Kagoshima United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Grulla Morioka.
- Kagoshima United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Grulla Morioka have the most points from losing position (11) in J3-League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Kagoshima United form and stats
The J3-League results at home this season for Kagoshima United are 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
A strong away win for Kagoshima against Kamatamare Sanuki the last match, as J. Goryo and K. Sunamori were on target.
Before that, Kagoshima drew at home versus Kataller Toyama.This is expected to be a close game, with Kagoshima perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kagoshima United as a small favourite), we find eight games. Kagoshima United has won five of these, drawn one and lost two.
Kagoshima United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Kagoshima have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Grulla Morioka playing as the away team in the J3-League this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Morioka, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Parceiro Nagano (placed 7th) in the J3-League last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Vanraure Hachinohe.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Morioka in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Grulla Morioka, two draws and two defeats.
Morioka have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Grulla Morioka are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Grulla Morioka - Kagoshima United 2-1 was the story when these two sides formerly met, also in this season. Previous nine meetings with these squads: Kagoshima United won six, Grulla Morioka were winners in one and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Yonezawa 5 goals |   T. Nakamura 5 goals |  B. Alves Sabino 4 goals |
Kagoshima United missing players
Grulla Morioka missing players
| Kagoshima United | Grulla Morioka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 75% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 44% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.7 | 9.3 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 34% | 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 44% |
- Grulla Morioka have the most points from losing position (11) in J3-League
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kagoshima United have won significantly less corners at 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 | Roasso Kumamoto | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | Fukushima United | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | Kataller Toyama | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Gifu | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Grulla Morioka | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Parceiro Nagano | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Kagoshima United | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Azul Claro Numazu | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Fujieda MYFC | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | YSCC | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -14 | 13 |
| 14 | Imabari | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Gainare Tottori | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -19 | 11 |