J3-League match prediction and preview for Giravanz Kitakyushu vs Grulla Morioka clash

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sun 13.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kitakyushu Stadium (15000 seats)

It's advantage Giravanz Kitakyushu so far with their 3rd position in the J3-League table, welcoming Grulla Morioka who are placed 9th.

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.

It's quite the trip for Grulla Morioka when visiting Giravanz Kitakyushu as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

Overall J3-League stats at home this season for Giravanz Kitakyushu, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J3-League, are 3-0-2 (wins-draw-losses).

The Giravanz Kitakyushu crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Cerezo Osaka U23 here at Kitakyushu Stadium in a J3-League match. Before that match, a win away at Sagamihara.

The Giravanz Kitakyushu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Giravanz Kitakyushu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Grulla Morioka form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Grulla Morioka playing as the away team in the J3-League this season. With the Grulla Morioka losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. It's all red in the travel logs of Grulla Morioka, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J3-League home defeat versus Vanraure Hachinohe with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Fukushima United's place.

The attacking power of Grulla Morioka when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Grulla Morioka have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Grulla Morioka - Giravanz Kitakyushu 2-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 4 - 0 - 1 (Giravanz Kitakyushu wins - draws - Grulla Morioka wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Taniguchi
7 goals
T. Ikemoto
5 goals

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Grulla Morioka missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu Grulla Morioka
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 4 12 25
13 5 3 Won W 0 3 7
7 4 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 1 Lost L 4 8 15
36 14 6 Scored S 1 10 28
22 12 4 Conceded C 9 22 45
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 83% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 76%
40% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 60%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 32%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 16%
52% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 58% 60%
40% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 12%
16% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 75% 33% 28%
 
5.3 5.6 7.6 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.4 4.5
3.8 2.9 1.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 7.4 6.3
0.8 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 0.8 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
Key stats This season:
  • Grulla Morioka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Giravanz Kitakyushu
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League
All Home Away
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 1 - 2 Giravanz Kitakyushu
29-09-19 J3 Sagamihara 1 - 3 Giravanz Kitakyushu
06-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 0 - 2 Cerezo Osaka U23
13-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 05:00 Grulla Morioka
20-10-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 04:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
27-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 05:00 YSCC
03-11-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu - Blaublitz Akita
10-11-19 J3 Roasso Kumamoto - Giravanz Kitakyushu
Grulla Morioka
All Emperor Cup J3-League
All Home Away
31-08-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 1 - 1 Tokyo U23
07-09-19 J3 Fujieda MYFC 2 - 1 Grulla Morioka
15-09-19 J3 Kataller Toyama 5 - 0 Grulla Morioka
29-09-19 J3 Fukushima United 2 - 1 Grulla Morioka
05-10-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 0 - 2 Vanraure Hachinohe
13-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 05:00 Grulla Morioka
20-10-19 J3 YSCC 04:00 Grulla Morioka
27-10-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 04:00 Gainare Tottori
04-11-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 - Grulla Morioka
09-11-19 J3 Grulla Morioka - Gamba Osaka U23

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- 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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