Another action-packed match as Fagiano Okayama entertain Tochigi

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: City Light Stadium (15479 seats)

A win for the hosts is predicted from this match if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Fagiano Okayama club members are confident that the gap between 4th and Tochigi's 17th position in the table will show on the arena.

Insights:
  • Fagiano Okayama have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tochigi have the fewest scored goals (19) in J2-League

Tochigi could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Emperor Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Fagiano Okayama form and stats

The J2-League statistics at home this season for Fagiano Okayama are 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Fagiano Okayama shared the glory with Oita Trinita in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Omiya Ardija in a game that was won 4-2.

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 13 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Fagiano fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 13 league matches.

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Tochigi form and stats

Playing away, Tochigi have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the J2-League this season.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Emperor Cup home loss versus Kyoto Sanga with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at JEF United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Tochigi in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Tochigi, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's last 12 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Tochigi as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; Tochigi - Fagiano 0-1. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Fagiano Okayama won five, Tochigi triumphed in four and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fagiano OkayamaT. Alves Sales
T. Alves Sales
10 goals
TochigiK. Yano
K. Yano
5 goals
Fagiano OkayamaS. Mauk
S. Mauk
3 goals

Fagiano Okayama missing players

Tochigi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fagiano Okayama Tochigi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 3 12 26
10 7 2 Won W 0 4 7
10 3 1 Drew D 1 3 9
5 3 2 Lost L 2 5 10
34 22 6 Scored S 1 8 19
25 13 5 Conceded C 4 11 25
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 85%
60% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 54%
32% 38% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 23%
24% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
16% 23% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
56% 62% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 38%
28% 15% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 38%
24% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 38%
 
3.8 3.2 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.6 4.4
5 4.6 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4.6
0.8 0.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.3 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.7 9.2 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 6.1 7.2
3.6 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2.5
38% 42% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 29%
 
9.9 9.2 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 6.2 6.3
3.8 3.3 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.1 2.4
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Fagiano Okayama have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fagiano Okayama have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tochigi have scored away.
  • Fagiano Okayama haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tochigi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tochigi have the fewest scored goals (19) in J2-League
  • Tochigi have the most clean sheets (6) away in J2-League
  • Tochigi 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 Albirex Niigata 27 16 6 5 48 23 12 10 1 1 27 9 15 6 5 4 21 14 25 54
2 Vegalta Sendai 27 15 6 6 53 35 14 7 4 3 23 14 13 8 2 3 30 21 18 51
3 Yokohama 26 14 9 3 41 29 13 9 3 1 22 12 13 5 6 2 19 17 12 51
4 Fagiano Okayama 25 10 10 5 34 25 13 7 3 3 22 13 12 3 7 2 12 12 9 40
5 Oita Trinita 27 10 10 7 38 32 15 5 6 4 23 20 12 5 4 3 15 12 6 40
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 26 11 7 8 30 25 14 4 6 4 13 12 12 7 1 4 17 13 5 40
7 Machida Zelvia 26 11 6 9 35 28 14 7 4 3 23 15 12 4 2 6 12 13 7 39
8 Roasso Kumamoto 26 9 11 6 33 33 11 1 5 5 8 15 15 8 6 1 25 18 0 38
9 JEF United 26 10 7 9 28 25 14 6 3 5 13 11 12 4 4 4 15 14 3 37
10 Tokyo Verdy 26 9 9 8 45 42 12 6 3 3 21 15 14 3 6 5 24 27 3 36
11 Mito Hollyhock 27 9 8 10 34 32 14 5 4 5 17 16 13 4 4 5 17 16 2 35
12 Zweigen Kanazawa 27 9 8 10 33 38 13 3 4 6 14 19 14 6 4 4 19 19 -5 35
13 Ventforet Kofu 27 8 10 9 30 33 13 4 6 3 16 13 14 4 4 6 14 20 -3 34
14 Montedio Yamagata 25 8 9 8 35 28 11 5 2 4 20 12 14 3 7 4 15 16 7 33
15 Tokushima Vortis 26 6 15 5 27 20 13 3 8 2 14 9 13 3 7 3 13 11 7 33
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 26 8 7 11 27 31 14 7 3 4 20 15 12 1 4 7 7 16 -4 31
17 Tochigi 26 7 9 10 19 25 14 3 6 5 11 14 12 4 3 5 8 11 -6 30
18 Blaublitz Akita 26 7 7 12 22 35 12 4 3 5 14 14 14 3 4 7 8 21 -13 28
19 Grulla Morioka 27 7 6 14 23 47 13 3 3 7 11 22 14 4 3 7 12 25 -24 27
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 27 6 5 16 21 35 13 2 4 7 10 17 14 4 1 9 11 18 -14 23
21 Omiya Ardija 26 5 8 13 26 42 13 3 3 7 15 23 13 2 5 6 11 19 -16 23
22 Ryūkyū 26 4 7 15 27 46 14 1 6 7 17 25 12 3 1 8 10 21 -19 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albirex Niigata 27 16 6 5 48 23 12 10 1 1 27 9 15 6 5 4 21 14 25 54
2 Vegalta Sendai 27 15 6 6 53 35 14 7 4 3 23 14 13 8 2 3 30 21 18 51
3 Yokohama 26 14 9 3 41 29 13 9 3 1 22 12 13 5 6 2 19 17 12 51
4 Fagiano Okayama 25 10 10 5 34 25 13 7 3 3 22 13 12 3 7 2 12 12 9 40
5 Oita Trinita 27 10 10 7 38 32 15 5 6 4 23 20 12 5 4 3 15 12 6 40
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 26 11 7 8 30 25 14 4 6 4 13 12 12 7 1 4 17 13 5 40
7 Machida Zelvia 26 11 6 9 35 28 14 7 4 3 23 15 12 4 2 6 12 13 7 39
8 Roasso Kumamoto 26 9 11 6 33 33 11 1 5 5 8 15 15 8 6 1 25 18 0 38
9 JEF United 26 10 7 9 28 25 14 6 3 5 13 11 12 4 4 4 15 14 3 37
10 Tokyo Verdy 26 9 9 8 45 42 12 6 3 3 21 15 14 3 6 5 24 27 3 36
11 Mito Hollyhock 27 9 8 10 34 32 14 5 4 5 17 16 13 4 4 5 17 16 2 35
12 Zweigen Kanazawa 27 9 8 10 33 38 13 3 4 6 14 19 14 6 4 4 19 19 -5 35
13 Ventforet Kofu 27 8 10 9 30 33 13 4 6 3 16 13 14 4 4 6 14 20 -3 34
14 Montedio Yamagata 25 8 9 8 35 28 11 5 2 4 20 12 14 3 7 4 15 16 7 33
15 Tokushima Vortis 26 6 15 5 27 20 13 3 8 2 14 9 13 3 7 3 13 11 7 33
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 26 8 7 11 27 31 14 7 3 4 20 15 12 1 4 7 7 16 -4 31
17 Tochigi 26 7 9 10 19 25 14 3 6 5 11 14 12 4 3 5 8 11 -6 30
18 Blaublitz Akita 26 7 7 12 22 35 12 4 3 5 14 14 14 3 4 7 8 21 -13 28
19 Grulla Morioka 27 7 6 14 23 47 13 3 3 7 11 22 14 4 3 7 12 25 -24 27
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 27 6 5 16 21 35 13 2 4 7 10 17 14 4 1 9 11 18 -14 23
21 Omiya Ardija 26 5 8 13 26 42 13 3 3 7 15 23 13 2 5 6 11 19 -16 23
22 Ryūkyū 26 4 7 15 27 46 14 1 6 7 17 25 12 3 1 8 10 21 -19 19

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