A good game and three points is the only event that will do for the Nara Club followers in this Konoike Athletic Stadium battle with Osaka, as they have a robust lead on the away team in the J3-League standings.
- Nara Club have the fewest conceded goals (6) in J3-League
- Osaka have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in J3-League
This football pitch has grass, which is not Osaka's normal surface at their own football field. When appearing on grass Osaka have performed like this: Played 19 matches earning 8 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats with the goal production 25-23 (scored/conceded).
It's no vacation for neither Nara nor Osaka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nara Club form and stats
The J3-League stats at home this season for Nara Club are 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Shinji Okada not having conceded a league goal in 413 minutes.
Nara Club's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Osaka (placed 16th). Up until that game this club had gone eight consecutive league matches without a defeat.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tegevajaro Miyazaki in a game that was won 3-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nara handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A betting fact: This side have played 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) side finding the net.
The Nara Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches.
Osaka form and stats
2-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Osaka in their J3-League matches away.
Osaka aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 245 league minutes without a goal. Shimada was the last player to find the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Osaka, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Nara Club (placed 1st) last time out.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Matsumoto Yamaga wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.We have checked recent matches where Osaka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Osaka as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Osaka has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Nara have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) against Osaka.Top Goalscorers
  H. Asakawa 6 goals | T. Shimada 4 goals | T. Sakai 2 goals |
Nara Club missing players
Osaka missing players
| Nara Club | Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 33% | 40% |
| 30% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 40% |
| 10% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 30% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 30% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 40% |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7 | 7.1 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 56% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 7 | 8.3 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4 |
- Nara Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nara Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nara Club have the fewest conceded goals (6) in J3-League
- Nara Club have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in J3-League
- Nara Club have the the best goal difference (+9) in J3-League
- Nara Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Osaka have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in J3-League
- Osaka 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 | Nara Club | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Ehime | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Parceiro Nagano | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Kataller Toyama | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Kagoshima United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Imabari | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Gainare Tottori | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Azul Claro Numazu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Grulla Morioka | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | Ryukyu | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Fukushima United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | YSCC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Osaka | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 18 | Gifu | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
