Kusatsu vs Tochigi SC
Japan • J3 League • 2026/2027 • Round 18
Kusatsu21 November 2026
Tochigi SC
Match information
- Country
- Japan
- Competition
- J3 League
- Season
- 2026/2027
- Round
- 18
- Date
- 21 November 2026
- Kick-off
- Stadium
- Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma
Prediction
Kusatsu win20%
Draw31%
Tochigi SC win49%
Clubs
Kusatsu
- Founded
- 1995
- Country
- Japan
- Stadium
- Shoda Shoyu Stadium
- City
- Maebashi
- Capacity
- 15 190
- Surface
- grass
Tochigi SC
- Founded
- 1953
- Country
- Japan
- Stadium
- Tochigi Green Stadium
- City
- Utsunomiya
- Capacity
- 15 325
- Surface
- grass
Recent form
KusatsuLWLLL
Tochigi SCWDWDW
Standings
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |  Ryukyu | 16 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Tochigi SC | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 |  Giravanz Kitakyushu | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| … | ||||
| 18 |  Kamatamare | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 19 | Kusatsu | 16 | -18 | 13 |
| 20 |  Kochi United | 16 | -26 | 9 |
Head-to-head
- 12 April 2026 • J2 League • Tochigi SC 5 : 1 Kusatsu (Half-time 4 : 1)
- 28 March 2026 • J2 League • Kusatsu 1 : 3 Tochigi SC (Half-time 0 : 3)
- 23 August 2025 • J3 League • Gunma 0 : 1 Tochigi (Half-time 0 : 1)
- 7 June 2025 • J3 League • Tochigi 0 : 1 Gunma (Half-time 0 : 0)
- 20 October 2024 • J2 League • Thespa Gunma 0 : 0 Tochigi (Half-time 0 : 0)
Match result probability
Kusatsu win20%
Draw31%
Tochigi SC win49%
Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.
Double chance
- 1X
- 51%
- X2
- 80%
- 12
- 69%
Total goals
- Over 1.5
- 54%
- Under 1.5
- 46%
- Over 2.5
- 27%
- Under 2.5
- 73%
- Over 3.5
- 11%
- Under 3.5
- 89%
Both teams to score
- Yes
- 33%
- No
- 67%
Asian handicap
| Handicap | Kusatsu | Tochigi SC |
|---|---|---|
| +4.5 / -4.5 | 100% | 0% |
| +3.5 / -3.5 | 98% | 2% |
| +2.5 / -2.5 | 93% | 7% |
| +1.5 / -1.5 | 79% | 21% |
| +0.5 / -0.5 | 51% | 49% |
| -0.5 / +0.5 | 20% | 80% |
| -1.5 / +1.5 | 5% | 95% |
| -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
- Kusatsu
- Masaru Okita
- Tochigi SC
- Atsushi Yoneyama
Squad - Kusatsu
| # | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||
| 13 | Issei Kondo | 25 |
| 78 | Shinji Okada | 30 |
| 88 | Je-hee Kim | 20 |
| Defenders | ||
| 2 | Ryo Nakamura | 24 |
| 3 | Ryuya Ohata | 29 |
| 16 | Kotaro Yamahara | 26 |
| 20 | Taiyo Shimokawa | 24 |
| 22 | Masato Nuki | 23 |
| 23 | Gun-il Kim | 23 |
| 25 | Rikiru Nakano | 20 |
| 28 |  Junya Nodake | 32 |
| 30 | Tatsushi Koyanagi | 36 |
| 52 | Jo Soma | 25 |
| Midfielders | ||
| 4 | Taishi Tamashiro | 25 |
| 6 | Shusuke Yonehara | 28 |
| 8 | Riku Kamigaki | 28 |
| 14 | Ayashi Sakurai | 23 |
| 15 | Koki Kazama | 35 |
| 19 | Mohammad Farzan Sana | 22 |
| 21 |  Yuya Ikeshita | 24 |
| 27 | Ren Fujimura | 27 |
| 36 | Shuto Adachi | 22 |
| 37 | Gijo Sehata | 25 |
| 42 | Takatora Harada | 19 |
| 44 | Shun Koga | 19 |
| 77 | Sean Kotake | 20 |
| 97 | Min-seob Song | 19 |
| Forwards | ||
| 9 | Shota Aoki | 36 |
| 17 | Manato Hyakuda | 25 |
| 18 | Shota Tanaka | 25 |
| 29 | Kosei Matsumoto | 23 |
| 69 |  Shido Izuma | 21 |
| 90 |  Ikhsan bin Fandi Ahmad | 27 |
| 99 |  Taika Nakashima | 24 |
Squad - Tochigi SC
| # | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||
| 1 | Shuhei Kawata | 32 |
| 21 | Riki Sakuraba | 27 |
| 31 | Shuhei Shikano | 27 |
| 41 |  Ryuga Tashiro | 28 |
| Defenders | ||
| 2 | Ryo Sakurai | 21 |
| 3 |  Renta Higashi | 22 |
| 5 | Yasutaka Yanagi | 32 |
| 6 | Kaito Abe | 27 |
| 14 | Shunya Suzuki | 25 |
| 24 | Ryusei Tabata | 23 |
| 26 | Tomoki Tabata | 22 |
| 37 | Yuto Kimura | 24 |
| 88 |  Kohei Uchida | 33 |
| Midfielders | ||
| 4 | Sho Sato | 33 |
| 7 |  Rui Osako | 22 |
| 11 | Taichi Aoshima | 25 |
| 13 | Kota Osone | 27 |
| 15 | Haruki Tsutsumi | 23 |
| 16 |  Toya Myogan | 22 |
| 17 |  Koki Sugimori | 29 |
| 18 |  Yoshiki Matsushita | 32 |
| 23 | Hiroto Sese | 27 |
| 27 | Taishi Nagai | 22 |
| 39 | Kazuma Yagi | 23 |
| 47 | Haruto Yoshino | 24 |
| 80 | Kenneth Otabor | 24 |
| 81 | Katsuya Nakano | 30 |
| Forwards | ||
| 9 | Yoshihito Kondo | 24 |
| 10 |  Taiyo Igarashi | 23 |
| 20 |  Ibrahim Suzuki Wadi | 23 |
| 25 | Taiyo Yamaguchi | 20 |
| 29 | Kisho Yano | 42 |
| 77 |  Jiro Nakamura | 23 |
Head-to-head
Last 10 meetings
Kusatsu wins3
Draws4
Tochigi SC wins3
- Goals: Kusatsu
- 8 (0.8)
- Goals: Tochigi SC
- 12 (1.2)
- Goals per match
- 2.0
- Both teams scored
- 5 / 10
- Over 2.5 goals
- 3 / 10
Results
- 12 April 2026 • J2 League • Tochigi SC 5 : 1 Kusatsu (Half-time 4 : 1)
- 28 March 2026 • J2 League • Kusatsu 1 : 3 Tochigi SC (Half-time 0 : 3)
- 23 August 2025 • J3 League • Gunma 0 : 1 Tochigi (Half-time 0 : 1)
- 7 June 2025 • J3 League • Tochigi 0 : 1 Gunma (Half-time 0 : 0)
- 20 October 2024 • J2 League • Thespa Gunma 0 : 0 Tochigi (Half-time 0 : 0)
- 8 June 2024 • J2 League • Tochigi 1 : 1 Thespa Gunma (Half-time 0 : 1)
- 6 August 2023 • J2 League • ThespaKusatsu Gunma 1 : 0 Tochigi (Half-time 0 : 0)
- 2 April 2023 • J2 League • Tochigi 1 : 2 ThespaKusatsu Gunma (Half-time 0 : 0)
- 4 September 2022 • J2 League • Tochigi 1 : 1 ThespaKusatsu Gunma (Half-time 1 : 0)
- 12 June 2022 • J2 League • ThespaKusatsu Gunma 0 : 0 Tochigi (Half-time 0 : 0)
Form: last 10 matches
| Kusatsu | Tochigi SC | |
|---|---|---|
| W-D-L | 3-1-6 | 3-3-4 |
| Scored (per match) | 7 (0.7) | 6 (0.6) |
| Conceded (per match) | 17 (1.7) | 7 (0.7) |
| Clean sheets | 2 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
| Both teams scored | 4 / 10 | 2 / 10 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 5 / 10 | 2 / 10 |
Recent form - Kusatsu
- L7 November 2026 • J3 League • Kusatsu 1 : 2 Osaka (Half-time 1 : 1)
- L3 November 2026 • J3 League • Nara Club 3 : 0 Kusatsu (Half-time 2 : 0)
- L31 October 2026 • J3 League • Kanazawa 4 : 0 Kusatsu (Half-time 2 : 0)
- W24 October 2026 • J3 League • Kusatsu 1 : 0 Kamatamare (Half-time 0 : 0)
- L21 October 2026 • J3 League • Yamaga 2 : 0 Kusatsu (Half-time 1 : 0)
- D17 October 2026 • J3 League • Gainare Tottori 1 : 1 Kusatsu (Half-time 1 : 1)
- W10 October 2026 • J3 League • Kusatsu 2 : 1 Ryukyu (Half-time 1 : 1)
- L3 October 2026 • J3 League • Ehime 3 : 1 Kusatsu (Half-time 0 : 1)
- L26 September 2026 • J3 League • Kusatsu 0 : 1 Kumamoto (Half-time 0 : 0)
- W19 September 2026 • J3 League • Kusatsu 1 : 0 Kochi United (Half-time 0 : 0)
Recent form - Tochigi SC
- W8 November 2026 • J3 League • Gainare Tottori 0 : 1 Tochigi SC (Half-time 0 : 0)
- D3 November 2026 • J3 League • Tochigi SC 0 : 0 Fukushima Utd (Half-time 0 : 0)
- W31 October 2026 • J3 League • Tochigi SC 2 : 0 Ehime (Half-time 0 : 0)
- D24 October 2026 • J3 League • Sagamihara 0 : 0 Tochigi SC (Half-time 0 : 0)
- W21 October 2026 • J3 League • Tochigi SC 1 : 0 Reilac Shiga (Half-time 0 : 0)
- L17 October 2026 • J3 League • Ryukyu 1 : 0 Tochigi SC (Half-time 0 : 0)
- L11 October 2026 • J3 League • Tochigi SC 0 : 1 Renofa Yamaguchi (Half-time 0 : 0)
- D4 October 2026 • J3 League • Kamatamare 0 : 0 Tochigi SC (Half-time 0 : 0)
- L26 September 2026 • J3 League • Tochigi SC 1 : 2 Yamaga (Half-time 0 : 1)
- L19 September 2026 • J3 League • Kagoshima Utd 3 : 1 Tochigi SC (Half-time 2 : 0)
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 |