It's the J3-League season opener for these teams, whom at last are battling for points again. Will Ryūkyū or Vanraure Hachinohe get that crucial first win?
These teams have little in common geographically as Vanraure Hachinohe have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Ryūkyū form and stats
Disaster struck Ryūkyū last season as they could not defend their status as a J2-League team. With 21 defeats from 42 games, and only 8 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Ryūkyū are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D8 L10.
Vanraure Hachinohe form and stats
Let's have a look at how Vanraure Hachinohe performed last season in the J3-League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 1 draw and 19 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded {46 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 14/24 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Vanraure Hachinohe playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.
Head 2 Head
Ryūkyū missing players
Vanraure Hachinohe missing players
| Ryūkyū | Vanraure Hachinohe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryūkyū | Last season | Vanraure Hachinohe | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Lost | L | 11 | 19 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 65 | 31 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 62% | ||
| 45% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 17% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 26% | ||
| 36% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Azul Claro Numazu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ehime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Fukushima United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gainare Tottori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Gifu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Grulla Morioka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Imabari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kagoshima United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kataller Toyama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Nara Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Osaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Parceiro Nagano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryūkyū | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sagamihara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | YSCC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 73 | 35 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 38 | 84 |
| 2 | Yokohama | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 49 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 17 | 80 |
| 3 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 61 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 72 |
| 4 | Roasso Kumamoto | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 48 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 67 |
| 5 | Oita Trinita | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 62 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 66 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 62 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 64 |
| 7 | Vegalta Sendai | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 67 | 59 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 63 |
| 8 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 48 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 62 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 55 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 61 |
| 10 | JEF United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 42 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 61 |
| 11 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 54 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | -4 | 56 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -7 | 56 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 54 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 69 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 33 | -13 | 52 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 50 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 51 |
| 16 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 51 | 54 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 27 | -3 | 50 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 32 | 40 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 49 |
| 18 | Ventforet Kofu | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 47 | 54 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -7 | 48 |
| 19 | Omiya Ardija | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 64 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 29 | -16 | 43 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 57 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 28 | -21 | 42 |
| 21 | Ryūkyū | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 65 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 | -24 | 37 |
| 22 | Grulla Morioka | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 80 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 42 | -45 | 34 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Iwaki | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 72 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 49 | 76 |
| 2 | Fujieda MYFC | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 29 | 67 |
| 3 | Kagoshima United | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 39 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 66 |
| 4 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 66 |
| 5 | Imabari | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 60 |
| 6 | Kataller Toyama | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 55 | 48 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 60 |
| 7 | Ehime | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 52 |
| 8 | Parceiro Nagano | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 52 |
| 9 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -2 | 46 |
| 10 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 32 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -14 | 43 |
| 11 | Fukushima United | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 23 | -8 | 42 |
| 12 | Gainare Tottori | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 55 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 39 | -1 | 41 |
| 13 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -4 | 40 |
| 14 | Gifu | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -10 | 37 |
| 15 | Azul Claro Numazu | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 28 | -19 | 31 |
| 16 | YSCC | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 66 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 34 | -41 | 28 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 49 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 24 | -22 | 27 |
| 18 | Sagamihara | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 50 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 23 | -19 | 25 |