Giravanz Kitakyushu will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get a victory from this difficult encounter, versus passionate Nara Club.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Nara Club have the fewest conceded goals (8) in J3-League
Giravanz Kitakyushu have less rest than Nara Club in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Emperor Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Fagiano Okayama.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J3-League this season. Giravanz Kitakyushu have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Mikuni World Stadium. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Kitakyushu with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Sagamihara game, 43 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The supporters hope that Giravanz Kitakyushu will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Emperor Cup fixture against Fagiano Okayama.
Preceding that match was a J3-League defeat to Ehime (0-1).Kitakyushu have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Nara Club form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the J3-League.
There were no winners in Nara Club's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Kagoshima United (placed 2nd).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Kamatamare Sanuki that ended 1-1.Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's last 12 league matches have had two goals or less.
Nara are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. The Nara Club defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({2 goals} in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Asakawa 6 goals |  T. Inui 4 goals | Y. Okada 3 goals |
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
Nara Club missing players
| Giravanz Kitakyushu | Nara Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 42% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 9.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7 | 8.4 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 69% | 47% |
| 9.8 | 8.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 4.4 | 7.2 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
- All of Nara Club's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in J3-League
- Giravanz Kitakyushu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Nara Club have not yet lost a game away.
- Nara Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Nara Club have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Nara Club have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in J3-League
- Nara Club have the fewest conceded goals (8) in J3-League
- Nara Club have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in J3-League
- Nara Club have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Nara Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Kataller Toyama | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Kagoshima United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Ehime | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Parceiro Nagano | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Imabari | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | YSCC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Grulla Morioka | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Gifu | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Osaka | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Ryūkyū | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Gainare Tottori | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
