AFC Champions League match preview: Melbourne City versus Ventforet Kofu

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Wed 20.Sep
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: AAMI Park (56347 seats)

Ventforet Kofu have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Melbourne City. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

This could be an engrossing match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Melbourne City form and stats

Melbourne City are returning here after visiting NE MetroStars in a Ffa Cup match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Ahead of that fixture, a home win against Wellington Phoenix in the Ffa Cup.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne City, as the Ffa Cup home game vs Sydney is only four days away.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Ventforet Kofu playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.

Ventforet played 1-1 against Tokyo Verdy in their previous match.

Before that, Ventforet Kofu secured a home win against Oita Trinita with the score 3-2.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ventforet manager Shinoda as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Shimizu S-Pulse.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ventforet Kofu have scored 23 goals in 17 league games away. As opposed to that, Ventforet have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Ventforet KofuP. Utaka
P. Utaka
11 goals
Ventforet KofuK. Mitsuhira
K. Mitsuhira
8 goals
Ventforet KofuM. Hasegawa
M. Hasegawa
6 goals

Melbourne City missing players

Ventforet Kofu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Melbourne City Ventforet Kofu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   14 25
15 10   Won W   5 9
7 2   Drew D   4 6
3 1   Lost L   5 10
60 37   Scored S   16 35
36 18   Conceded C   17 33
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 92%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 72%
72% 85%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
56% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 28%
40% 46%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 24%
80% 69%   BTTS BTTS   57% 52%
20% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 24%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   21% 32%
 
6.8 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.1
4.2 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.4
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.9
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
17.5 17.5   Shots (avg) S (   8 8.7
6.4 7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.5
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 40%
 
10.6 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 10.2
4.9 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ventforet Kofu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hangzhou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Buriram United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ventforet Kofu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hangzhou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Buriram United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Machida Zelvia 34 20 8 6 57 27 18 12 3 3 35 16 16 8 5 3 22 11 30 68
2 Shimizu S-Pulse 35 17 12 6 64 27 17 10 5 2 36 13 18 7 7 4 28 14 37 63
3 Jubilo Iwata 35 17 11 7 61 39 18 8 7 3 36 24 17 9 4 4 25 15 22 62
4 Tokyo Verdy 35 17 9 9 47 26 17 5 6 6 15 14 18 12 3 3 32 12 21 60
5 V-Varen Nagasaki 35 15 10 10 58 43 17 9 4 4 33 18 18 6 6 6 25 25 15 55
6 JEF United 35 15 9 11 46 44 17 10 4 3 24 16 18 5 5 8 22 28 2 54
7 Ventforet Kofu 35 15 7 13 49 43 18 9 3 6 26 19 17 6 4 7 23 24 6 52
8 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 33 13 12 8 37 30 17 8 7 2 16 9 16 5 5 6 21 21 7 51
9 Fagiano Okayama 35 12 15 8 43 37 17 7 6 4 23 17 18 5 9 4 20 20 6 51
10 Montedio Yamagata 35 16 3 16 53 49 17 10 2 5 32 18 18 6 1 11 21 31 4 51
11 Oita Trinita 35 14 9 12 46 49 18 9 3 6 26 24 17 5 6 6 20 25 -3 51
12 Mito Hollyhock 35 11 12 12 45 53 18 5 7 6 28 32 17 6 5 6 17 21 -8 45
13 Tochigi 35 10 12 13 35 35 18 7 8 3 26 17 17 3 4 10 9 18 0 42
14 Tokushima Vortis 35 8 17 10 39 46 17 5 7 5 18 20 18 3 10 5 21 26 -7 41
15 Fujieda MYFC 34 11 8 15 46 57 16 4 5 7 17 26 18 7 3 8 29 31 -11 41
16 Blaublitz Akita 34 9 13 12 27 36 17 3 9 5 11 14 17 6 4 7 16 22 -9 40
17 Vegalta Sendai 35 10 10 15 40 50 18 5 5 8 19 25 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 40
18 Roasso Kumamoto 35 9 10 16 42 45 18 4 3 11 17 26 17 5 7 5 25 19 -3 37
19 Iwaki 35 9 10 16 33 52 17 5 3 9 15 23 18 4 7 7 18 29 -19 37
20 Renofa Yamaguchi 35 8 12 15 28 55 17 4 7 6 18 28 18 4 5 9 10 27 -27 36
21 Zweigen Kanazawa 34 9 5 20 35 58 17 6 3 8 22 22 17 3 2 12 13 36 -23 32
22 Omiya Ardija 35 7 6 22 30 60 18 6 3 9 18 29 17 1 3 13 12 31 -30 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ventforet Kofu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hangzhou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Buriram United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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