Open game expected at Kitakyushu Stadium: Giravanz Kitakyushu vs Kataller Toyama preview

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sat 27.July
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kitakyushu Stadium (15000 seats)

A key match in J3-League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Giravanz Kitakyushu and Kataller Toyama.

It's quite the trip for Kataller Toyama when visiting Giravanz Kitakyushu as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Giravanz Kitakyushu, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J3-League, so far this season. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Giravanz Kitakyushu has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?

Giravanz Kitakyushu drew their last game, also a home match. Kataller Toyama was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that, Giravanz Kitakyushu drew at home versus Vanraure Hachinohe.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Giravanz Kitakyushu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 2.

Giravanz Kitakyushu has scored 6 goals at home this season, 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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Kataller Toyama form and stats

Kataller Toyama's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Kataller Toyama collect 12 points from their 6 away matches. 3 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).

Kataller Toyama are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Giravanz Kitakyushu. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus YSCC.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kataller Toyama playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were 2 Kataller Toyama wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Kataller Toyama have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, 6 away games. It's not easy to score on Kataller Toyama as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Giravanz Kitakyushu - Kataller Toyama 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Giravanz Kitakyushu won 2 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Kataller Toyama has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Y. Sasaki
5 goals
R. Saito
4 goals

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Kataller Toyama missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu Kataller Toyama
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
18 10 3 Played 3 9 18
8 4 1 Won 1 3 6
7 4 1 Drew 1 5 7
3 2 1 Lost 1 1 5
23 12 3 Scored 3 10 22
15 9 3 Conceded 3 8 20
89% 90% 67% Over 0.5 67% 78% 89%
78% 80% 67% Over 1.5 67% 78% 83%
28% 30% 67% Over 2.5 67% 44% 50%
11% 10% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 11%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 67% BTTS 67% 78% 78%
44% 40% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 22% 22%
17% 20% 33% Failed To Score 33% 22% 11%
 
4.6 4.6 5 Corners For (avg) 4.3 5 5.1
3.6 3.2 5.3 Corners Against (avg) 3.3 3.4 3.1
0.8 0.9 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 0.8 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Giravanz Kitakyushu
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League
All Home Away
03-07-19 EC Vissel Kobe 4 - 0 Giravanz Kitakyushu
06-07-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 - 2 Parceiro Nagano
14-07-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 2 - 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu
20-07-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 - 1 Vanraure Hachinohe
27-07-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 - 1 Kataller Toyama
04-08-19 J3 Parceiro Nagano 08:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
10-08-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 09:00 Gamba Osaka U23
01-09-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 04:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
07-09-19 J3 Tokyo U23 08:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
15-09-19 J3 Fukushima United - Giravanz Kitakyushu
Kataller Toyama
All Emperor Cup J3-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-07-19 EC Machida Zelvia 0 - 1 Kataller Toyama
06-07-19 J3 Tokyo U23 1 - 1 Kataller Toyama
14-07-19 J3 Roasso Kumamoto 2 - 1 Kataller Toyama
19-07-19 J3 Kataller Toyama 2 - 0 YSCC
27-07-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 - 1 Kataller Toyama
03-08-19 J3 Kataller Toyama 09:00 Fujieda MYFC
11-08-19 J3 Blaublitz Akita 09:00 Kataller Toyama
14-08-19 EC Vegalta Sendai 09:30 Kataller Toyama
31-08-19 J3 Kataller Toyama 09:30 Sagamihara
07-09-19 J3 Kamatamare Sanuki 09:00 Kataller Toyama

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D 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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