Evenly matched teams: Imabari vs Tegevajaro Miyazaki match preview

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 10.October
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yume Stadium (5000 seats)

This season has been grim for Imabari so far, while Tegevajaro Miyazaki have done well. Will the travellers take another scalp at Yume Stadium?

Insights:
  • Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in J3-League
  • Tegevajaro Miyazaki have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an energetic game!

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Imabari form and stats

The story so far in the J3-League for Imabari at their home stadium (Yume Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Imabari lost their last game at Gifu (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The defeat against Gifu was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored eight minutes into stoppage time (by S. Kawanishi).

Preceding that match was the home game against Grulla Morioka that was lost 0-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Imabari have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

Imabari are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Imabari have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tegevajaro Miyazaki form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Tegevajaro Miyazaki playing as the away team in the J3-League this season. Having won their last three away games Tegevajaro Miyazaki has no reason to fear anyone.

Two travels in a row for Tegevajaro Miyazaki, whose manager N. Naito could celebrate last time after the J3-League win against Gainare Tottori. As mentioned above, Tegevajaro was the only team on the pitch versus Gainare Tottori in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Azul Claro Numazu.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Tegevajaro in our archives, and the results are: one win for Tegevajaro Miyazaki, zero draws and one defeat.

Tegevajaro find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tegevajaro Miyazaki - Imabari 2-1 was the result in these teams' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Tegevajaro MiyazakiK. Fujioka
K. Fujioka
8 goals
Tegevajaro MiyazakiK. Umeda
K. Umeda
7 goals
Tegevajaro MiyazakiK. Hashimoto
K. Hashimoto
6 goals

Imabari missing players

Tegevajaro Miyazaki missing players

Imabari Tegevajaro Miyazaki
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
3 3 0 Won W 1 5 11
7 4 0 Drew D 1 2 4
10 3 2 Lost L 1 3 5
20 12 0 Scored S 6 14 30
26 9 2 Conceded C 3 9 21
85% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 80%
40% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 50%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 20%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
55% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 60%
25% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 25%
35% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 15%
 
5 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.9 4.2
4.9 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.2
0.9 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 0.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 8.7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 11.3 10.5
3.2 2.9 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.3 4.7
31% 41% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 26% 32%
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in J3-League
  • Tegevajaro Miyazaki have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Tegevajaro Miyazaki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roasso Kumamoto 19 11 6 2 26 15 10 4 4 2 14 11 9 7 2 0 12 4 11 39
2 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 20 11 4 5 30 21 10 6 2 2 16 12 10 5 2 3 14 9 9 37
3 Kataller Toyama 19 10 5 4 31 22 10 6 3 1 16 8 9 4 2 3 15 14 9 35
4 Grulla Morioka 19 10 4 5 27 19 9 5 1 3 15 12 10 5 3 2 12 7 8 34
5 Fukushima United 20 10 2 8 28 25 10 5 1 4 15 15 10 5 1 4 13 10 3 32
6 Gifu 19 10 1 8 26 22 10 5 1 4 14 13 9 5 0 4 12 9 4 31
7 Kagoshima United 19 8 4 7 24 23 10 3 2 5 11 15 9 5 2 2 13 8 1 28
8 Vanraure Hachinohe 18 7 5 6 22 23 8 5 1 2 10 6 10 2 4 4 12 17 -1 26
9 Parceiro Nagano 19 6 7 6 25 18 10 2 4 4 11 11 9 4 3 2 14 7 7 25
10 YSCC 19 6 6 7 20 24 9 2 3 4 7 12 10 4 3 3 13 12 -4 24
11 Azul Claro Numazu 20 6 3 11 23 27 10 4 2 4 13 11 10 2 1 7 10 16 -4 21
12 Fujieda MYFC 19 5 5 9 26 29 9 3 3 3 12 10 10 2 2 6 14 19 -3 20
13 Kamatamare Sanuki 20 4 5 11 17 31 10 1 1 8 7 15 10 3 4 3 10 16 -14 17
14 Gainare Tottori 20 5 2 13 19 39 10 1 1 8 5 26 10 4 1 5 14 13 -20 17
15 Imabari 20 3 7 10 20 26 10 3 4 3 12 9 10 0 3 7 8 17 -6 16