Ehime FC vs Roasso Kumamoto Prediction

Ag nee, this is like watching two bokkies trying to braai in the rain! Both these teams are having a shocker of a season, but someone's got to win this bottom-of-the-table clash.

Ehime FC are rock bottom of the J2 League with only 21 points from 36 games - that's worse than my attempts at gardening! Their home form is absolutely kwaad, with zero wins in their last five home games. They're leaking goals like a sieve, conceding 2.20 per game recently, and only managing to score 0.60 at home. Their last home game was a 0-4 hammering by V-varen Nagasaki, which tells you everything about their current state.

Roasso Kumamoto aren't much better, sitting 17th with 35 points, but they're definitely a step up from Ehime. Their away form shows some fight with a 16.67% win rate and they're scoring 1.00 goal per game on the road. They've been competitive recently, grabbing a 1-1 draw away at Montedio Yamagata.

The head-to-head record is interesting though - Roasso leads overall 5-3-1, but Ehime has actually won 2 of their 4 home meetings. The last time they met was a 2-2 draw, and 7 of their 9 encounters have gone over 2.5 goals.

Both defenses are absolutely pap! Ehime is shipping 2.20 goals per game at home, while Roasso concedes 1.67 on their travels. With both teams struggling but still capable of finding the net, this looks like a perfect setup for both teams to score.

The goal expectancy suggests around 2.83 goals in this match, and given both teams' defensive vulnerabilities and the historical trend of high-scoring games between them, I'm backing both teams to get on the scoresheet.