Giravanz Kitakyushu travel to Tokyo U23 with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sat 07.September
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nishigaoka National Stadium (9740 seats)

Struggling Tokyo U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Giravanz Kitakyushu in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Tokyo U23 nor Giravanz Kitakyushu 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Tokyo U23 form and stats

Overall J3-League stats at home this season for Tokyo U23 are 2-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

The Tokyo U23 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Giravanz Kitakyushu here at Nishigaoka National Stadium in a J3-League match. 1-1 away at Grulla Morioka before that.

Tokyo U23 aren't scoring a lot here at Nishigaoka National Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Tokyo U23 have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

Giravanz Kitakyushu, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J3-League, have an excellent away record in the J3-League so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. Giravanz Kitakyushu has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Two travels in a row for Giravanz Kitakyushu, whose manager S. Kobayashi could celebrate last time after the J3-League win against Tokyo U23. Preceding that game was the away victory against Vanraure Hachinohe with the score of 3-0.

Giravanz Kitakyushu have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Giravanz Kitakyushu are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Tokyo U23 - Giravanz Kitakyushu 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Tokyo U23 0 wins, 1 draw and Giravanz Kitakyushu 5 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Ikemoto
4 goals

Tokyo U23 missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Tokyo U23 Giravanz Kitakyushu
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played 4 11 22
4 3 0 Won 2 6 11
7 4 2 Drew 1 3 7
11 3 1 Lost 1 2 4
22 9 2 Scored 5 17 31
34 9 3 Conceded 2 8 18
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 75% 91% 91%
73% 60% 67% Over 1.5 75% 82% 82%
41% 10% 0% Over 2.5 25% 36% 36%
23% 10% 0% Over 3.5 0% 9% 9%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 9% 5%
55% 40% 67% BTTS 25% 45% 50%
18% 30% 0% Clean Sheets 75% 55% 45%
32% 30% 33% Failed To Score 25% 9% 14%
 
4.5 4.8 5 Corners For (avg) 4.2 4.3 4.8
5.7 5.5 6.7 Corners Against (avg) 4.8 4.8 3.9
1.2 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.8 0.7 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Tokyo U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Tokyo U23
All J3-League
All Home Away
27-07-19 J3 Fujieda MYFC 3 - 0 Tokyo U23
04-08-19 J3 Tokyo U23 2 - 2 Gainare Tottori
11-08-19 J3 Parceiro Nagano 1 - 0 Tokyo U23
31-08-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 1 - 1 Tokyo U23
07-09-19 J3 Tokyo U23 0 - 2 Giravanz Kitakyushu
14-09-19 J3 Tokyo U23 08:00 ThespaKusatsu Gunma
29-09-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 04:00 Tokyo U23
06-10-19 J3 Tokyo U23 - Roasso Kumamoto
12-10-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu - Tokyo U23
20-10-19 J3 Tokyo U23 - Sagamihara
Giravanz Kitakyushu
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League
All Home Away
27-07-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 - 1 Kataller Toyama
04-08-19 J3 Parceiro Nagano 2 - 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu
10-08-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 - 1 Gamba Osaka U23
01-09-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 0 - 3 Giravanz Kitakyushu
07-09-19 J3 Tokyo U23 0 - 2 Giravanz Kitakyushu
15-09-19 J3 Fukushima United 06:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
29-09-19 J3 Sagamihara 06:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
06-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu - Cerezo Osaka U23
13-10-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu - Grulla Morioka
20-10-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu - Giravanz Kitakyushu

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Roasso Kumamoto 12 7 2 3 19 14 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 23
2 Kamatamare Sanuki 12 6 4 2 15 9 7 5 1 1 10 4 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 22
3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 11 6 3 2 13 7 5 3 0 2 6 5 6 3 3 0 7 2 6 21
4 Kataller Toyama 12 5 5 2 15 12 6 2 2 2 8 8 6 3 3 0 7 4 3 20
5 Fujieda MYFC 12 6 2 4 15 15 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 3 0 3 9 12 0 20
6 Sagamihara 12 5 3 4 14 13 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 9 1 18
7 Cerezo Osaka U23 11 5 2 4 18 17 6 4 1 1 12 7 5 1 1 3 6 10 1 17
8 Gamba Osaka U23 12 4 4 4 19 14 7 3 2 2 13 10 5 1 2 2 6 4 5 16
9 Grulla Morioka 12 5 1 6 13 16 6 3 0 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 5 8 -3 16
10 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 11 4 3 4 18 11 6 3 2 1 13 5 5 1 1 3 5 6 7 15
11 Vanraure Hachinohe 12 4 2 6 19 18 6 1 1 4 11 14 6 3 1 2 8 4 1 14
12 Fukushima United 11 4 1 6 13 15 6 1 1 4 4 9 5 3 0 2 9 6 -2 13
13 Blaublitz Akita 11 3 4 4 11 13 5 1 3 1 3 2 6 2 1 3 8 11 -2 13
14 Parceiro Nagano 11 3 4 4 11 13 5 1 1 3 5 7 6 2 3 1 6 6 -2 13
15 Azul Claro Numazu 11 3 3 5 8 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 7 3 2 2 6 4 -3 12
16 Gainare Tottori 11 3 3 5 15 22 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 11 16 -7 12
17 YSCC 12 4 0 8 18 28 6 1 0 5 7 18 6 3 0 3 11 10 -10 12
18 Tokyo U23 12 3 2 7 11 17 5 2 1 2 4 3 7 1 1 5 7 14 -6 11

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