FC Ryukyu vs Gainare Tottori
Match details. J3 League, Regular Season - 14. Kick-off is Sat 31 Oct, 08:00 Lagos time. It is played at Okinawa Athletic Park Stadium.
What's at stake. FC Ryukyu are 9th on 20 points after 13 games, 2 points behind Sagamihara, 3 points clear of Kanazawa. A win would take them above Sagamihara. Gainare Tottori are 13th on 15 points after 13 games, 1 point behind Kitakyushu, 1 point clear of Fukushima United. A win would take them above Kitakyushu.
Form. FC Ryukyu have won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W W L L. In this competition FC Ryukyu have gone W W W L L D. Gainare Tottori have won three, drawn two and lost five of their last ten, 1.1 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D L D L W. In this competition Gainare Tottori have gone D L D L W L.
The numbers. FC Ryukyu score 1.2 and concede 0.6 a game in their last five at home, with three clean sheets. FC Ryukyu average 5.8 corners and 0.8 cards a game. Gainare Tottori score 1.4 and concede 1.8 a game in their last five away, with two clean sheets. Gainare Tottori average 4.5 corners and 1.1 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last nine meetings FC Ryukyu have won three, drawn one and lost five. Seven of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in seven. In the last four, FC Ryukyu won two and Gainare Tottori won two. The last time they met, on 17 May 2026, it finished FC Ryukyu 1-3 Gainare Tottori.
Where it pulls both ways. FC Ryukyu are the form side, but the meetings favour Gainare Tottori: in the last nine meetings, FC Ryukyu won three, Gainare Tottori won five and one was drawn. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 49%; seven of the last nine meetings went over 2.5, and the meetings settle it.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their goals for and against point to a tight game. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 49%.
The read. No side to back. An open game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Seven of the last nine meetings went over 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Under 5.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: FC Ryukyu 2-1 Gainare Tottori (10% 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 (an open game).