prior to that match, the Numazu manager Imai faced defeat when travelling to Iwaki and losing 0-4.Azul Claro Numazu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Stats flash: 14 of the last 18 league fixtures featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Azul Claro Numazu's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Azul Claro Numazu have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Azul Claro Numazu - Kitakyushu 4-0 logged in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Giravanz Kitakyushu victory, one draw and five Azul Claro Numazu wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Sato 6 goals | Y. Takazawa 6 goals | K. Fujikawa 3 goals |
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
Azul Claro Numazu missing players
| Giravanz Kitakyushu | Azul Claro Numazu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 19 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 25 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 21 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 89% | 94% |
| 67% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 56% |
| 56% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 28% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 22% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 39% |
| 39% | 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 44% |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8.6 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.1 | 7.4 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| 39% | 30% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.9 | 10.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
- Azul Claro Numazu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kagoshima United | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Iwaki | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 37 |
| 3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Fujieda MYFC | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 5 | Kataller Toyama | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Ehime | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Parceiro Nagano | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Imabari | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Gifu | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Fukushima United | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Sagamihara | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 17 | Gainare Tottori | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 12 |
| 18 | YSCC | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 8 |
