Grulla Morioka hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 13th position in the J3-League table. Visiting Imabari holds 9th place with 16 pts.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
Grulla Morioka, who have the most conceded goals (16) at home in J3-League, have collected 3 points from their J3-League home games so far after 1-0-4.
In their previous game, the manager Y. Akita led his Grulla Morioka to a defeat in the J3-League match away at Roasso Kumamoto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Iwagin Stadium. Before that game, the home loss against Parceiro Nagano with the scoreline 1-4.
There will be little rest for Grulla Morioka after this match as they are travelling to Kagoshima United for a J3-League game in only four days.
The Grulla Morioka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Morioka's defense is seriously deficient as 16 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Imabari form and stats
3-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Imabari in their J3-League matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Imabari, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Imabari failed to get anything from their last game, a J3-League home match vs Kataller Toyama (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Azul Claro Numazu at their stadium, the result 1-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Imabari are hosting Parceiro Nagano in the J3-League only four days away.
The visiting Imabari have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Imabari's manager L. Planagumà Ramos has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
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| Grulla Morioka | Imabari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| 24 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 64% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 55% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 80% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 3.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.4 | 6.1 |
| 1.3 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | 46 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 62 | 119 |
| 37 | 20 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 20 | 43 |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 35% | 26% |
- All of Grulla Morioka's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Grulla Morioka has the most conceded goals (16) at home
- Grulla Morioka has the the worst goal difference (-10) at home
- Grulla Morioka has the the worst goal difference (-12)
- Grulla Morioka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Grulla Morioka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Grulla Morioka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grulla Morioka have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Imabari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Imabari have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Blaublitz Akita | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 29 |
| 2 | Roasso Kumamoto | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Gainare Tottori | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Kataller Toyama | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | Parceiro Nagano | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Sagamihara | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Kagoshima United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Fujieda MYFC | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Imabari | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Gifu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Grulla Morioka | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -12 | 11 |
| 14 | YSCC | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Fukushima United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 18 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 6 |