Match details. J3 League, Regular Season - 14. Kick-off is Sat 31 Oct, 06:00 Lagos time. It is played at Kanseki Stadium Tochigi, Utsunomiya.
What's at stake. Tochigi SC are 16th on 14 points after 13 games, level on points with Matsumoto Yamaga, level on points with Biwako Shiga. A win would take them above Matsumoto Yamaga. Ehime FC are 2nd on 26 points after 13 games, 3 points behind Kagoshima United, level on points with Renofa Yamaguchi. A win would take them level on points with Kagoshima United.
Form. Tochigi SC have won two, drawn three and lost five of their last ten, 0.9 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W L L D. Ehime FC have won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W L W W.
The numbers. Tochigi SC score 0.8 and concede 0.8 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal. Tochigi SC average 5.7 corners and 1.5 cards a game. Ehime FC score 1.9 and concede 1.8 a game over their last ten, with one clean sheet. Ehime FC average 5.9 corners and 1.1 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Tochigi SC have won three, drawn four and lost three. Four of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in six. In the last four, Tochigi SC won two and two were drawn. The last time they met, on 6 Oct 2024, it finished Tochigi SC 1-1 Ehime FC.
The read. No side to back. A tight game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 42%. Six of the last ten meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Ehime FC or Under 2.5 Goals (no result call); Ehime FC or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); 2nd Half - Double Chance: Draw or Ehime FC (no result call). Predicted score: Tochigi SC 1-1 Ehime FC (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).