Japan - J2 League time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2025

Average time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Total Lead durations (overall) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Blaublitz Akita  38 19.3% 52.1% 28.6% C. Sapporo  38 22.7% 41.8% 35.5% Ehime FC  38 19.7% 43.8% 36.5% FC Imabari  38 21.9% 55.2% 22.9% Fujieda MYFC  38 15.1% 55.7% 29.2% Iwaki  38 24.8% 56% 19.2% JEF Utd Chiba  38 27.1% 56.1% 16.7% Jubilo Iwata  38 29.2% 49.3% 21.5% Kataller Toyama  38 17.4% 52.4% 30.2% M. Yamagata  38 32.8% 48% 19.2% Mito Hollyhock  38 33.8% 55.1% 11.1% Oita Trinita  38 17.3% 52% 30.7% Omiya Ardija  38 25.7% 56.9% 17.4% R. Kumamoto  38 22.4% 52% 25.6% R. Yamaguchi  38 14.7% 57.3% 28% Sagan Tosu  38 30.3% 51.3% 18.5% Tokushima V.  38 31.2% 55.5% 13.4% Vegalta Sendai  38 21.8% 56.8% 21.4% Ventforet Kofu  38 20.5% 54% 25.5% V-V. Nagasaki  38 26.7% 50% 23.4% League average 23.7% 52.6% 23.7% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Blaublitz Akita  19 16.7% 61.2% 22% C. Sapporo  19 18.8% 40.2% 41.1% Ehime FC  19 15.1% 39.4% 45.5% FC Imabari  19 22.9% 56.2% 20.9% Fujieda MYFC  19 15.8% 56.4% 27.8% Iwaki  19 31.7% 56.8% 11.5% JEF Utd Chiba  19 28.9% 52.8% 18.2% Jubilo Iwata  19 31.5% 43.8% 24.7% Kataller Toyama  19 19.3% 47.1% 33.6% M. Yamagata  19 28.1% 57% 14.9% Mito Hollyhock  19 30.8% 58.2% 11% Oita Trinita  19 17.9% 57.1% 25% Omiya Ardija  19 27.6% 55.9% 16.5% R. Kumamoto  19 20.6% 52.7% 26.7% R. Yamaguchi  19 23.9% 53.7% 22.4% Sagan Tosu  19 36.6% 52.1% 11.3% Tokushima V.  19 29% 56% 15% Vegalta Sendai  19 25.7% 49.9% 24.4% Ventforet Kofu  19 22.7% 55.5% 21.8% V-V. Nagasaki  19 25.8% 49.1% 25.1% League average 24.5% 52.6% 23% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Blaublitz Akita  19 21.8% 43% 35.1% C. Sapporo  19 26.7% 43.4% 29.9% Ehime FC  19 24.4% 48.2% 27.4% FC Imabari  19 21% 54.2% 24.8% Fujieda MYFC  19 14.4% 54.9% 30.7% Iwaki  19 17.9% 55.2% 26.9% JEF Utd Chiba  19 25.3% 59.5% 15.2% Jubilo Iwata  19 26.8% 54.8% 18.4% Kataller Toyama  19 15.5% 57.7% 26.8% M. Yamagata  19 37.6% 39% 23.4% Mito Hollyhock  19 36.9% 51.9% 11.2% Oita Trinita  19 16.7% 46.9% 36.4% Omiya Ardija  19 23.8% 57.8% 18.4% R. Kumamoto  19 24.2% 51.2% 24.6% R. Yamaguchi  19 5.6% 60.9% 33.5% Sagan Tosu  19 23.9% 50.5% 25.6% Tokushima V.  19 33.3% 54.9% 11.8% Vegalta Sendai  19 17.8% 63.7% 18.5% Ventforet Kofu  19 18.3% 52.5% 29.2% V-V. Nagasaki  19 27.5% 50.9% 21.6% League average 23% 52.6% 24.5%

Note: this table shows how long each team has spent leading, level in goals, or trailing during their matches. For this table, to allow for averaging duration values based on a total of 90 minutes per match, goals scored on the 45th minute and during added time of the first half are all considered to be scored on the 45th minute, and all goals scored on the 90th minute and during added time of the second half are considered scored on the 90th minute.

Example for a team (Team A) having played a total of 3 games:

Game 1: Team A vs Opponent B, final score 0-0 (minutes in the lead: 0, minutes played: 90)

Game 2: Team A vs Opponent C, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 88th minute (minutes in the lead: 2, minutes played: 90)

Game 3: Team A vs Opponent D, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 65th minute (minutes in the lead: 25, minutes played: 90)

The 3 games played by Team A would give the following values, regarding total minutes played and time spent in the lead:
  - Total minutes team A has been in the lead: 27
  - Total minutes played by team A: 270
  - Percentage of minutes that team A has been in the lead: 10%
  - Avg minutes per game that team A has spent leading (based on 90 min per game): 9 minutes

Some additional context information on the Lead Duration table and other related tables is provided in the Lead durations blog article.

See also:

Goal types