Kumamoto vs Giravanz Kitakyushu

Japan • J3 League • 2026/2027 • Round 18

Kumamoto

04:0022 November 2026

Giravanz Kitakyushu

Match information

Country: Japan
Competition: J3 League
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 18
Date: 22 November 2026
Kick-off: 04:00
Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium

Prediction

Kumamoto win54%

Draw28%

Giravanz Kitakyushu win18%

Full prediction

Clubs

Kumamoto

Founded: 1969
Country: Japan
Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium
City: Kumamoto
Capacity: 30 504
Surface: grass

Giravanz Kitakyushu

Founded: 1973
Country: Japan
Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium
City: Kitakyushu
Capacity: 15 300
Surface: grass

Recent form

Kumamoto

WWDLL

Giravanz Kitakyushu

WWLLW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
7	Ehime	16	+6	29
8	Kumamoto	16	+6	24
9	Kanazawa	16	+7	23
…
11	Ryukyu	16	0	23
12	Giravanz Kitakyushu	17	-2	22
13	Fukushima Utd	17	-1	21

Full standings

Head-to-head

6 May 2026 • J2 League • Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 : 2 Kumamoto (Half-time 0 : 1)
22 February 2026 • J2 League • Kumamoto 4 : 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu (Half-time 1 : 1)
27 May 2024 • Club Friendlies • Roasso Kumamoto 1 : 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu

Full H2H

Match result probability

Kumamoto win54%

Draw28%

Giravanz Kitakyushu win18%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 82%
X2: 46%
12: 72%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 59%
Under 1.5: 41%
Over 2.5: 32%
Under 2.5: 68%
Over 3.5: 14%
Under 3.5: 86%

Both teams to score

Yes: 35%
No: 65%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Kumamoto	Giravanz Kitakyushu
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	100%	0%
+2.5 / -2.5	99%	1%
+1.5 / -1.5	95%	5%
+0.5 / -0.5	82%	18%
-0.5 / +0.5	54%	46%
-1.5 / +1.5	26%	74%
-2.5 / +2.5	10%	90%
-3.5 / +3.5	3%	97%
-4.5 / +4.5	1%	99%

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

Coaches

Kumamoto: Tomohiro Katanosaka
Giravanz Kitakyushu: Ryotaro Tanaka

Squad - Kumamoto

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Shibuki Sato	25
21	Haruki Nishimura	23
23	Yuya Sato	40
Defenders
2	Kohei Kuroki	37
24	Thae-ha Ri	23
26	Shumpei Toda	22
30	Shia Nagashima	20
33	Shota Kimura	22
35	Soma Ito	25
41	Yuki Omoto	32
Midfielders
3	Ryotaro Onishi	28
4	Rei Yakushida	23
5	Keita Kobayashi	23
7	Koya Fujii	25
13	Akira Iihoshi	23
15	Shohei Mishima	30
17	Sota Nagai	27
25	Kenichi Nasu	23
27	Keita Negishi	24
28	Yuki Yoshioka	23
29	Naoya Mishina	23
34	Toya Nakajima	22
37	Hideatsu Ozawa	27
39	Ryotaro Ishida	24
Forwards
9	Jeong-Min Bae	25
10	Yuto Katori	22
11	Rearu Watanabe	23
14	Ora Ishihara	24
19	Izumi Miyata	25
22	Eitaro Matsuda	25
32	Taiyo Nakayama	22

Squad - Giravanz Kitakyushu

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Go Ito	32
31	Koki Otani	37
39	Rissei Taniguchi	23
41	Mitsuki Sugimoto	25
Defenders
3	Ryota Kamihashi	24
4	Koki Hasegawa	27
5	Takumi Narasaka	24
6	Kota Hoshi	34
16	Sota Maruyama	27
20	Shosaku Yasumitsu	27
22	Jin Ikoma	27
28	Kota Yokokubo	24
30	Kenta Fukumori	32
42	Tsukasa Sera	20
96	Yuta Saitai	32
Midfielders
7	Ryuki Hirahara	23
8	Mahiro Yoshinaga	24
13	Kazuki Kumasawa	25
14	Haruki Izawa	27
17	Rimpei Okano	26
18	Sho Hiramatsu	27
19	Futo Yoshihara	20
21	Takanari Endo	24
27	Kosuke Hara	21
32	Taku Ushinohama	34
51	Yutaro Sakashita	19
66	Daigo Takahashi	27
77	Ryuta Kanzawa	21
Forwards
9	Shuntaro Kawabe	30
10	Ryo Nagai	35
11	Seung-jin Koh	26
15	Mohamad Wade	20
25	Raiki Tsubogo	22
37	Kosei Yoshida	23
52	Masaki Nishimura	25

Head-to-head

Last 3 meetings

Kumamoto wins2

Draws1

Giravanz Kitakyushu wins0

Goals: Kumamoto: 7 (2.3)
Goals: Giravanz Kitakyushu: 3 (1.0)
Goals per match: 3.3
Both teams scored: 3 / 3
Over 2.5 goals: 2 / 3

Results

6 May 2026 • J2 League • Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 : 2 Kumamoto (Half-time 0 : 1)
22 February 2026 • J2 League • Kumamoto 4 : 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu (Half-time 1 : 1)
27 May 2024 • Club Friendlies • Roasso Kumamoto 1 : 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu

Form: last 10 matches

	Kumamoto	Giravanz Kitakyushu
W-D-L	4-2-4	5-0-5
Scored (per match)	12 (1.2)	16 (1.6)
Conceded (per match)	9 (0.9)	14 (1.4)
Clean sheets	4 / 10	2 / 10
Both teams scored	4 / 10	5 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	5 / 10	5 / 10

Recent form - Kumamoto

L8 November 2026 • J3 League • Kumamoto 1 : 2 Renofa Yamaguchi (Half-time 1 : 0)
L4 November 2026 • J3 League • Osaka 2 : 1 Kumamoto (Half-time 0 : 0)
D31 October 2026 • J3 League • Kagoshima Utd 1 : 1 Kumamoto (Half-time 1 : 0)
W25 October 2026 • J3 League • Kumamoto 2 : 1 Gifu (Half-time 0 : 1)
W21 October 2026 • J3 League • Kumamoto 3 : 0 Gainare Tottori (Half-time 0 : 0)
W18 October 2026 • J3 League • Kamatamare 0 : 3 Kumamoto (Half-time 0 : 1)
L11 October 2026 • J3 League • Kumamoto 0 : 2 Ehime (Half-time 0 : 1)
D2 October 2026 • J3 League • Reilac Shiga 0 : 0 Kumamoto (Half-time 0 : 0)
L29 September 2026 • J-League Cup • Kumamoto 0 : 1 Kawasaki Frontale (Half-time 0 : 0)
W26 September 2026 • J3 League • Kusatsu 0 : 1 Kumamoto (Half-time 0 : 0)

Recent form - Giravanz Kitakyushu

W14 November 2026 • J3 League • Giravanz Kitakyushu 4 : 3 Kusatsu (Half-time 1 : 1)
L7 November 2026 • J3 League • Gifu 1 : 0 Giravanz Kitakyushu (Half-time 1 : 0)
L3 November 2026 • J3 League • Giravanz Kitakyushu 0 : 1 Reilac Shiga (Half-time 0 : 1)
W31 October 2026 • J3 League • Renofa Yamaguchi 0 : 2 Giravanz Kitakyushu (Half-time 0 : 0)
W25 October 2026 • J3 League • Giravanz Kitakyushu 3 : 1 Nagano (Half-time 1 : 0)
L21 October 2026 • J3 League • Fukushima Utd 2 : 1 Giravanz Kitakyushu (Half-time 0 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • J3 League • Giravanz Kitakyushu 3 : 1 Osaka (Half-time 1 : 0)
L10 October 2026 • J3 League • Nara Club 2 : 0 Giravanz Kitakyushu (Half-time 1 : 0)
W3 October 2026 • J3 League • Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 : 0 Kochi United (Half-time 0 : 0)
L29 September 2026 • J-League Cup • Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 : 3 Nagoya Grampus (Half-time 0 : 2)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gifu	17	10	2	5	29	15	+14	32
2	Nara Club	16	10	2	4	33	21	+12	32
3	Kagoshima Utd	16	9	4	3	29	19	+10	31
4	Sagamihara	17	9	4	4	26	16	+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	Giravanz Kitakyushu	17	6	4	7	25	27	-2	22
13	Fukushima Utd	17	6	3	8	32	33	-1	21
14	Tochigi SC	16	5	6	5	15	16	-1	21
15	Yamaga	17	4	6	7	15	18	-3	18
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	17	4	1	12	16	35	-19	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	Gifu	9	6	1	2	16	5	+11	19
5	Nara Club	8	6	0	2	21	9	+12	18
6	Ryukyu	8	5	1	2	15	9	+6	16
7	Giravanz Kitakyushu	9	4	3	2	16	12	+4	15
8	Sagamihara	8	4	3	1	9	6	+3	15
9	Tochigi SC	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	14
10	Fukushima Utd	9	4	2	3	18	16	+2	14
11	Nagano	9	4	1	4	9	8	+1	13
12	Renofa Yamaguchi	7	3	3	1	8	5	+3	12
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	9	5	1	3	17	10	+7	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	Yamaga	8	2	4	2	7	6	+1	10
10	Nagano	7	3	1	3	13	13	0	10
11	Osaka	8	2	3	3	8	7	+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	9	1	1	7	7	21	-14	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