Imabari favourites for feisty fight facing Azul Claro Numazu

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 18.October
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yume Stadium (6000 seats)

Imabari and Azul Claro Numazu have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the J3-League.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Imabari and Azul Claro Numazu.

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Imabari form and stats

Imabari's struggle is real here at Yume Stadium with only 10 points collected from 10 J3-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4.

Before that match, a win away at Vanraure Hachinohe.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Imabari handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and zero defeats.

Imabari have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Imabari have conceded 13 goals.

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Azul Claro Numazu form and stats

There's been little loot from Azul Claro Numazu's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the J3-League. Azul Claro Numazu only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws.

Prior to that match, the Azul Claro Numazu manager M. Imai faced defeat when travelling to Grulla Morioka and losing 0-1.

Numazu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of three matches.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Numazu have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Azul Claro Numazu - Imabari 0-1 entered in the official records.

Imabari missing players

Azul Claro Numazu missing players

Imabari Azul Claro Numazu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 12 22
8 2 1 Won W 1 3 7
9 5 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 4 1 Lost L 2 8 12
21 9 3 Scored S 2 10 23
16 13 5 Conceded C 3 18 29
82% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 91%
55% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 59%
23% 27% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
5% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 27%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 9%
36% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 45%
50% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 32%
32% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 0.3 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
213 95 27 Total Shots T S 37 103 217
80 40 9 Shots on Target S O 11 30 66
26% 22% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 27% 32%
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Imabari has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in J3-League
  • Imabari has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in J3-League
  • Imabari has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in J3-League
  • Imabari has the most matches under the total-line (16) in J3-League
  • Imabari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 21 16 5 0 39 7 11 7 4 0 18 5 10 9 1 0 21 2 32 53
2 Roasso Kumamoto 22 13 3 6 39 26 11 7 2 2 24 14 11 6 1 4 15 12 13 42
3 Parceiro Nagano 21 11 6 4 32 16 10 7 0 3 16 8 11 4 6 1 16 8 16 39
4 Sagamihara 21 11 5 5 28 25 11 6 4 1 17 11 10 5 1 4 11 14 3 38
5 Gifu 21 11 4 6 35 29 10 4 3 3 12 13 11 7 1 3 23 16 6 37
6 Kagoshima United 21 11 3 7 34 27 10 5 1 4 12 16 11 6 2 3 22 11 7 36
7 Gainare Tottori 21 10 3 8 28 25 10 6 1 3 15 10 11 4 2 5 13 15 3 33
8 Imabari 21 8 8 5 21 16 10 2 4 4 9 13 11 6 4 1 12 3 5 32
9 Fujieda MYFC 21 9 4 8 35 33 11 5 2 4 18 15 10 4 2 4 17 18 2 31
10 Kataller Toyama 20 8 3 9 33 29 9 3 1 5 11 11 11 5 2 4 22 18 4 27
11 Gamba Osaka U23 21 7 3 11 31 36 11 5 1 5 18 18 10 2 2 6 13 18 -5 24
12 Azul Claro Numazu 21 7 2 12 23 29 10 4 2 4 13 11 11 3 0 8 10 18 -6 23
13 Grulla Morioka 21 6 5 10 19 32 11 4 1 6 12 21 10 2 4 4 7 11 -13 23
14 Fukushima United 21 6 3 12 29 38 12 3 3 6 18 22 9 3 0 6 11 16 -9 21
15 YSCC 22 4 8 10 26 43 11 2 4 5 15 24 11 2 4 5 11 19 -17 20
16 Vanraure Hachinohe 20 5 3 12 25 36 11 3 1 7 13 19 9 2 2 5 12 17 -11 18
17 Kamatamare Sanuki 21 3 7 11 22 33 10 2 3 5 10 14 11 1 4 6 12 19 -11 16
18 Cerezo Osaka U23 21 3 5 13 21 40 10 2 3 5 9 15 11 1 2 8 12 25 -19 14