The J3-League match summary, better known as a league table, tells the truth about these teams so far, with Kagoshima United ahead of Fukushima United by 13 points. Here's our preview:
- Kagoshima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fukushima United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in J3-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Fukushima United have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Kagoshima United form and stats
Kagoshima United have collected 14 points from their J3-League home games so far after 4-2-2. Kagoshima United are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Kagoshima United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kataller Toyama's place. The match ended 2-0 with Watanabe and Fukuda scoring.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Gainare Tottori (0-1).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kagoshima's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Trench warfare? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen two goals or less.
Kagoshima United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches.
Fukushima United form and stats
4-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fukushima United in their J3-League matches away. Fukushima has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
The attacking players of Fukushima United have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 181 minutes.
Fukushima United's previous game was their home loss versus Nara Club (0-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Nara Club was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Gifu.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Fukushima playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
A tale of few goals? 11 of this team's latest 14 league matches have contained two goals or less.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fukushima United have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. Fukushima United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Kagoshima have avoided defeat in the last 8 fixtures (5-3-0) against Fukushima United.Top Goalscorers
  S. Take 3 goals | J. Goryo 3 goals | J. Hanato 3 goals |
Kagoshima United missing players
Fukushima United missing players
| Kagoshima United | Fukushima United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 23 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 50% | 44% |
| 31% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 44% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 19% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 31% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 62% |
| 6.6 | 7.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 13.2 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.9 | 7.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| 29% | 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | 23% |
| 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.8 | 10.6 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Fukushima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fukushima United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J3-League
- Fukushima United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in J3-League
- Fukushima United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fukushima United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kagoshima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kagoshima United have scored more than double the goals of Fukushima United.
- Kagoshima United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 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 | Gifu | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Nara Club | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 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 | Grulla Morioka | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Parceiro Nagano | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | YSCC | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 15 | Ryūkyū | 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 |
