It's looking great for Osaka at this point, with their 3rd position in the Japan Football League table and hosting Nara Club (who are sitting at 8th).
- Osaka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nara Club have the most points (11) away in Japan Football League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Osaka and Nara Club.
Osaka form and stats
2-4-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Japan Football League numbers at home for Osaka so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Osaka's previous game, also at home. Visiting Nara Club (placed 8th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kochi United in a game that was won 3-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Osaka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.
The Osaka fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Osaka have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Nara Club form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Nara Club playing as the away team in the Japan Football League this season.
Nara Club are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Osaka (placed 3rd).
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Tokyo Musashino City.Nara are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
Nara Club has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the sides faced each other previously this season; Osaka - Nara Club 0-0. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - three - two (Osaka wins - draws - Nara Club wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Osaka missing players
Nara Club missing players
| Osaka | Nara Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 70% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 11.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.3 | 7.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| 25% | 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 35% |
| 8 | 7.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
- Nara Club have not yet lost a game away.
- Nara Club have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nara Club have the most points (11) away in Japan Football League
- Nara Club have the most scored goals (8) away in Japan Football League
- Osaka have not yet lost a 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 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Honda Lock | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Osaka | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Tokyo Musashino City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Reinmeer Aomori | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Honda | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Veertien Mie | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Nara Club | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Verspah Oita | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | TIAMO Hirakata | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Suzuka Unlimited | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Sony Sendai | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -7 | 8 |
| 14 | Biwako Shiga | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 15 | Matsue City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
| 16 | Criacao Shinjuku | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
