Kochi United vs Fukushima Utd

Japan • J3 League • 2026/2027 • Round 18

Kochi United

05:0021 November 2026

Fukushima Utd

Match information

Country: Japan
Competition: J3 League
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 18
Date: 21 November 2026
Kick-off: 05:00
Stadium: Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium

Prediction

Kochi United win11%

Draw14%

Fukushima Utd win75%

Full prediction

Clubs

Kochi United

Founded: 2016
Country: Japan
Stadium: Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium
City: Haruno
Capacity: 25 000
Surface: grass

Fukushima Utd

Founded: 1977
Country: Japan
Stadium: TOHO Stadium
City: Fukushima
Capacity: 21 000
Surface: grass

Recent form

Kochi United

LDLWL

Fukushima Utd

WWLDW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
13	Giravanz Kitakyushu	16	-3	19
14	Fukushima Utd	16	-2	18
15	Yamaga	16	-3	17
…
19	Kusatsu	16	-18	13
20	Kochi United	16	-26	9

Full standings

Head-to-head

26 July 2025 • J3 League • Kochi Utd 1 : 0 Fukushima (Half-time 0 : 0)
20 April 2025 • J3 League • Fukushima United 3 : 4 Kochi United (Half-time 1 : 2)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Kochi United win11%

Draw14%

Fukushima Utd win75%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 25%
X2: 89%
12: 86%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 90%
Under 1.5: 10%
Over 2.5: 74%
Under 2.5: 26%
Over 3.5: 54%
Under 3.5: 46%

Both teams to score

Yes: 60%
No: 40%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Kochi United	Fukushima Utd
+4.5 / -4.5	91%	9%
+3.5 / -3.5	81%	19%
+2.5 / -2.5	65%	35%
+1.5 / -1.5	45%	55%
+0.5 / -0.5	25%	75%
-0.5 / +0.5	11%	89%
-1.5 / +1.5	4%	96%
-2.5 / +2.5	1%	99%
-3.5 / +3.5	0%	100%
-4.5 / +4.5	0%	100%

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

Coaches

Kochi United: Takahiro Shimotaira
Fukushima Utd: Shuhei Terada

Squad - Kochi United

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Raisei Ono	25
17	Kosuke Inose	25
99	Yudai Murata	21
Defenders
3	Konosuke Fukumiya	28
4	Daichi Kobayashi	27
5	Rio Tadokoro	20
15	Hikaru Sakamoto	22
16	Shosei Kozuki	26
22	Ryuta Fujimori	26
23	Daichi Matsumoto	23
30	Yutaro Kato	22
88	Takumi Hama	30
Midfielders
6	Kanta Sakagishi	24
8	Yui Takano	26
10	Taiga Sasaki	28
11	Rinta Miyoshi	23
14	Genya Sekino	27
26	Kazutaka Asano	22
31	Manato Kudo	25
44	Yoshihiro Shimoda	22
73	Toshiya Tanaka	28
76	Yuta Mikado	39
77	Josei Sato	22
Forwards
7	Asahi Kanehara	26
13	Atsushi Kawata	34
18	Kakeru Aoto	30
19	Ismaila Origbaajo	28
20	Reo Sugiyama	26
28	Aoto Nanamure	21
33	Hayate Cho	19

Squad - Fukushima Utd

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Tomoki Ueda	30
22	Kenshin Yoshimaru	30
31	Shun Anzai	26
78	Sung-Ryong Jung	41
Defenders
3	Kotaro Honda	20
5	Hayate Toma	24
15	Hyeong-min Nam	21
17	Takumi Fujitani	30
19	Jiro Fujita	23
23	Tatsuya Anzai	30
27	Satoru Nozue	26
28	Naoki Suzu	26
29	Kaito Tsuchiya	20
37	Naru Sasaki	23
66	Makito Uehara	27
77	Toraji Chiba	20
Midfielders
7	Kosei Ashibe	25
8	Yuki Okada	30
10	Takeaki Harigaya	28
13	Aruto Higuchi	21
14	Tsubasa Nakamura	24
20	Saiki Izumi	23
26	Keita Tanaka	23
30	Kaisei Kano	24
44	Koya Okuda	32
96	Jimpei Yoshida	23
Forwards
9	Kazumasa Shimizu	25
11	Kazuyoshi Miura	59
40	Hiroki Higuchi	34
46	Tsubasa Sato	22

Head-to-head

Last 2 meetings

Kochi United wins2

Draws0

Fukushima Utd wins0

Goals: Kochi United: 5 (2.5)
Goals: Fukushima Utd: 3 (1.5)
Goals per match: 4.0
Both teams scored: 1 / 2
Over 2.5 goals: 1 / 2

Results

26 July 2025 • J3 League • Kochi Utd 1 : 0 Fukushima (Half-time 0 : 0)
20 April 2025 • J3 League • Fukushima United 3 : 4 Kochi United (Half-time 1 : 2)

Form: last 10 matches

	Kochi United	Fukushima Utd
W-D-L	1-1-8	4-2-4
Scored (per match)	7 (0.7)	19 (1.9)
Conceded (per match)	23 (2.3)	23 (2.3)
Clean sheets	2 / 10	1 / 10
Both teams scored	3 / 10	7 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	8 / 10

Recent form - Kochi United

L7 November 2026 • J3 League • Nara Club 5 : 0 Kochi United (Half-time 2 : 0)
W3 November 2026 • J3 League • Kochi United 4 : 0 Ehime (Half-time 1 : 0)
L31 October 2026 • J3 League • Kochi United 1 : 3 Sagamihara (Half-time 1 : 3)
D25 October 2026 • J3 League • Gainare Tottori 0 : 0 Kochi United (Half-time 0 : 0)
L21 October 2026 • J3 League • Kagoshima Utd 3 : 1 Kochi United (Half-time 2 : 0)
L18 October 2026 • J3 League • Renofa Yamaguchi 2 : 0 Kochi United (Half-time 1 : 0)
L10 October 2026 • J3 League • Kochi United 1 : 3 Nagano (Half-time 0 : 0)
L3 October 2026 • J3 League • Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 : 0 Kochi United (Half-time 0 : 0)
L26 September 2026 • J3 League • Kochi United 0 : 4 Osaka (Half-time 0 : 1)
L19 September 2026 • J3 League • Kusatsu 1 : 0 Kochi United (Half-time 0 : 0)

Recent form - Fukushima Utd

W7 November 2026 • J3 League • Fukushima Utd 4 : 1 Ryukyu (Half-time 1 : 1)
D3 November 2026 • J3 League • Tochigi SC 0 : 0 Fukushima Utd (Half-time 0 : 0)
L31 October 2026 • J3 League • Fukushima Utd 1 : 3 Yamaga (Half-time 1 : 2)
W25 October 2026 • J3 League • Ehime 2 : 4 Fukushima Utd (Half-time 1 : 2)
W21 October 2026 • J3 League • Fukushima Utd 2 : 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu (Half-time 0 : 0)
L17 October 2026 • J3 League • Gifu 1 : 0 Fukushima Utd (Half-time 1 : 0)
D10 October 2026 • J3 League • Fukushima Utd 2 : 2 Reilac Shiga (Half-time 1 : 1)
L4 October 2026 • J3 League • Kagoshima Utd 3 : 2 Fukushima Utd (Half-time 2 : 0)
L29 September 2026 • J-League Cup • Fukushima Utd 0 : 7 Mito (Half-time 0 : 5)
W26 September 2026 • J3 League • Fukushima Utd 4 : 3 Nagano (Half-time 1 : 1)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nara Club	16	10	2	4	33	21	+12	32
2	Gifu	16	10	1	5	29	15	+14	31
3	Sagamihara	16	9	4	3	26	15	+11	31
4	Kagoshima Utd	16	9	4	3	29	19	+10	31
5	Renofa Yamaguchi	16	9	3	4	22	13	+9	30
6	Osaka	16	8	5	3	27	16	+11	29
7	Ehime	16	9	2	5	31	25	+6	29
8	Kumamoto	16	6	6	4	18	12	+6	24
9	Kanazawa	16	7	2	7	28	21	+7	23
10	Nagano	16	7	2	7	22	21	+1	23
11	Ryukyu	16	7	2	7	24	24	0	23
12	Tochigi SC	16	5	6	5	15	16	-1	21
13	Giravanz Kitakyushu	16	5	4	7	21	24	-3	19
14	Fukushima Utd	16	5	3	8	31	33	-2	18
15	Yamaga	16	4	5	7	15	18	-3	17
16	Reilac Shiga	16	5	2	9	19	28	-9	17
17	Gainare Tottori	16	4	3	9	15	30	-15	15
18	Kamatamare	16	4	2	10	17	27	-10	14
19	Kusatsu	16	4	1	11	13	31	-18	13
20	Kochi United	16	2	3	11	10	36	-26	9

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ehime	8	7	0	1	22	10	+12	21
2	Osaka	8	6	2	0	19	9	+10	20
3	Kagoshima Utd	8	6	2	0	17	8	+9	20
4	Nara Club	8	6	0	2	21	9	+12	18
5	Gifu	8	6	0	2	16	5	+11	18
6	Ryukyu	8	5	1	2	15	9	+6	16
7	Sagamihara	8	4	3	1	9	6	+3	15
8	Tochigi SC	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	14
9	Nagano	9	4	1	4	9	8	+1	13
10	Renofa Yamaguchi	7	3	3	1	8	5	+3	12
11	Giravanz Kitakyushu	8	3	3	2	12	9	+3	12
12	Fukushima Utd	8	3	2	3	17	16	+1	11
13	Kanazawa	7	3	0	4	13	10	+3	9
14	Kumamoto	8	2	3	3	8	8	0	9
15	Kusatsu	8	3	0	5	9	14	-5	9
16	Yamaga	9	2	2	5	8	12	-4	8
17	Kochi United	8	2	2	4	9	14	-5	8
18	Kamatamare	8	2	1	5	10	17	-7	7
19	Gainare Tottori	9	1	3	5	6	12	-6	6
20	Reilac Shiga	7	1	1	5	5	13	-8	4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Renofa Yamaguchi	9	6	0	3	14	8	+6	18
2	Sagamihara	8	5	1	2	17	9	+8	16
3	Kumamoto	8	4	3	1	10	4	+6	15
4	Kanazawa	9	4	2	3	15	11	+4	14
5	Nara Club	8	4	2	2	12	12	0	14
6	Gifu	8	4	1	3	13	10	+3	13
7	Reilac Shiga	9	4	1	4	14	15	-1	13
8	Kagoshima Utd	8	3	2	3	12	11	+1	11
9	Nagano	7	3	1	3	13	13	0	10
10	Osaka	8	2	3	3	8	7	+1	9
11	Yamaga	7	2	3	2	7	6	+1	9
12	Gainare Tottori	7	3	0	4	9	18	-9	9
13	Ehime	8	2	2	4	9	15	-6	8
14	Kamatamare	8	2	1	5	7	10	-3	7
15	Fukushima Utd	8	2	1	5	14	17	-3	7
16	Tochigi SC	8	1	4	3	4	9	-5	7
17	Ryukyu	8	2	1	5	9	15	-6	7
18	Giravanz Kitakyushu	8	2	1	5	9	15	-6	7
19	Kusatsu	8	1	1	6	4	17	-13	4
20	Kochi United	8	0	1	7	1	22	-21	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.
1	K. Hashimoto	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	13	0
2	K. Kawamura	Kagoshima United	10	2
3	K. Kobayashi	Kochi United	10	2
4	S. Tanaka	Matsumoto Yamaga	9	1
5	Y. Okada	Nara Club	9	0
6	M. Hiraoka	Tochigi City	9	0
7	K. Mori	Fukushima United	8	0
8	Y. Toshida	Zweigen Kanazawa	8	1
9	P. Tanaka	Tochigi City	8	1
10	T. Shimada	Osaka	7	0
11	R. Sawakami	Vanraure Hachinohe	7	2
12	Y. Kikui	Matsumoto Yamaga	7	2
13	K. Shimizu	Fukushima United	7	0
14	H. Higuchi	Fukushima United	7	2
15	S. Tamura	Nara Club	7	0