Preview of Japan's second division: Ehime FC will be relegated if they don't win, Iwata Joyous lost four goals in the last round
6686 Sports News on October 26 In the 34th round of the Japanese Professional League B, the Ehime FC home team faced Iwata Joy.
Ehime FC has performed very poorly this season. After 33 rounds, it has only achieved 3 wins, 11 draws and 19 losses. It ranks at the bottom of the Japanese professional second division with 20 points and 15 points in the safety zone. Relegation is only theoretically possible. As long as they fail to win this game, the team will be relegated to Japan Professional C 4 rounds in advance.
The recent competitive state of Ehime FC is also very poor. The team has only achieved 1 win, 2 draws and 10 losses in the past 13 games. In addition, the team has only achieved 1 draw and 5 losses in the past 6 home team games. The home team's point scoring efficiency is very low.
Defense issues are the biggest reason for Ehime FC’s poor performance this season. The team has conceded 59 goals in 33 league games, averaging close to 2 goals per game. It is the team that has conceded the most goals in Japan’s professional second division. In the past 12 games, the team has only shut down its opponent once.
In terms of personnel, Imano Shibuki and Fukushima Hayato will be absent from this game due to injuries. Apart from the above two people, Ehime FC has no other injured players.
Iwata Yuki has performed averagely this season. Currently, it has 15 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses in 33 league games. It currently ranks 8th in the Japanese Professional League with 51 points. It is 10 points behind the direct promotion zone and 5 points behind the play-off zone. The promotion situation is not optimistic.
Recently, Iwata Joy's competitive status has also been quite sluggish. The team has only achieved 1 win and 3 losses in the past 4 games. In the last round of the league, the team faced the upgraded competitor Tokushima Whirlpool at home and lost 0-4. The performance was extremely poor.
Iwata Joy’s defensive problems are also quite serious this season. The team has conceded a total of 46 goals in 33 rounds, the most among the teams in the top half. In the past three games, the team has also conceded 4 goals in a single game twice.
In terms of personnel, the foreign center back Graça, a core member of Iwata Joy, will continue to be absent from this game due to injury. It is expected that Vandenberg will continue to serve as the team's starting center back with Takuro Ezaki.
The two teams have met 9 times in history. Ehime FC has only achieved 4 draws and 5 losses. A win is hard to come by and the disadvantage is very obvious. Let us wait and see whether Ehime FC can complete its revenge at the home team in this campaign and retain the theoretical possibility of relegation.
