J3-League prediction and guide: Imabari modest thought to outplay Kamatamare Sanuki

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yume Stadium (5000 seats)

Carrying a 17 point lead in the league table, Imabari fans long to see their team win full points from this match vs Kamatamare Sanuki.

Insights:
  • Imabari have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in J3-League
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in J3-League

This should be an intriguing match with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Imabari form and stats

When playing at home in the J3-League, Imabari have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Imabari after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Imabari fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Gifu and win 1-0.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting YSCC in a game that was won 5-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Imabari handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Imabari are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Imabari are not conceding a lot of goals here at Yume Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Kamatamare Sanuki form and stats

Kamatamare Sanuki have only collected 7 points from their away games in the J3-League, after 2-1-6 (9 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Kamatamare's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Kamatamare Sanuki's last game was the home draw against Tegevajaro Miyazaki (1-1).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Parceiro Nagano.

Kamatamare are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's latest 10 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kamatamare Sanuki as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Kamatamare Sanuki have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other already this season, with the result Kamatamare Sanuki - Imabari 0-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Imabari two wins, two draws and Kamatamare Sanuki two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ImabariK. Nakagawa
K. Nakagawa
8 goals
Kamatamare SanukiK. Matsumoto
K. Matsumoto
6 goals
ImabariT. Ando
T. Ando
3 goals

Imabari missing players

Kamatamare Sanuki missing players

Imabari Kamatamare Sanuki
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 9 20
10 5 2 Won W 0 2 5
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 1 Lost L 4 6 12
26 12 7 Scored S 2 5 15
17 8 5 Conceded C 7 10 25
90% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 90%
55% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 50%
35% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 40%
15% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 15%
10% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
40% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 40%
45% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 20%
25% 40% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 50%
 
5.5 5.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.7 3.2
5.4 5.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.8 4.7
0.9 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 11.1 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.6 9
4.5 4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 2.9
29% 30% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 26%
 
9.3 8.9 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 8.2 9.6
3.4 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.2 3.8
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Imabari have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kamatamare Sanuki have scored away.
  • Imabari have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in J3-League
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in J3-League
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in J3-League
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Iwaki 21 13 6 2 46 15 11 6 4 1 21 8 10 7 2 1 25 7 31 45
2 Kagoshima United 21 14 2 5 35 17 10 8 1 1 20 7 11 6 1 4 15 10 18 44
3 Kataller Toyama 21 12 3 6 30 23 10 7 1 2 18 11 11 5 2 4 12 12 7 39
4 Fujieda MYFC 19 12 2 5 36 19 10 7 1 2 20 11 9 5 1 3 16 8 17 38
5 Matsumoto Yamaga 20 11 5 4 28 18 10 6 2 2 12 7 10 5 3 2 16 11 10 38
6 Ehime 21 11 4 6 33 24 10 7 1 2 22 10 11 4 3 4 11 14 9 37
7 Parceiro Nagano 21 10 6 5 25 22 10 5 4 1 15 13 11 5 2 4 10 9 3 36
8 Imabari 20 10 5 5 26 17 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 5 3 2 14 9 9 35
9 Gifu 20 8 3 9 29 31 9 5 1 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 15 19 -2 27
10 Fukushima United 20 6 7 7 22 23 10 3 4 3 9 14 10 3 3 4 13 9 -1 25
11 Azul Claro Numazu 19 7 2 10 18 22 9 6 1 2 14 8 10 1 1 8 4 14 -4 23
12 Giravanz Kitakyushu 20 6 5 9 20 26 10 4 2 4 9 8 10 2 3 5 11 18 -6 23
13 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 20 4 8 8 20 26 10 3 4 3 10 12 10 1 4 5 10 14 -6 20
14 Vanraure Hachinohe 21 6 1 14 16 34 11 5 0 6 9 16 10 1 1 8 7 18 -18 19
15 Sagamihara 20 5 3 12 18 27 11 3 1 7 10 16 9 2 2 5 8 11 -9 18
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 20 5 3 12 15 25 11 3 2 6 10 15 9 2 1 6 5 10 -10 18
17 Gainare Tottori 20 4 3 13 24 41 10 3 3 4 14 12 10 1 0 9 10 29 -17 15
18 YSCC 20 3 2 15 12 43 10 2 1 7 6 20 10 1 1 8 6 23 -31 11