The league table in J3-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Roasso Kumamoto leading Grulla Morioka by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
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
14 points is a decent return from 6 J3-League games here at Egao Kenko Stadium for Roasso Kumamoto. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Kumamoto drew their last game, also a home match. Vanraure Hachinohe (placed 12th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Blaublitz Akita.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 6 games), Kumamoto's attacking play is working. Kumamoto have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Grulla Morioka playing as the away team in the J3-League this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J3-League home defeat versus Parceiro Nagano with 1-4 on the scoreboard. A 1-1 draw at Gifu's stadium before that.
Morioka find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Grulla Morioka in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Roasso Kumamoto won two, Grulla Morioka won zero and zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Kitamura 11 goals | K. Taniguchi 9 goals | K. Hara 5 goals |
Roasso Kumamoto missing players
Grulla Morioka missing players
| Roasso Kumamoto | Grulla Morioka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 60% |
| 30% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 30% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 0.9 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | 80 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 50 | 96 |
| 51 | 40 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 35 |
| 35% | 35% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 31% |
- Grulla Morioka have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Roasso Kumamoto has the most points (14) at home
- Roasso Kumamoto has the most scored goals (14) at home
- Roasso Kumamoto have not yet lost a game at home.
- Roasso Kumamoto have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grulla Morioka have scored away.
- Roasso Kumamoto have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Roasso Kumamoto 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 | Blaublitz Akita | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Gainare Tottori | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Roasso Kumamoto | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Parceiro Nagano | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Imabari | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Kataller Toyama | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Gifu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Sagamihara | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Kagoshima United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Fujieda MYFC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Grulla Morioka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Fukushima United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | YSCC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 3 |