A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Yokohama F. Marinos fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Vegalta Sendai's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Yokohama F. Marinos is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both participants have had enough days rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an animated match!
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Home games in the J-League have been a walk in the park for Yokohama F. Marinos so far, with 33 points won from 13 matches; 10 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Kashima Antlers, 98 days ago.
Yokohama's previous game was a J-League match also played at home, ending 5-1 versus Oita Trinita (placed 19th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Daizen Maeda got a match rating of 9.91 in that game, the max score being 10. Maeda scored three goals, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 37 total). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Yokohama F. Marinos played a great game against Oita Trinita and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Daizen Maeda when beating Oita Trinita, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Nagoya Grampus.The manager K. Muscat will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sagan Tosu in only four days.
Yokohama can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 30 times. Yokohama have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
There's been little loot from Vegalta Sendai's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the J-League. Vegalta Sendai only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws. Vegalta has drawn their two previous away games.
Vegalta Sendai are looking to quickly end their 329 minutes long goal drought in the J-League. The Vegalta goalkeeper Jakub Slowik is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 236 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Vegalta's previous match, a J-League home game that ended 0-0 vs Yokohama (placed 20th). Jakub Słowik (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.45. Słowik stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Cerezo Osaka.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tokyo in just four days.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Vegalta rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Vegalta Sendai - Yokohama 0-0 was the end result in these participants' latest h2h game, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Yokohama victories, two draws and one Vegalta Sendai win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Maeda 13 goals |  M. Lima dos Santos 6 goals | J. Pimentel da Silva 5 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Vegalta Sendai missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Vegalta Sendai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 51 | 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 21 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 36 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 79% | 85% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 62% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 33% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 21% | 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 12% |
| 46% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| 50% | 62% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 42% |
| 6 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 12.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 37% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 23% | 22% |
- Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have not yet lost a game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored more than double the goals of Vegalta Sendai.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (30) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 40 | 62 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 38 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 33 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 29 |
| 13 | Cerezo Osaka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Tokushima Vortis | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 23 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -18 | 19 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 25 | -24 | 16 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 31 | -35 | 15 |