Albirex Niigata vs Imabari

Japan • J2 League • 2026/2027 • Round 16

Albirex Niigata

05:007 November 2026

Imabari

Match information

Country: Japan
Competition: J2 League
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 16
Date: 7 November 2026
Kick-off: 05:00
Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium

Prediction

Albirex Niigata win64%

Draw18%

Imabari win18%

Full prediction

Clubs

Albirex Niigata

Founded: 1955 / 199
Country: Japan
Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
City: Niigata
Capacity: 41 684
Surface: grass

Imabari

Stadium: Yume Stadium
City: Imabari-shi
Capacity: 6 000
Surface: grass

Recent form

Albirex Niigata

WDLWW

Imabari

WWDLL

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Vegalta Sendai	13	+11	27
2	Albirex Niigata	13	-2	26
3	Toyama	13	+11	22
…
18	Tochigi City	13	-2	12
19	Imabari	13	-11	11
20	Kofu	13	-17	11

Full standings

Head-to-head

18 April 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 1 : 0 Imabari (Half-time 1 : 0)
1 March 2026 • J2 League • Imabari 0 : 2 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 0 : 1)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Albirex Niigata win64%

Draw18%

Imabari win18%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 82%
X2: 36%
12: 82%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 89%
Under 1.5: 11%
Over 2.5: 73%
Under 2.5: 27%
Over 3.5: 53%
Under 3.5: 47%

Both teams to score

Yes: 67%
No: 33%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Albirex Niigata	Imabari
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	99%	1%
+2.5 / -2.5	98%	2%
+1.5 / -1.5	93%	7%
+0.5 / -0.5	82%	18%
-0.5 / +0.5	64%	36%
-1.5 / +1.5	43%	57%
-2.5 / +2.5	25%	75%
-3.5 / +3.5	12%	88%
-4.5 / +4.5	5%	95%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Albirex Niigata: Yuzo Funakoshi
Imabari: Yoshikiyo Kuboyama

Squad - Albirex Niigata

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
23	Daisuke Yoshimitsu	33
41	Hiroto Matsuura	18
46	Noam Baumann	30
71	Shota Uchiyama	19
Defenders
2	Jason Geria	33
3	Tetsuya Kato	30
5	Michael Fitzgerald	38
15	Fumiya Hayakawa	32
24	Riita Mori	25
26	Mihiro Sato	19
34	Yudai Fujiwara	24
38	Kodai Mori	27
77	Kakeru Funaki	28
Midfielders
6	Keisuke Kasai	24
7	Yusuke Onishi	25
8	Eiji Shirai	31
13	Riku Ochiai	27
16	Tomoya Osawa	24
17	Kazuyoshi Shimabuku	27
19	Yuji Hoshi	34
22	Taiki Arai	29
30	Masahiro Sekiguchi	28
40	Aozora Ishiyama	20
70	Ryosuke Maeda	28
Forwards
9	Castilho Iury	31
14	Chihiro Konagaya	24
18	Yamato Wakatsuki	24
32	Kanji Kuwayama	23
55	Matheus Moraes	26

Squad - Imabari

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Kotaro Tachikawa	29
16	Toi Yamamoto	25
18	Genta Ito	26
21	Yosuke Yamada	23
Defenders
2	Rei Umeki	21
3	Taiga Son	27
15	Kenta Kikuchi	26
23	Young-jun Lee	20
24	Yuri Takeuchi	25
28	Kei Hagihara	17
29	Yamato Maruyama	22
35	Kazuki Kushibiki	33
99	Gomes Gabriel	27
Midfielders
5	Hikaru Arai	27
6	Yuki Kajiura	22
7	Takafumi Yamada	34
9	Takatora Kondo	29
14	Yoshiaki Komai	34
17	Kyota Mochii	27
25	Riki Sato	22
26	Aleksandar Palocevic	33
30	Hayato Shibano	19
36	Keito Kubo	19
38	Hikaru Umakoshi	21
77	Junya Kato	31
80	Takuhiro Nakai	22
Forwards
8	Kota Mori	29
10	Edigar Junio	35
11	Tanque Wesley	30
15	Kiseki Kikuchi	23
19	Kengo Furuyama	24
22	Hiroki Abe	27

Head-to-head

Last 2 meetings

Albirex Niigata wins2

Draws0

Imabari wins0

Goals: Albirex Niigata: 3 (1.5)
Goals: Imabari: 0 (0.0)
Goals per match: 1.5
Both teams scored: 0 / 2
Over 2.5 goals: 0 / 2

Results

18 April 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 1 : 0 Imabari (Half-time 1 : 0)
1 March 2026 • J2 League • Imabari 0 : 2 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 0 : 1)

Form: last 10 matches

	Albirex Niigata	Imabari
W-D-L	5-2-3	3-2-5
Scored (per match)	13 (1.3)	12 (1.2)
Conceded (per match)	18 (1.8)	18 (1.8)
Clean sheets	1 / 10	1 / 10
Both teams scored	7 / 10	7 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	7 / 10	7 / 10

Recent form - Albirex Niigata

W25 October 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 2 : 1 Vegalta Sendai (Half-time 1 : 1)
W21 October 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 2 : 1 Sagan Tosu (Half-time 1 : 0)
L17 October 2026 • J2 League • Oita Trinita 5 : 1 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 2 : 1)
D11 October 2026 • J2 League • Shonan Bellmare 1 : 1 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 0 : 0)
W3 October 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 2 : 1 Tokushima (Half-time 2 : 1)
L29 September 2026 • J-League Cup • Yamaga 1 : 0 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 1 : 0)
D26 September 2026 • J2 League • Blaublitz 2 : 2 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 1 : 1)
W19 September 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 2 : 1 Iwata (Half-time 1 : 0)
W13 September 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 1 : 0 Montedio Yamagata (Half-time 0 : 0)
L6 September 2026 • J2 League • Yokohama FC 5 : 0 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 1 : 0)

Recent form - Imabari

L25 October 2026 • J2 League • Blaublitz 1 : 0 Imabari (Half-time 0 : 0)
L21 October 2026 • J2 League • Vegalta Sendai 3 : 1 Imabari (Half-time 0 : 1)
D17 October 2026 • J2 League • Imabari 3 : 3 Vanraure (Half-time 1 : 1)
W10 October 2026 • J2 League • Tokushima 1 : 2 Imabari (Half-time 0 : 1)
W3 October 2026 • J2 League • Tochigi City 1 : 2 Imabari (Half-time 1 : 2)
L26 September 2026 • J2 League • Imabari 1 : 2 Shonan Bellmare (Half-time 1 : 1)
L23 September 2026 • Emperor Cup • Kashiwa Reysol 4 : 0 Imabari (Half-time 2 : 0)
L19 September 2026 • J2 League • Yokohama FC 2 : 1 Imabari (Half-time 1 : 0)
W12 September 2026 • J2 League • Imabari 1 : 0 Sagan Tosu (Half-time 0 : 0)
D6 September 2026 • J2 League • Oita Trinita 1 : 1 Imabari (Half-time 0 : 1)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegalta Sendai	13	8	3	2	22	11	+11	27
2	Albirex Niigata	13	8	2	3	19	21	-2	26
3	Toyama	13	6	4	3	23	12	+11	22
4	Yokohama FC	13	6	4	3	25	16	+9	22
5	Shonan Bellmare	13	5	7	1	15	12	+3	22
6	Omiya Ardija	13	5	6	2	23	16	+7	21
7	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	13	5	5	3	19	16	+3	20
8	Oita Trinita	13	4	7	2	17	10	+7	19
9	Iwaki	13	5	2	6	20	19	+1	17
10	Sagan Tosu	13	5	2	6	14	15	-1	17
11	Tokushima	13	5	2	6	11	13	-2	17
12	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	13	5	2	6	16	19	-3	17
13	Blaublitz	13	4	4	5	14	14	0	16
14	Iwata	13	4	4	5	14	15	-1	16
15	Fujieda MYFC	13	3	6	4	15	14	+1	15
16	Vanraure	13	4	2	7	10	22	-12	14
17	Montedio Yamagata	13	4	1	8	11	13	-2	13
18	Tochigi City	13	3	3	7	20	22	-2	12
19	Imabari	13	3	2	8	15	26	-11	11
20	Kofu	13	3	2	8	10	27	-17	11

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jesus Matheus	V-Varen Nagasaki	18
2	Vinicius Marcus	Imabari	17
3	Barcelos Lucas	Tokushima	14
4	A. Watanabe	Mito	13
5	M. Caprini Pinto	Omiya Ardija	11
6	A. S. Disaro	Montedio Yamagata	11
7	Peixoto Matheus	Iwata	10
7	Y. Goke	Vegalta Sendai	10
9	R. Komatsu	Blaublitz	10
10	D. Ishikawa	Chiba	10
10	R. Shiohama	Kumamoto	10
10	T. Takamine	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	10
13	C. A. de Souza Junior	Chiba	10
13	O. Yamamoto	Renofa Yamaguchi	10
15	R. Asakura	Fujieda MYFC	9
16	Y. Torikai	Kofu	9
17	S. Doi	Montedio Yamagata	8
18	K. Miyazaki	Vegalta Sendai	8
19	K. Kumashiro	Kumamoto	8
20	S. Saito	Mito	8