Getting closer to the top clubs is the task when these mid-table clubs fight it out. Both will be targeting to improve their league table standing, Grulla Morioka in 7th and Kagoshima United in 13th place.
- Grulla Morioka have the the best goal difference (+7) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have the most points from losing position (5) in J3-League
It's no vacation for neither Grulla Morioka nor Kagoshima United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
Grulla Morioka are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two J3-League games here at Iwagin Stadium.
Morioka's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Kagoshima United (placed 13th).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nara Club (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Grulla Morioka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Grulla Morioka as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Grulla Morioka has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Betting people who enjoy betting for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
At Iwagin Stadium, Grulla Morioka has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Kagoshima United form and stats
Still no away game victory in the J3-League for Kagoshima United with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Kagoshima United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Grulla Morioka (placed 7th). That win felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory.
Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Tegevajaro Miyazaki.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Kagoshima in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Kagoshima United, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Kagoshima United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games. As opposed to that, Kagoshima United have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Morioka-Kagoshima United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grulla Morioka two wins, Kagoshima United six wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  T. Miyaichi 3 goals | M. Wada 3 goals | S. Kiri 2 goals |
Grulla Morioka missing players
Kagoshima United missing players
| Grulla Morioka | Kagoshima United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 62% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 4.6 | 5.7 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| 41% | 18% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 34% |
| 8.2 | 6.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.8 | 7.4 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
- Grulla Morioka have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in J3-League
- Grulla Morioka have the the best goal difference (+7) in J3-League
- Grulla Morioka have yet to win a game at home.
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kagoshima United have the fewest scored goals (1) away in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have the most points from losing position (5) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kagoshima United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parceiro Nagano | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Kataller Toyama | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Imabari | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Ehime | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Grulla Morioka | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Gainare Tottori | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Ryūkyū | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Kagoshima United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Osaka | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Gifu | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 18 | Sagamihara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 19 | Fukushima United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | YSCC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
