Preview: 15 points stand between the contenders ahead of this match, Kagoshima United on top. Can Giravanz Kitakyushu pull off a surprise?
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have the fewest conceded goals (10) in J3-League
Giravanz Kitakyushu and Kagoshima United 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
When playing at home in the J3-League, Giravanz Kitakyushu have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
The Kitakyushu fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Kamatamare Sanuki and win 1-0. A big relief, as that was the first league win after failing to win nine consecutive games.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Iwaki that finished 2-2.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Giravanz Kitakyushu here at Mikuni World Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). From these home matches, Giravanz Kitakyushu have conceded only 5 goals.
Kagoshima United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J3-League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Kagoshima have lost on their last two travels.
Kagoshima United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Ehime (placed 7th).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus YSCC.The visiting Kagoshima United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings between these squads: Giravanz Kitakyushu won zero, Kagoshima United triumphed in four and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Arita 7 goals | R. Yonezawa 6 goals |  Y. Takazawa 5 goals |
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
Kagoshima United missing players
| Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kagoshima United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 43% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 43% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.4 | 7.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.9 | 11.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 34% | 40% |
| 11.5 | 12.1 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9 | 9.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kagoshima United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kagoshima United have the fewest conceded goals (10) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United 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 | Kagoshima United | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Iwaki | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| 3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Kataller Toyama | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Gifu | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Fujieda MYFC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Ehime | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Imabari | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Fukushima United | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | Parceiro Nagano | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Sagamihara | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Gainare Tottori | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 18 | YSCC | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -27 | 5 |
