This could be an interesting match as Fagiano Okayama have their presumed home advantage while Montedio Yamagata are ahead 9 points in the J2-League table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Fagiano Okayama form and stats
When playing at home, Fagiano Okayama have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games. In general it's been a long time since Fagiano Okayama tasted defeat here at City Light Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Fagiano Okayama has won four games in a row. The Yokohama match was the last time out without a victory.Fagiano Okayama's previous game was a J2-League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Montedio Yamagata. The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Ryūkyū and winning 2-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Fagiano Okayama perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fagiano Okayama as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Fagiano Okayama has won 8 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Fagiano Okayama are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 10 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Montedio Yamagata form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Montedio Yamagata playing as the away team this season.It might be tough going out on the road again for Montedio Yamagata, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Fagiano Okayama. A 0-1 loss hosting Kyoto Sanga before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Montedio Yamagata in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Montedio Yamagata, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Montedio Yamagata are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games. 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
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Fagiano Okayama - Montedio Yamagata 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Fagiano Okayama wins - draws - Montedio Yamagata wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Lee Yong-Jae 14 goals |  H. Nakama 7 goals |   T. Sakano 6 goals |
Fagiano Okayama missing players
Montedio Yamagata missing players
| Fagiano Okayama | Montedio Yamagata | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Played | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | 17 | 1 | Scored | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 27 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 87% |
| 70% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 43% |
| 43% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 13% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 13% |
| 13% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 65% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 30% |
| 26% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 13% | 8% | 50% | Failed To Score | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | 4 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Fagiano Okayama haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Montedio Yamagata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 29-06-19 | | Yokohama | 5 - 1 | Fagiano Okayama |
| 03-07-19 | | JEF United | 0 - 3 | Fagiano Okayama |
| 07-07-19 | | Fagiano Okayama | 2 - 1 | Kagoshima United |
| 13-07-19 | | Ryūkyū | 0 - 2 | Fagiano Okayama |
| 21-07-19 | | Fagiano Okayama | 1 - 0 | Montedio Yamagata |
| 27-07-19 | | Ventforet Kofu | 09:00 | Fagiano Okayama |
| 31-07-19 | | Fagiano Okayama | 10:00 | Kashiwa Reysol |
| 04-08-19 | | Ehime | 10:00 | Fagiano Okayama |
| 10-08-19 | | Fagiano Okayama | 10:00 | Omiya Ardija |
| 14-08-19 | | Kawasaki Frontale | 10:00 | Fagiano Okayama |
| 29-06-19 | | Montedio Yamagata | 0 - 1 | Kashiwa Reysol |
| 03-07-19 | | Montedio Yamagata | 1 - 2 | Tochigi |
| 07-07-19 | | Ehime | 0 - 0 | Montedio Yamagata |
| 13-07-19 | | Montedio Yamagata | 0 - 1 | Kyoto Sanga |
| 21-07-19 | | Fagiano Okayama | 1 - 0 | Montedio Yamagata |
| 27-07-19 | | Montedio Yamagata | 10:00 | Tokushima Vortis |
| 31-07-19 | | Montedio Yamagata | 10:30 | Avispa Fukuoka |
| 04-08-19 | | Omiya Ardija | 10:00 | Montedio Yamagata |
| 11-08-19 | | Montedio Yamagata | 10:00 | Albirex Niigata |
| 18-08-19 | | Tokyo Verdy | 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 |