What a game, with Imabari at 4th and Azul Claro Numazu at 5th. Here's a full preview!
- Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in J3-League
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.
Imabari form and stats
All-inclusive J3-League results at home this season for Imabari are 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Imabari goalkeeper Genta Ito is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 202 minutes without conceding a goal in the J3-League.
It's back home for Imabari, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Parceiro Nagano away with the result 4-0. Gonzaga and Takei found the net in that victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Imabari played a great game against Parceiro Nagano and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Gonzaga was absolutely essential when Imabari beat Parceiro Nagano 4-0, scoring three goals.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kamatamare Sanuki in a game that was won 2-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Imabari handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
Imabari have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yume Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Imabari have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Azul Claro Numazu form and stats
Playing away, Azul Claro Numazu have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the J3-League this season.
Impressive finishing from Browne and Fujisaki secured the home win 2-1 against Giravanz Kitakyushu in their previous game. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away team? The answer is Browne and that is impressive!
Preceding that game was the away victory against Nara Club with the score of 2-0.We have checked recent matches where Numazu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 12 defeats.
Azul Claro Numazu find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Azul Claro Numazu have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Imabari victories, three draws and one Azul Claro Numazu win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. dos Santos Gonzaga 7 goals |   N. Browne 4 goals | M. Ferreira Teixeira 3 goals |
Imabari missing players
Azul Claro Numazu missing players
| Imabari | Azul Claro Numazu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 94% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 19% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 12% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 50% |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 12% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 6.5 | 6.9 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 13 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.1 | 12 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 32% | 30% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 30% | 26% |
| 8.4 | 8.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 12 | 9.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
- Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (14) 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 | 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 | Nara Club | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 8 | Gifu | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 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 | Parceiro Nagano | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | YSCC | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Grulla Morioka | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | Ryukyu | 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 |
