J2-League: Albirex Niigata - Fagiano Okayama preview and statistics

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Denka Big Swan Stadium (42279 seats)

Albirex Niigata and Fagiano Okayama have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the J2-League.

It's no vacation for neither Albirex Niigata nor Fagiano Okayama as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

L L W D W

Albirex Niigata form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Albirex Niigata have to build on here at Denka Big Swan Stadium.

The Albirex Niigata crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Fagiano Okayama here at Denka Big Swan Stadium in a J2-League match. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Montedio Yamagata.

This is expected to be a close game, with Albirex Niigata perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Albirex Niigata as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Albirex Niigata has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 7.

Albirex Niigata has scored 19 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

W L L L L

Fagiano Okayama form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L6 on the road this term.

Two travels in a row for Fagiano Okayama, whose manager K. Arima could celebrate last time after the J2-League win against Albirex Niigata. It was a Emperor Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Kawasaki Frontale wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Fagiano Okayama in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Fagiano Okayama, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Fagiano Okayama are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Fagiano Okayama in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Albirex Niigata - Fagiano Okayama 0-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Albirex Niigata won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Fagiano Okayama has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 1

Top Goalscorers

Lee Yong-Jae
17 goals
Leonardo
12 goals
Franci
8 goals

Albirex Niigata missing players

Fagiano Okayama missing players

Albirex Niigata Fagiano Okayama
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
28 13 2 Played 1 14 28
10 6 2 Won 1 5 12
7 1 0 Drew 0 3 7
11 6 0 Lost 0 6 9
44 19 6 Scored 3 17 34
38 15 0 Conceded 2 19 35
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 93% 96%
79% 77% 100% Over 1.5 100% 79% 71%
57% 46% 50% Over 2.5 100% 50% 46%
39% 31% 50% Over 3.5 100% 14% 14%
18% 8% 0% Over 4.5 100% 14% 11%
50% 23% 0% BTTS 100% 57% 57%
25% 38% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 29% 25%
32% 38% 0% Failed To Score 0% 21% 21%
 
4.6 4.6 3 Corners For (avg) 3 3.8 4.2
4.1 4.9 5 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.4 4.7
1.1 1.1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Fagiano Okayama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Albirex Niigata
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
27-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 4 - 0 Ryūkyū
31-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 3 - 3 Albirex Niigata
04-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 4 - 0 Tokushima Vortis
11-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 0 Albirex Niigata
17-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 0 - 3 Fagiano Okayama
24-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Zweigen Kanazawa
31-08-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Albirex Niigata
07-09-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 JEF United
14-09-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Tokyo Verdy
21-09-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Albirex Niigata
Fagiano Okayama
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-07-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 0 - 4 Kashiwa Reysol
04-08-19 J2 Ehime 2 - 0 Fagiano Okayama
10-08-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 0 - 1 Omiya Ardija
14-08-19 EC Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 1 Fagiano Okayama
17-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 0 - 3 Fagiano Okayama
25-08-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 10:00 Machida Zelvia
01-09-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 10:00 Fagiano Okayama
08-09-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 10:00 Kyoto Sanga
14-09-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 10:00 Gifu
21-09-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 07:00 Fagiano Okayama

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Kashiwa Reysol 28 17 7 4 42 19 13 9 3 1 23 6 15 8 4 3 19 13 23 58
2 Kyoto Sanga 28 14 9 5 43 29 15 8 5 2 24 14 13 6 4 3 19 15 14 51
3 Omiya Ardija 27 13 10 4 38 22 13 8 4 1 25 12 14 5 6 3 13 10 16 49
4 Yokohama 28 14 6 8 45 30 13 6 3 4 23 16 15 8 3 4 22 14 15 48
5 Mito Hollyhock 28 12 12 4 34 19 13 6 6 1 20 9 15 6 6 3 14 10 15 48
6 Montedio Yamagata 27 13 7 7 32 21 14 8 2 4 16 9 13 5 5 3 16 12 11 46
7 Ventforet Kofu 28 12 7 9 41 28 14 6 2 6 17 14 14 6 5 3 24 14 13 43
8 Zweigen Kanazawa 28 10 13 5 36 23 14 5 8 1 18 10 14 5 5 4 18 13 13 43
9 Fagiano Okayama 28 12 7 9 34 35 14 7 4 3 17 16 14 5 3 6 17 19 -1 43
10 Tokushima Vortis 28 11 7 10 34 34 13 6 4 3 18 14 15 5 3 7 16 20 0 40
11 Albirex Niigata 28 10 7 11 44 38 13 6 1 6 19 15 15 4 6 5 25 23 6 37
12 V-Varen Nagasaki 28 11 4 13 38 40 14 5 2 7 17 22 14 6 2 6 21 18 -2 37
13 Tokyo Verdy 27 9 10 8 36 39 15 6 6 3 24 22 12 3 4 5 12 17 -3 37
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 28 9 6 13 41 46 13 4 3 6 20 20 15 5 3 7 21 26 -5 33
15 Ehime 28 9 5 14 31 37 15 5 3 7 13 16 13 4 2 7 18 21 -6 32
16 Ryūkyū 28 8 7 13 38 51 15 7 4 4 24 22 13 1 3 9 14 29 -13 31
17 JEF United 27 7 9 11 33 41 13 4 3 6 20 24 14 3 6 5 13 17 -8 30
18 Kagoshima United 27 8 3 16 32 46 15 7 0 8 21 23 12 1 3 8 11 23 -14 27
19 Avispa Fukuoka 28 7 6 15 27 43 14 1 4 9 8 22 14 6 2 6 19 21 -16 27
20 Machida Zelvia 28 6 9 13 25 45 14 2 6 6 15 25 14 4 3 7 10 20 -20 27
21 Tochigi 28 4 12 12 22 37 14 2 7 5 9 13 14 2 5 7 13 24 -15 24
22 Gifu 27 5 5 17 25 48 14 3 4 7 14 22 13 2 1 10 11 26 -23 20

Editor’s Pick

More from Japan - J2-League