Match preview J-League: Matsumoto Yamaga - Kashima Antlers at Naganoken Matsumotodaira Wide Area Park General Stadium

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Fri 18.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Naganoken Matsumotodaira Wide Area Park General Stadium (20396 seats)

The visiting Kashima Antlers side should be favourites in this visit to Matsumoto Yamaga, as the away team holds a 27 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats

Matsumoto Yamaga's struggle is real here at Naganoken Matsumotodaira Wide Area Park General Stadium with only 12 points collected from 14 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-6-6. Matsumoto Yamaga are slowly digging their own grave here at Naganoken Matsumotodaira Wide Area Park General Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Sagan Tosu match.

Matsumoto Yamaga are returning here after visiting Vegalta Sendai in a J-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. In the match before that, Matsumoto Yamaga hosted Tokyo and drew the game 0-0.

Matsumoto Yamaga aren't scoring a lot here at Naganoken Matsumotodaira Wide Area Park General Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 14 games. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

Playing away, Kashima Antlers, who have the the best goal difference (+26) in J-League, have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the J-League this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Kashima Antlers on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Kashima Antlers's last game was the home draw against Kawasaki Frontale (0-0). Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Kawasaki Frontale's place.

The travelling fans enjoy Kashima Antlers's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Kashima Antlers have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Matsumoto Yamaga and Kashima Antlers have met before this season: Kashima Antlers - Matsumoto Yamaga 5-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Matsumoto Yamaga, 0 draws and 2 wins for Kashima Antlers. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Top Goalscorers

Serginho
11 goals / 2 assists
S. Ito
7 goals / 1 assists
R. Shirasaki
5 goals / 3 assists

Matsumoto Yamaga missing players

Kashima Antlers missing players

Matsumoto Yamaga Kashima Antlers
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
6 2 0 Won W 1 6 16
10 6 2 Drew D 1 4 7
12 6 2 Lost L 2 4 5
17 8 2 Scored S 7 22 50
31 15 6 Conceded C 5 14 24
86% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 79%
21% 21% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 50%
11% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 29%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
36% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 54%
29% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 43%
50% 57% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 7% 4%
 
4.5 4 3.2 Corners For (avg) C F 7 4.7 5
5.6 5.1 4.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 6.1 5
1 1.1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Kashima Antlers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kashima Antlers have scored more than double the goals of Matsumoto Yamaga.
  • Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Matsumoto Yamaga
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J2-League J-League
All Home Away
23-08-19 JL Urawa Reds 1 - 2 Matsumoto Yamaga
31-08-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 0 - 0 Oita Trinita
14-09-19 JL Vissel Kobe 2 - 1 Matsumoto Yamaga
29-09-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 0 - 0 Tokyo
05-10-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 0 - 1 Matsumoto Yamaga
18-10-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 10:00 Kashima Antlers
02-11-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 06:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
10-11-19 JL Sagan Tosu 06:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
23-11-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 05:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
30-11-19 JL Gamba Osaka 05:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
Kashima Antlers
All Emperor Cup FIFA Club World Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
25-09-19 EC Kashima Antlers 4 - 1 Yokohama F. Marinos
28-09-19 JL Kashima Antlers 1 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
06-10-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 0 - 1 Kashima Antlers
09-10-19 NC Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 1 Kashima Antlers
13-10-19 NC Kashima Antlers 0 - 0 Kawasaki Frontale
18-10-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 10:00 Kashima Antlers
23-10-19 EC Kashima Antlers 10:00 Honda
02-11-19 JL Kashima Antlers 06:00 Urawa Reds
09-11-19 JL Kashima Antlers 05:00 Kawasaki Frontale
23-11-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 05:00 Kashima Antlers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashima Antlers 28 16 7 5 50 24 14 10 3 1 28 10 14 6 4 4 22 14 26 55
2 Tokyo 28 16 5 7 38 23 15 12 0 3 27 11 13 4 5 4 11 12 15 53
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 28 16 4 8 51 33 14 9 3 2 27 11 14 7 1 6 24 22 18 52
4 Kawasaki Frontale 28 12 11 5 46 26 15 4 9 2 18 12 13 8 2 3 28 14 20 47
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 13 8 7 40 24 14 6 5 3 19 10 14 7 3 4 21 14 16 47
6 Cerezo Osaka 28 14 4 10 32 22 14 7 2 5 17 9 14 7 2 5 15 13 10 46
7 Consadole Sapporo 28 11 7 10 45 40 13 6 4 3 25 17 15 5 3 7 20 23 5 40
8 Oita Trinita 28 10 10 8 31 27 14 6 3 5 16 11 14 4 7 3 15 16 4 40
9 Vissel Kobe 28 10 5 13 50 51 13 5 3 5 25 22 15 5 2 8 25 29 -1 35
10 Urawa Reds 28 9 8 11 30 41 14 4 3 7 14 23 14 5 5 4 16 18 -11 35
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 10 5 13 40 60 13 6 0 7 17 35 15 4 5 6 23 25 -20 35
12 Gamba Osaka 28 8 10 10 39 41 14 5 5 4 20 15 14 3 5 6 19 26 -2 34
13 Nagoya Grampus 28 8 9 11 41 42 13 6 2 5 19 15 15 2 7 6 22 27 -1 33
14 Vegalta Sendai 28 9 5 14 32 40 15 7 4 4 21 19 13 2 1 10 11 21 -8 32
15 Shonan Bellmare 28 9 4 15 36 54 15 4 3 8 18 31 13 5 1 7 18 23 -18 31
16 Sagan Tosu 28 9 4 15 28 46 14 6 2 6 19 26 14 3 2 9 9 20 -18 31
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 28 6 10 12 17 31 14 2 6 6 8 15 14 4 4 6 9 16 -14 28
18 Júbilo Iwata 28 5 6 17 20 41 14 1 4 9 12 24 14 4 2 8 8 17 -21 21

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