Fagiano Okayama are pursuing the top table positions while Ryūkyū are more worried about escaping relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- Fagiano Okayama is in the best form (4-2-0) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals (42) in J2-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fagiano Okayama and Ryūkyū.
Fagiano Okayama form and stats
When playing at home in the J2-League, Fagiano Okayama have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Fagiano Okayama after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Fagiano goalkeeper Daiki Hotta is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 244 minutes without conceding a goal in the J2-League.
A nice win for Fagiano Okayama last time playing, versus Ryūkyū. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Miyazaki scoring for the victors. The victory against Ryūkyū came after Miyazaki's winning goal. The Fagiano Okayama manager Kiyama was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 62nd minute.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Renofa Yamaguchi and winning 1-0.Fagiano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at City Light Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Fagiano Okayama have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ryūkyū form and stats
There's been little loot from Ryūkyū's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the J2-League. Ryūkyū only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. Three has not been a lucky number for Ryūkyū as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Montedio Yamagata match.
Ryūkyū play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Fagiano Okayama (placed 4th). Late heartbreak for Ryūkyū in the Fagiano Okayama match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus V-Varen Nagasaki.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ryūkyū when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
The attacking power of Ryūkyū when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Ryūkyū rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches. Ryūkyū has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Fagiano Okayama and Ryūkyū have met previously this season: Fagiano Okayama - Ryūkyū 1-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Fagiano victories, three draws and one Ryūkyū win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Alves Sales 8 goals |  Y. Kusano 7 goals | K. Nakano 4 goals |
Fagiano Okayama missing players
Ryūkyū missing players
| Fagiano Okayama | Ryūkyū | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 28 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | 42 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 50% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 77% |
| 27% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 32% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 50% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 64% |
| 36% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 23% | 18% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 27% |
| 4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.1 | 9 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 42% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 25% | 30% |
| 9.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.9 | 10.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 5 |
- Fagiano Okayama have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fagiano Okayama have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ryūkyū have scored away.
- Fagiano Okayama have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Fagiano Okayama haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Fagiano Okayama is in the best form (4-2-0) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals (42) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in J2-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 43 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 40 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 7 | JEF United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Roasso Kumamoto | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Machida Zelvia | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 10 | Ventforet Kofu | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Blaublitz Akita | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Tokushima Vortis | 22 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 17 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 23 |
| 20 | Omiya Ardija | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 22 |
| 21 | Grulla Morioka | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 22 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 15 |
