Honda Lock will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get a victory from this rough dispute, against high-octane Verspah Oita.
- Honda Lock is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Verspah Oita have the most clean sheets (9) in Japan Football League
This has all the signs of an interesting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's start!
Honda Lock form and stats
Honda Lock have played 15 Japan Football League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Honda, who played 0-0 against Reinmeer Aomori. That match was also played at this venue
Heartbreak before that as Honda lost 0-2 at Osaka's place.Honda has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Honda Lock have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Verspah Oita form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Japan Football League travels is 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Verspah hope to make it five in this match.
Verspah are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Japan Football League against Honda (placed 2nd).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Matsue City.Verspah are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Verspah as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Verspah Oita - Honda 3-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous head to head match, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the prior four meetings): Honda Lock won zero games, zero matches ended with a tie and Verspah Oita have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / oneHonda Lock missing players
Verspah Oita missing players
| Honda Lock | Verspah Oita | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 42 |
| 44 | 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 24 |
| 87% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 63% | 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | 67% |
| 37% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 40% | 40% |
| 23% | 13% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 13% | 13% |
| 10% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 3% |
| 43% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 47% | 43% |
| 50% | 47% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
| 4.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.9 | 11.3 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 23% | 30% |
| 10.6 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 7.4 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
- Honda Lock have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Honda Lock have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Honda Lock is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Verspah Oita have the most clean sheets (9) in Japan Football League
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 65 |
| 2 | Honda | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 39 | 61 |
| 3 | Verspah Oita | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 56 |
| 4 | Sony Sendai | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 48 |
| 5 | Osaka | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Suzuka Unlimited | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | TIAMO Hirakata | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 56 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | -4 | 45 |
| 8 | Matsue City | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 44 |
| 9 | Reinmeer Aomori | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 42 |
| 10 | Veertien Mie | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | -1 | 40 |
| 11 | Nara Club | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 39 |
| 12 | Biwako Shiga | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -13 | 34 |
| 13 | Kochi United | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -19 | 30 |
| 15 | Tokyo Musashino City | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 31 | -14 | 29 |
| 16 | Honda Lock | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -19 | 27 |
| 17 | Kariya | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -26 | 18 |