J3-League: High-profile versus subpar, at least that's what the table says. Grulla Morioka - Kamatamare Sanuki. Home victory or a shock result?
- Grulla Morioka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kamatamare Sanuki have the fewest scored goals (17) in J3-League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Kamatamare Sanuki, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
Grulla Morioka have played 12 J3-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Grulla Morioka enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at YSCC's place. The match ended 3-1 with Y. Muta and K. Wakimoto scoring.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Roasso Kumamoto that ended 0-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Grulla Morioka matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
Morioka have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Hokujosogoundo Koen Kitakami Field with 19 goals in 12 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Kamatamare Sanuki form and stats
3 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Kamatamare Sanuki playing as the away team in the J3-League this season.
I. Kawasaki was the last player to score for the away team. Kamatamare haven't scored a league goal in the last 658 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J3-League home defeat versus Tegevajaro Miyazaki with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Imabari.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Kamatamare playing away, we found seven games. Results were one away win, two draws and four home wins.
The attacking power of Kamatamare when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Kamatamare Sanuki have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the squads played each other earlier this season; Kamatamare Sanuki - Morioka 1-1. Head to head numbers (for the preceeding five meetings): Morioka won zero games, four matches ended with a tie and Kamatamare Sanuki got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / fiveTop Goalscorers
  T. Nakamura 5 goals |  B. Alves Sabino 5 goals |  Y. Shikama 5 goals |
Grulla Morioka missing players
Kamatamare Sanuki missing players
| Grulla Morioka | Kamatamare Sanuki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 38 | 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 26 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 34 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 84% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 60% |
| 52% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 36% |
| 28% | 33% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 16% |
| 12% | 25% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 40% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 24% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 9.3 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 41% | 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | 31% |
| 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 10.1 | 8.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
- Grulla Morioka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grulla Morioka have scored more than double the goals of Kamatamare Sanuki.
- Kamatamare Sanuki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kamatamare Sanuki have the fewest scored goals (17) in J3-League
- Kamatamare Sanuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in J3-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 50 |
| 2 | Roasso Kumamoto | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Grulla Morioka | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 46 |
| 4 | Kataller Toyama | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 42 |
| 5 | Fukushima United | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Gifu | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | YSCC | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | Kagoshima United | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Parceiro Nagano | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | Fujieda MYFC | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 31 |
| 11 | Imabari | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Azul Claro Numazu | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 25 |
| 14 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 20 |
| 15 | Gainare Tottori | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 20 | -23 | 20 |