J3-League match preview: Imabari versus Sagamihara

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yume Stadium (6000 seats)

Imabari and Sagamihara are both riding high in the J3-League with their 5th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Imabari has the fewest points from losing position (2) in J3-League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Imabari form and stats

5 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Imabari have to build on here at Yume Stadium in the J3-League.

Happy days for Imabari in their previous game, a J3-League match away at Kataller Toyama (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that, Imabari had a home game versus Grulla Morioka which ended with a victory 2-0.

Imabari are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Sagamihara form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J3-League travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Sagamihara as they haven't lost any of their last 18 games. Sagamihara are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

Sagamihara delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Blaublitz Akita (placed 1st) in their previous match; a J3-League game. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Azul Claro Numazu.

Sagamihara are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 16 games (in the league). 18 goals have been conceded by Sagamihara in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sagamihara - Imabari 1-1 earlier this season.

Imabari missing players

Sagamihara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Imabari Sagamihara
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
15 5 0 Won W 2 6 15
10 5 2 Drew D 1 6 13
8 6 2 Lost L 1 4 5
38 17 4 Scored S 4 16 41
25 18 6 Conceded C 4 18 34
85% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 85%
61% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 64%
30% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 42%
12% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 24%
3% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
39% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 52%
45% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 36%
30% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 8.9 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.8 10.2
3.7 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4
31% 25% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 30%
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Imabari has the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in J3-League
  • Imabari has the fewest points from losing position (2) in J3-League
  • Imabari has the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in J3-League
  • Imabari has the most matches under the total-line (23) 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 33 21 10 2 55 15 17 10 5 2 27 10 16 11 5 0 28 5 40 73
2 Parceiro Nagano 33 17 8 8 45 24 16 9 2 5 20 11 17 8 6 3 25 13 21 59
3 Sagamihara 33 15 13 5 41 34 17 9 7 1 25 16 16 6 6 4 16 18 7 58
4 Gifu 33 16 8 9 49 37 17 7 5 5 20 19 16 9 3 4 29 18 12 56
5 Imabari 33 15 10 8 38 25 16 5 5 6 17 18 17 10 5 2 21 7 13 55
6 Kagoshima United 33 17 4 12 52 43 16 8 2 6 25 25 17 9 2 6 27 18 9 55
7 Roasso Kumamoto 33 16 6 11 55 45 17 10 2 5 34 23 16 6 4 6 21 22 10 54
8 Gainare Tottori 33 16 6 11 45 36 16 8 3 5 22 15 17 8 3 6 23 21 9 54
9 Kataller Toyama 33 15 5 13 50 40 17 7 2 8 24 20 16 8 3 5 26 20 10 50
10 Fujieda MYFC 33 14 7 12 48 43 17 9 3 5 25 17 16 5 4 7 23 26 5 49
11 Fukushima United 33 11 6 16 44 52 17 5 5 7 23 26 16 6 1 9 21 26 -8 39
12 Grulla Morioka 33 10 9 14 34 47 17 5 4 8 18 31 16 5 5 6 16 16 -13 39
13 Azul Claro Numazu 33 11 5 17 33 38 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 4 1 12 12 22 -5 38
14 Gamba Osaka U23 33 8 8 17 41 54 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 5 9 22 31 -13 32
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 33 7 9 17 38 55 17 4 5 8 20 26 16 3 4 9 18 29 -17 30
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 33 6 10 17 30 50 16 3 5 8 14 20 17 3 5 9 16 30 -20 28
17 Cerezo Osaka U23 33 5 10 18 27 57 16 3 5 8 13 27 17 2 5 10 14 30 -30 25
18 YSCC 33 4 12 17 36 66 16 2 6 8 19 32 17 2 6 9 17 34 -30 24

Table
  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 33 21 10 2 55 15 17 10 5 2 27 10 16 11 5 0 28 5 40 73
2 Parceiro Nagano 33 17 8 8 45 24 16 9 2 5 20 11 17 8 6 3 25 13 21 59
3 Sagamihara 33 15 13 5 41 34 17 9 7 1 25 16 16 6 6 4 16 18 7 58
4 Gifu 33 16 8 9 49 37 17 7 5 5 20 19 16 9 3 4 29 18 12 56
5 Imabari 33 15 10 8 38 25 16 5 5 6 17 18 17 10 5 2 21 7 13 55
6 Kagoshima United 33 17 4 12 52 43 16 8 2 6 25 25 17 9 2 6 27 18 9 55
7 Roasso Kumamoto 33 16 6 11 55 45 17 10 2 5 34 23 16 6 4 6 21 22 10 54
8 Gainare Tottori 33 16 6 11 45 36 16 8 3 5 22 15 17 8 3 6 23 21 9 54
9 Kataller Toyama 33 15 5 13 50 40 17 7 2 8 24 20 16 8 3 5 26 20 10 50
10 Fujieda MYFC 33 14 7 12 48 43 17 9 3 5 25 17 16 5 4 7 23 26 5 49
11 Fukushima United 33 11 6 16 44 52 17 5 5 7 23 26 16 6 1 9 21 26 -8 39
12 Grulla Morioka 33 10 9 14 34 47 17 5 4 8 18 31 16 5 5 6 16 16 -13 39
13 Azul Claro Numazu 33 11 5 17 33 38 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 4 1 12 12 22 -5 38
14 Gamba Osaka U23 33 8 8 17 41 54 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 5 9 22 31 -13 32
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 33 7 9 17 38 55 17 4 5 8 20 26 16 3 4 9 18 29 -17 30
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 33 6 10 17 30 50 16 3 5 8 14 20 17 3 5 9 16 30 -20 28
17 Cerezo Osaka U23 33 5 10 18 27 57 16 3 5 8 13 27 17 2 5 10 14 30 -30 25
18 YSCC 33 4 12 17 36 66 16 2 6 8 19 32 17 2 6 9 17 34 -30 24

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