J2-League match preview and statistics: Ehime fight Montedio Yamagata

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sun 07.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ningineer Stadium (30000 seats)

Struggling Ehime will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Montedio Yamagata in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ehime and Montedio Yamagata.

It's quite the trip for Montedio Yamagata when visiting Ehime as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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Ehime form and stats

Ehime have played 11 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The points were shared in Ehime's previous game, also at home. Visiting Montedio Yamagata travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Tokushima Vortis that finished 0-0.

The Ehime fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. Ehime have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Montedio Yamagata form and stats

As the visiting team Montedio Yamagata have produced an overall stat of 4-4-1 so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Gifu game have they lost an away game, meaning Montedio Yamagata has taken points from ten away matches in a row.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ehime in their previous outing. The J2-League match ended in a draw 0-0. The game before that, in the Emperor Cup, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Tochigi.

Montedio Yamagata find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures. Montedio Yamagata are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ehime - Montedio Yamagata 0-0 earlier this season. Ehime-Montedio Yamagata H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ehime 2 wins, Montedio Yamagata 3 wins, 5 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

T. Sakano
6 goals
Jefferson Baiano
5 goals
Y. Fujimoto
4 goals

Ehime missing players

Montedio Yamagata missing players

Ehime Montedio Yamagata
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
21 13 5 Played 4 11 21
6 4 1 Won 2 5 11
5 3 1 Drew 1 5 7
10 6 3 Lost 1 1 3
18 11 4 Scored 4 14 24
24 14 6 Conceded 2 8 13
86% 85% 100% Over 0.5 75% 82% 86%
62% 62% 60% Over 1.5 50% 64% 48%
38% 38% 20% Over 2.5 25% 36% 29%
10% 8% 20% Over 3.5 0% 18% 14%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 38% 40% BTTS 0% 36% 33%
24% 31% 0% Clean Sheets 75% 55% 52%
48% 46% 60% Failed To Score 50% 27% 29%
 
4.4 4.7 4.4 Corners For (avg) 8 4.8 4.9
3.9 3.8 3.6 Corners Against (avg) 4.5 4.6 4.4
0.8 0.6 0.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.1 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Ehime have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montedio Yamagata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Ehime
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-06-19 J2 Zweigen Kanazawa 0 - 0 Ehime
22-06-19 J2 Ehime 0 - 2 Kyoto Sanga
29-06-19 J2 Tochigi 1 - 2 Ehime
03-07-19 EC Tokushima Vortis 0 - 0 Ehime
07-07-19 J2 Ehime 0 - 0 Montedio Yamagata
13-07-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Ehime
20-07-19 J2 Tokyo Verdy 10:00 Ehime
27-07-19 J2 Ehime 10:00 Zweigen Kanazawa
31-07-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 10:00 Ehime
04-08-19 J2 Ehime 10:00 Fagiano Okayama
Montedio Yamagata
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-06-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 1 - 0 Mito Hollyhock
22-06-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 1 - 2 Montedio Yamagata
29-06-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 0 - 1 Kashiwa Reysol
03-07-19 EC Montedio Yamagata 1 - 2 Tochigi
07-07-19 J2 Ehime 0 - 0 Montedio Yamagata
13-07-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 10:00 Kyoto Sanga
21-07-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 10:00 Montedio Yamagata
27-07-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 10:00 Tokushima Vortis
31-07-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 10:30 Avispa Fukuoka
04-08-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 10:00 Montedio Yamagata

  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 Montedio Yamagata 18 10 6 2 22 11 9 6 2 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 36
2 Omiya Ardija 18 9 7 2 24 15 9 5 3 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 34
3 Mito Hollyhock 18 9 6 3 19 9 8 3 4 1 10 5 10 6 2 2 9 4 10 33
4 Ventforet Kofu 18 8 6 4 26 16 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 30
5 Kyoto Sanga 18 8 6 4 25 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 30
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 14 9 5 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 7 6 4 14 11 8 4 3 1 7 2 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 27
8 Fagiano Okayama 18 7 6 5 22 20 10 5 4 1 14 10 8 2 2 4 8 10 2 27
9 Zweigen Kanazawa 18 6 8 4 22 13 8 3 4 1 9 3 10 3 4 3 13 10 9 26
10 Ryūkyū 18 6 7 5 25 22 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 1 3 5 10 14 3 25
11 Tokushima Vortis 18 6 6 6 19 19 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 2 3 5 10 13 0 24
12 Tokyo Verdy 18 6 6 6 24 25 10 4 4 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 24
13 Albirex Niigata 18 6 5 7 25 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 10 3 4 3 16 13 3 23
14 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 20 22 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 3 2 4 8 9 -2 22
15 JEF United 18 5 7 6 20 26 9 3 3 3 13 16 9 2 4 3 7 10 -6 22
16 Machida Zelvia 17 5 5 7 15 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -8 20
17 Ehime 18 5 4 9 16 21 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 19
18 Kagoshima United 18 5 2 11 16 22 10 4 0 6 11 15 8 1 2 5 5 7 -6 17
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 18 4 5 9 23 31 9 1 2 6 10 18 9 3 3 3 13 13 -8 17
20 Tochigi 18 3 8 7 14 22 9 1 5 3 5 8 9 2 3 4 9 14 -8 17
21 Avispa Fukuoka 17 4 4 9 15 25 8 1 2 5 3 10 9 3 2 4 12 15 -10 16
22 Gifu 18 3 3 12 14 32 10 3 2 5 11 16 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 12

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