Ryūkyū have some lost ground to recover from their 16th place, and the task starts against Osaka. Read more!
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in J3-League
- Osaka have the fewest conceded goals (16) in J3-League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Osaka, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
This has all the signs of an interesting fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Ryūkyū form and stats
The story so far in the J3-League for Ryūkyū at their home stadium (Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Ryūkyū lost their last game at Azul Claro Numazu (placed 5th) after a 0-4 scoreline. Ryūkyū were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, Ryūkyū drew at home versus YSCC.This is expected to be a close game, with Ryūkyū perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ryūkyū as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Ryūkyū has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 5.
Lots of goals and action? We don't know the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this team has seen three or more goals.
Ryūkyū has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Osaka form and stats
Playing away, Osaka have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the J3-League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Osaka as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
There were no winners in Osaka's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs YSCC (placed 14th). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Osaka's duel with YSCC. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Tachino found the equalizer.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Vanraure Hachinohe that ended 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Osaka playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 3 Osaka wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Lacking goals? 12 of this team's latest 15 league rounds have had two or less goals.
The attacking power of Osaka when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides face each other this season, as the history books show this recent match: Osaka - Ryūkyū 3-0.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Noda 6 goals |   T. Shimada 5 goals | K. Nakano 4 goals |
Ryūkyū missing players
Osaka missing players
| Ryūkyū | Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 32 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 73% | 81% |
| 80% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 65% | 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 20% | 30% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 64% | 52% |
| 40% | 30% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 43% |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.9 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8 | 8 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 30% | 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 27% | 26% |
| 9.6 | 9.1 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
- Osaka have the fewest conceded goals (16) in J3-League
- Osaka have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in J3-League
- Osaka have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in J3-League
- Osaka have the most clean sheets (11) in J3-League
- Osaka have the most clean sheets (7) away in J3-League
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in J3-League
- Ryūkyū have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ryūkyū 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 | Ehime | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 40 |
| 2 | Kataller Toyama | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Kagoshima United | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Imabari | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Azul Claro Numazu | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Gainare Tottori | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Osaka | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 9 | Grulla Morioka | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Nara Club | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 11 | Gifu | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| 12 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 13 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 14 | YSCC | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | Parceiro Nagano | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -6 | 26 |
| 16 | Ryūkyū | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -14 | 24 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -9 | 23 |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 20 | Sagamihara | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 17 |
