J-League match preview: Yokohama believed to be the weaker party when Yokohama F. Marinos pays a visit

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

The season has been difficult for Yokohama so far, while Yokohama F. Marinos have enjoyed many victories. Will the travellers take another scalp at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium?

Insights:
  • Yokohama have the fewest scored goals (17) in J-League
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (48) in J-League

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

Yokohama and Yokohama F. Marinos should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Yokohama form and stats

Yokohama's results here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in the J-League have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Yokohama haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 205 minutes ago. Yamashita scored that one.

The Yokohama crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Cerezo Osaka here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. Yokohama's goalkeeper Nagai was extremely busy against Cerezo Osaka, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Avispa Fukuoka.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Yokohama here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats

Playing away, Yokohama F. Marinos, who have the most scored goals (48) in J-League, have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the J-League this season. Yokohama F. Marinos has drawn their two previous away games.

Yokohama F. Marinos go into this game after a win, the home game against Tokyo that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Watanabe scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Tokyo. Eduardo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Eduardo won 4 of 6 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Gamba Osaka.

Yokohama has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. 15 goals have been conceded by Yokohama F. Marinos in these games.

Head 2 Head

Yokohama F. Marinos - Yokohama 5-0 was the scoreline in these participants' latest h2h match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Yokohama wins - draws - Yokohama F. Marinos wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Yokohama F. MarinosA. Lopes de Souza
A. Lopes de Souza
16 goals
Yokohama F. MarinosJ. Pimentel da Silva
J. Pimentel da Silva
7 goals
Yokohama F. MarinosY. Santos Souza
Y. Santos Souza
5 goals

Yokohama missing players

Yokohama F. Marinos missing players

Yokohama Yokohama F. Marinos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 13 5 Played P 3 12 24
4 3 1 Won W 0 6 15
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
14 7 3 Lost L 2 3 4
17 10 3 Scored S 2 19 48
44 20 5 Conceded C 5 15 26
92% 85% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
75% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 88%
50% 46% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 58%
25% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 25%
46% 46% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 67%
21% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
42% 38% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 12%
 
5 3.9 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 4.8
5.1 4.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.8 5.8
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.8 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.6 9.4 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 12.8 13.5
3.6 2.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 5.3
20% 26% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 35% 38%
 
16.7 15.5 16.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15 17.1 15.1
5.6 5.3 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 4.5
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have scored more than double the goals of Yokohama.
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (48) in J-League
  • Yokohama have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Yokohama have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in J-League
  • Yokohama have the fewest scored goals (17) in J-League
  • Yokohama have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in J-League
  • Yokohama have the the worst goal difference (-27) in J-League
  • Yokohama have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 F. Marinos 24 15 5 4 48 26 12 9 2 1 29 11 12 6 3 3 19 15 22 50
2 Vissel Kobe 24 14 6 4 44 20 13 7 4 2 23 11 11 7 2 2 21 9 24 48
3 Nagoya Grampus 24 13 6 5 32 21 13 8 5 0 19 9 11 5 1 5 13 12 11 45
4 Urawa Reds 24 11 8 5 29 19 12 7 4 1 19 9 12 4 4 4 10 10 10 41
5 Kashima Antlers 24 11 6 7 33 22 11 5 3 3 16 11 13 6 3 4 17 11 11 39
6 Cerezo Osaka 24 12 3 9 32 25 12 6 1 5 15 12 12 6 2 4 17 13 7 39
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 24 11 4 9 29 25 13 7 3 3 18 12 11 4 1 6 11 13 4 37
8 Avispa Fukuoka 24 10 5 9 24 27 13 7 2 4 14 13 11 3 3 5 10 14 -3 35
9 Kawasaki Frontale 24 9 5 10 32 31 11 4 3 4 14 11 13 5 2 6 18 20 1 32
10 Tokyo 24 9 5 10 30 33 11 7 1 3 20 13 13 2 4 7 10 20 -3 32
11 Gamba Osaka 24 9 5 10 34 41 12 6 3 3 19 14 12 3 2 7 15 27 -7 32
12 Sagan Tosu 24 8 6 10 31 30 12 4 3 5 13 17 12 4 3 5 18 13 1 30
13 Consadole Sapporo 24 7 7 10 42 47 11 3 2 6 18 20 13 4 5 4 24 27 -5 28
14 Albirex Niigata 24 7 7 10 25 32 12 4 3 5 15 19 12 3 4 5 10 13 -7 28
15 Kyoto Sanga 24 8 2 14 27 34 12 5 0 7 13 16 12 3 2 7 14 18 -7 26
16 Kashiwa Reysol 24 3 10 11 21 35 12 1 7 4 12 19 12 2 3 7 9 16 -14 19
17 Yokohama 24 4 6 14 17 44 13 3 3 7 10 20 11 1 3 7 7 24 -27 18
18 Shonan Bellmare 24 3 8 13 30 48 11 2 3 6 13 23 13 1 5 7 17 25 -18 17