Roasso Kumamoto are placed 3rd so far, while Grulla Morioka are lagging 2 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?
- Roasso Kumamoto have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in J3-League
- Grulla Morioka have the most points from losing position (7) in J3-League
Grulla Morioka could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Emperor Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Shimizu S-Pulse. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
These teams have little in common geographically as Grulla Morioka have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Roasso Kumamoto form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J3-League this season. Roasso Kumamoto have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Egao Kenko Stadium.
Happy days for Roasso Kumamoto in their previous game, a J3-League match away at Kamatamare Sanuki (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Gainare Tottori.Roasso Kumamoto has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Kumamoto have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Grulla Morioka playing as the away team in the J3-League this season.
The attacking players of Morioka have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Grulla Morioka lost away at Shimizu S-Pulse (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
It was a J3-League defeat before that one as the away game against Kataller Toyama wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The visiting Morioka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Morioka are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Kumamoto, one draw and zero wins for Grulla Morioka. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Asakawa 4 goals | T. Takahashi 4 goals |   B. Alves Sabino 4 goals |
Roasso Kumamoto missing players
Grulla Morioka missing players
| Roasso Kumamoto | Grulla Morioka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 77% |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 15% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 54% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 46% |
| 38% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 31% |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 6.5 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 7.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.5 | 9.5 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 33% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 37% | 42% |
- Grulla Morioka have the most points from losing position (7) in J3-League
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Roasso Kumamoto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Roasso Kumamoto have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in J3-League
- Roasso Kumamoto 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 | Gifu | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Kataller Toyama | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Roasso Kumamoto | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Fukushima United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Grulla Morioka | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Parceiro Nagano | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 8 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Kagoshima United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | YSCC | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Fujieda MYFC | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Imabari | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Gainare Tottori | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -19 | 8 |