Thespa Kusatsu vs Ehime FC Prediction & Betting Tips

Thespa Kusatsu will be facing visiting opponents Ehime FC at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gumma in this J2 League fixture on Sunday.

Our Thespa Kusatsu v Ehime FC tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest betting odds.

📏 Form Guide

Thespa Kusatsu WDLLLW

Thespa Kusatsu will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-3 J2 League triumph against Tokyo Verdy.

The only name on the scoresheet from Thespa Kusatsu was Toshiya Tanaka (17', 42'). Masashi Wakasa (5') was the scorer for Tokyo Verdy.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Thespa Kusatsu have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Gunma have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 8 goals in the process. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Thespa Kusatsu:

• have not won against Ehime FC in their last 6 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Ehime FC WDLWLL

Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of JEF United Chiba in J2 League competition, Ehime FC and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

Kengo Kawamata (3', 44') scored for JEF United Chiba.

It is worth noting that Ehime FC have suffered from a shortage of goals over their previous six games, netting the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, Ehime have also seen the overall goal tally against them equal 6.

Leading up to this clash, Ehime FC:

• haven't been beaten by Thespa Kusatsu in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 11/04/2015 reveals that these encounters have not been kind to Thespa Kusatsu. They have not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas Ehime FC have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 100 per cent of those ties.

A total of 17 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 3 of them for Gunma and 14 being from Ehime. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was J2 League match day 41 on 12/11/2017 when it finished Ehime FC 4-2 Thespa Kusatsu.

The match was refereed by Hiroki Kasahara.

ℹ️ Team News: Thespa Kusatsu

Thespa Kusatsu manager Hitoshi Morishita will be grateful not to have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash owing to a completely healthy group to pick from.

📰 Team News: Ehime FC

Owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, Ehime FC boss Kenta Kawai has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that Ehime FC and Thespa Kusatsu could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. That is why we are leaning toward a very close game with a score draw at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 23:17 15/09/2020