This match features two teams living in the basement of the J2-League, Fagiano Okayama holding 17th place and Matsumoto Yamaga lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's no vacation for neither Fagiano nor Matsumoto Yamaga 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.
Fagiano Okayama form and stats
The story so far in the J2-League for Fagiano Okayama at their home stadium (City Light Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Fagiano haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 274 minutes ago. E. Shirai scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager K. Arima led his Fagiano to a defeat in the J2-League match away at Machida Zelvia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at City Light Stadium. Preceding that match was a defeat to ThespaKusatsu Gunma (0-1).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fagiano Okayama have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost four.
Fagiano are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Omiya Ardija awaits in three days.
Fagiano are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Fagiano's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Matsumoto Yamaga so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Matsumoto Yamaga might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Tokushima Vortis proved too strong as Matsumoto Yamaga slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Naganoken Matsumotodaira Wide Area Park General Stadium. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Kyoto Sanga.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Matsumoto in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Matsumoto Yamaga, four draws and six defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Montedio Yamagata in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Matsumoto as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Matsumoto Yamaga have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Fagiano, six draws and zero wins for Matsumoto Yamaga. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Lee 18 goals |
Fagiano Okayama missing players
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
| Fagiano Okayama | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 17 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 23 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 93% |
| 60% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 33% | 44% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 13% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 27% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 33% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 40% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | 82 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 94 | 154 |
| 40 | 27 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 33 | 50 |
| 32% | 37% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 21% | 26% |
- Fagiano Okayama have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fagiano Okayama haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Matsumoto Yamaga has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Matsumoto Yamaga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 34 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Jubilo Iwata | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Tokyo Verdy | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Tochigi | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Machida Zelvia | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Omiya Ardija | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | JEF United | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 15 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 19 | Ehime | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -16 | 13 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 11 |