Grulla Morioka have succeeded in 2 home triumphs so far this season, Giravanz Kitakyushu have won 1 away. Who boosts their records in this meeting?
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Grulla Morioka and Giravanz Kitakyushu 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.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
When playing at home in the J3-League, Grulla Morioka have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
Grulla Morioka are confident in defense, having played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Grulla Morioka travelled for their previous game, a trip to Gifu that ended 0-0.
Before that, Morioka had a home game versus Matsumoto Yamaga which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Grulla Morioka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Grulla Morioka defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
There's been little loot from Giravanz Kitakyushu's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the J3-League. Giravanz Kitakyushu only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Kitakyushu play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Azul Claro Numazu (placed 5th). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Parceiro Nagano.We have checked recent matches where Giravanz Kitakyushu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's last 10 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Kitakyushu's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Grulla Morioka one win, zero draws and Giravanz Kitakyushu five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Wada 5 goals |  T. Inui 4 goals | T. Miyaichi 3 goals |
Grulla Morioka missing players
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
| Grulla Morioka | Giravanz Kitakyushu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 44% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 10.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 30% |
| 8.9 | 8.4 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10.6 | 9.9 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 5 | 4.1 |
- Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Giravanz Kitakyushu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Ehime | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 29 |
| 3 | Kagoshima United | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Imabari | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Azul Claro Numazu | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Gifu | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Nara Club | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 9 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Osaka | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Grulla Morioka | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Parceiro Nagano | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | YSCC | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 15 | Ryūkyū | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Gainare Tottori | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -9 | 15 |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 20 | Sagamihara | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 10 |
