Football match betting preview: Giravanz Kitakyushu vs Ehime

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 17.April
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mikuni World Stadium

Giravanz Kitakyushu have 8 points running out as the home team. Ehime have got 7 points playing away. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in J3-League
  • Ehime have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in J3-League

It's no vacation for neither Giravanz Kitakyushu nor Ehime 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.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

Giravanz Kitakyushu have collected 4 points from their J3-League home games so far after 1-1-1.

Kitakyushu haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 222 minutes ago. Takazawa scored that one.

Giravanz Kitakyushu drew their last game, also a home match. Ehime (placed 13th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Azul Claro Numazu.

This is expected to be a close game, with Giravanz Kitakyushu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Giravanz Kitakyushu as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Giravanz Kitakyushu has won four of these, drawn three and lost six.

Kitakyushu have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ehime form and stats

Things could have gone better for Ehime in their J3-League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Ehime are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Giravanz Kitakyushu (placed 8th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Sagamihara.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Ehime in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Ehime, two draws and two defeats.

Ehime are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other earlier this campaign: Kitakyushu - Ehime 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Giravanz Kitakyushu wins - draws - Ehime wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Giravanz KitakyushuY. Takazawa
Y. Takazawa
3 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuR. Sato
R. Sato
2 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuK. Fujikawa
K. Fujikawa
2 goals

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Ehime missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu Ehime
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 3 6
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
7 3 0 Scored S 0 1 5
9 2 0 Conceded C 3 3 8
83% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 67%
67% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
33% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 33%
50% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 33%
 
4.7 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 3.7
7.5 8.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 5.8
0.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 8.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9 9
2.8 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.7 2.5
41% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 33%
 
11 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.7 12.5
5 5.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 4.7
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Ehime have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in J3-League
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) 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 Fukushima United 6 4 2 0 10 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 2 1 0 6 0 8 14
2 Kagoshima United 6 4 2 0 9 4 4 3 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 14
3 Matsumoto Yamaga 6 4 1 1 14 8 2 0 1 1 3 4 4 4 0 0 11 4 6 13
4 Iwaki 6 3 2 1 9 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 11
5 Parceiro Nagano 6 3 2 1 8 7 2 1 0 1 3 5 4 2 2 0 5 2 1 11
6 Imabari 6 3 1 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 -1 10
7 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 6 2 3 1 10 8 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 9
8 Giravanz Kitakyushu 6 2 2 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 7 -2 8
9 Gifu 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 7
10 Kamatamare Sanuki 6 2 1 3 8 8 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 0 7
11 Kataller Toyama 6 2 1 3 8 9 2 0 0 2 2 5 4 2 1 1 6 4 -1 7
12 Fujieda MYFC 6 2 1 3 5 6 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -1 7
13 Ehime 6 2 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 1 3 -3 7
14 Azul Claro Numazu 5 2 0 3 7 8 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 6
15 Sagamihara 6 2 0 4 5 9 3 2 0 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 1 4 -4 6
16 Gainare Tottori 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 1 8 -4 4
17 Vanraure Hachinohe 5 1 0 4 3 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 3
18 YSCC 6 0 1 5 2 9 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -7 1