J3-League match preview and stats: Giravanz Kitakyushu welcome Kamatamare Sanuki

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 26.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mikuni World Stadium

Both these teams have had a low return so far, but three points in this very important fixture would certainly be a big help. Prepare for Giravanz Kitakyushu - Kamatamare Sanuki!

Insights:
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

Giravanz Kitakyushu's struggle is real here at Mikuni World Stadium with only 5 points collected from 6 J3-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

The home team returns to Mikuni World Stadium after drawing with Iwaki (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Iwaki as Giravanz Kitakyushu were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Takazawa popped out and made it level in the 90th minute.

In the match before that, Giravanz Kitakyushu hosted Fukushima United and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kitakyushu handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

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 (4 from 6 games). Kitakyushu have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kamatamare Sanuki form and stats

As the visiting team in J3-League matches, Kamatamare Sanuki have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far. When Kamatamare Sanuki is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Kamatamare Sanuki, Vanraure Hachinohe, Gainare Tottori, Sagamihara and YSCC is teams we like to compare Giravanz Kitakyushu with.

Kamatamare Sanuki play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Sagamihara (placed 14th). That victory felt sweet as this side had gone five league fixtures without winning.

A 1-2 loss hosting Iwaki before that.

Kamatamare Sanuki are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - three - one (Kitakyushu wins - draws - Kamatamare Sanuki wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Giravanz KitakyushuY. Takazawa
Y. Takazawa
5 goals
Kamatamare SanukiK. Matsumoto
K. Matsumoto
5 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuR. Sato
R. Sato
3 goals

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Kamatamare Sanuki missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu Kamatamare Sanuki
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 4
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 1 Lost L 0 3 7
12 4 0 Scored S 3 4 12
18 5 1 Conceded C 1 6 17
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 85%
62% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 54%
46% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 54%
31% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
38% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 46%
23% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 23%
54% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 46%
 
4.4 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.7 2.9
5.9 6.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 5.4
0.9 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.2 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.5 8.3
2.4 2.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.8
39% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 33%
 
11.5 12.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7.8 9.5
4.9 4.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.5 3.5
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J3-League
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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 13 9 2 2 24 9 7 6 1 0 14 3 6 3 1 2 10 6 15 29
2 Iwaki 13 8 4 1 27 10 7 3 3 1 11 7 6 5 1 0 16 3 17 28
3 Matsumoto Yamaga 13 7 4 2 21 12 6 3 2 1 8 5 7 4 2 1 13 7 9 25
4 Kataller Toyama 13 8 1 4 21 16 6 4 0 2 12 8 7 4 1 2 9 8 5 25
5 Gifu 13 6 3 4 21 15 6 4 1 1 11 4 7 2 2 3 10 11 6 21
6 Fujieda MYFC 13 6 2 5 22 16 7 4 1 2 13 9 6 2 1 3 9 7 6 20
7 Fukushima United 13 5 5 3 15 11 7 2 2 3 4 10 6 3 3 0 11 1 4 20
8 Parceiro Nagano 13 5 5 3 15 14 7 3 3 1 10 10 6 2 2 2 5 4 1 20
9 Imabari 13 6 2 5 12 13 7 3 1 3 6 6 6 3 1 2 6 7 -1 20
10 Ehime 13 5 4 4 15 16 6 3 1 2 10 8 7 2 3 2 5 8 -1 19
11 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 13 4 6 3 15 11 7 3 3 1 8 5 6 1 3 2 7 6 4 18
12 Azul Claro Numazu 13 5 1 7 14 16 6 4 1 1 10 7 7 1 0 6 4 9 -2 16
13 Kamatamare Sanuki 13 4 2 7 12 17 7 2 1 4 8 11 6 2 1 3 4 6 -5 14
14 Sagamihara 13 4 1 8 12 18 7 3 1 3 7 9 6 1 0 5 5 9 -6 13
15 Giravanz Kitakyushu 13 2 5 6 12 18 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 1 3 3 8 13 -6 11
16 Gainare Tottori 13 3 2 8 13 23 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 0 6 6 16 -10 11
17 Vanraure Hachinohe 13 3 1 9 9 21 6 3 0 3 5 8 7 0 1 6 4 13 -12 10
18 YSCC 13 1 2 10 5 29 6 0 1 5 1 14 7 1 1 5 4 15 -24 5