Yurtec Stadium Sendai: Vegalta Sendai vs Yokohama F. Marinos J-League preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yurtec Stadium Sendai (19694 seats)

The visiting Yokohama F. Marinos side should be favourites in this visit to Vegalta Sendai, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Yokohama F. Marinos could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Emperor Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Kashima Antlers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Yokohama F. Marinos.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

Vegalta Sendai have collected 24 points from their J-League home games so far after 7-3-3. Vegalta Sendai have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

In their previous game, the manager S. Watanabe led his Vegalta Sendai to a defeat in the Emperor Cup match away at V-Varen Nagasaki. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai. In the game before, an away victory in the J-League match versus Consadole Sapporo with a 3-1 scoreline.

Vegalta Sendai have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai with 20 goals in 13 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 6 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Yokohama F. Marinos, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Kashima Antlers (placed 2nd). Before that, Yokohama F. Marinos secured a home win against Sanfrecce Hiroshima with the score 3-0.

Yokohama F. Marinos are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 12 away games so far. Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Yokohama F. Marinos - Vegalta Sendai 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Vegalta Sendai victories, 3 draws and 5 Yokohama F. Marinos wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Marcos Junior
18 goals / 4 assists
T. Nakagawa
9 goals / 7 assists
S. Nagasawa
6 goals / 2 assists

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Yokohama F. Marinos missing players

Vegalta Sendai Yokohama F. Marinos
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 2 12 26
9 7 2 Won W 2 6 15
4 3 1 Drew D 0 0 3
13 3 2 Lost L 0 6 8
31 20 6 Scored S 5 21 48
38 17 9 Conceded C 1 21 32
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
77% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 81%
58% 69% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 69%
27% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 35%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 19%
54% 62% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 54%
19% 23% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 31%
35% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 19%
 
4.9 4.6 4.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.3 6.2
5.3 5.6 5.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 5.3 4.8
1 0.8 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.2 1.2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 3
Key stats This season:
  • Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Vegalta Sendai
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
17-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 2 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale
24-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 1 - 1 Shonan Bellmare
31-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 2 - 1 Vegalta Sendai
14-09-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 1 - 3 Vegalta Sendai
18-09-19 EC V-Varen Nagasaki 2 - 1 Vegalta Sendai
28-09-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
05-10-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 05:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
19-10-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 05:00 Vegalta Sendai
02-11-19 JL Vissel Kobe 04:00 Vegalta Sendai
10-11-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 04:05 Shimizu S-Pulse
Yokohama F. Marinos
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
17-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
24-08-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 1 - 5 Yokohama F. Marinos
31-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 3 - 1 Gamba Osaka
14-09-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 3 - 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
25-09-19 EC Kashima Antlers 4 - 1 Yokohama F. Marinos
28-09-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
05-10-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 05:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
19-10-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 05:00 Shonan Bellmare
02-11-19 JL Sagan Tosu 05:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
09-11-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 05:00 Consadole Sapporo

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tokyo 26 16 4 6 37 21 15 12 0 3 27 11 11 4 4 3 10 10 16 52
2 Kashima Antlers 26 15 6 5 48 23 13 10 2 1 27 9 13 5 4 4 21 14 25 51
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 15 3 8 48 32 14 9 3 2 27 11 12 6 0 6 21 21 16 48
4 Kawasaki Frontale 26 11 11 4 40 24 14 4 9 1 17 10 12 7 2 3 23 14 16 44
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 12 7 7 33 21 12 5 4 3 12 7 14 7 3 4 21 14 12 43
6 Cerezo Osaka 26 13 4 9 29 20 12 6 2 4 14 7 14 7 2 5 15 13 9 43
7 Consadole Sapporo 26 11 6 9 44 34 13 6 4 3 25 17 13 5 2 6 19 17 10 39
8 Oita Trinita 26 10 9 7 29 24 13 6 3 4 15 9 13 4 6 3 14 15 5 39
9 Vissel Kobe 26 9 5 12 46 44 13 5 3 5 25 22 13 4 2 7 21 22 2 32
10 Shimizu S-Pulse 26 9 5 12 33 58 13 6 0 7 17 35 13 3 5 5 16 23 -25 32
11 Nagoya Grampus 26 8 7 11 39 40 12 6 1 5 18 14 14 2 6 6 21 26 -1 31
12 Gamba Osaka 26 7 10 9 33 38 13 4 5 4 15 15 13 3 5 5 18 23 -5 31
13 Shonan Bellmare 26 9 4 13 36 43 13 4 3 6 18 20 13 5 1 7 18 23 -7 31
14 Vegalta Sendai 26 9 4 13 31 38 13 7 3 3 20 17 13 2 1 10 11 21 -7 31
15 Urawa Reds 26 8 7 11 25 37 13 3 3 7 12 22 13 5 4 4 13 15 -12 31
16 Sagan Tosu 26 8 3 15 23 42 12 5 1 6 14 22 14 3 2 9 9 20 -19 27
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 26 5 9 12 16 31 13 2 5 6 8 15 13 3 4 6 8 16 -15 24
18 Júbilo Iwata 26 4 6 16 18 38 13 1 4 8 12 22 13 3 2 8 6 16 -20 18

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