On paper it looks like advantage Fagiano Okayama in this game against Renofa Yamaguchi, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!
- Fagiano Okayama have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Fagiano Okayama form and stats
Fagiano Okayama's results here at City Light Stadium in the J2-League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Fagiano, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. S. Uejo was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Fagiano in their previous match, an away game at Nagoya Grampus that ended in defeat 0-1.
Preceding that match was the home J2-League game against ThespaKusatsu Gunma that was lost 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fagiano Okayama have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost four.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Fagiano here at City Light Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fagiano have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Yamaguchi, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Yamaguchi won their last game, 1-0 versus Blaublitz Akita played at home.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Júbilo Iwata.Yamaguchi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and 13 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Yamaguchi have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Renofa Yamaguchi - Fagiano 0-0 earlier this season. Fagiano Okayama-Renofa Yamaguchi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fagiano Okayama five wins, Renofa Yamaguchi two wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Uejo 6 goals |   K. Takai 3 goals | K. Kiyama 2 goals |
Fagiano Okayama missing players
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
| Fagiano Okayama | Renofa Yamaguchi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 22 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 83% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 83% |
| 39% | 36% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 52% |
| 30% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 45% | 35% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | 35% |
| 43% | 27% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 39% |
| 48% | 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 43% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6 | 5 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.3 | 9.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 25% | 18% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 28% | 24% |
- Fagiano Okayama have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Júbilo Iwata | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 45 |
| 4 | Ryūkyū | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 43 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 42 |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 8 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 35 |
| 10 | JEF United | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 21 |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
| 20 | Ehime | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -19 | 19 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -18 | 16 |