Vanraure Hachinohe are located at 5th, while Imabari are lagging 1 points behind in the standings. Can they crop the gap?
- Vanraure Hachinohe have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in J3-League
- Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in J3-League
It's quite the trip for Imabari when visiting Vanraure Hachinohe as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Imabari could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a J3-League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against YSCC, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Imabari.
Vanraure Hachinohe form and stats
Vanraure Hachinohe have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the J3-League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two draws in a row at home now for Hachinohe.
Happy days for Vanraure Hachinohe in their previous game, a fixture away at Kamatamare Sanuki (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. At last, a league win after three matches without.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus YSCC.Vanraure Hachinohe are not conceding a lot of goals here at Daihatsu Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Imabari form and stats
As the visiting team in J3-League matches, Imabari have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far. Imabari has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Imabari play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to YSCC (placed 20th). Leading 2-0 was not enough for Imabari in their fight with YSCC last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-4 loss.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Kataller Toyama.Imabari have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Hachinohe two wins, one draw and Imabari three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ferreira Teixeira 3 goals |  L. dos Santos Gonzaga 3 goals |  A. Sato 2 goals |
Vanraure Hachinohe missing players
Imabari missing players
| Vanraure Hachinohe | Imabari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 3.9 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.5 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 12.2 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 7.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3 |
- Imabari have created more than twice as many corners as Vanraure Hachinohe.
- Imabari have scored in all their matches so far.
- Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in J3-League
- Imabari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vanraure Hachinohe have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vanraure Hachinohe have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in J3-League
- Vanraure Hachinohe 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 | Kataller Toyama | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Nara Club | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Ehime | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Parceiro Nagano | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Kagoshima United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Azul Claro Numazu | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Imabari | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Grulla Morioka | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Gainare Tottori | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Ryukyu | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Osaka | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Gifu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Fukushima United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 20 | YSCC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
