Season ticket holders at Matsumoto Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Matsumoto Yamaga languishing in the 19th position so far. The guesting Fagiano Okayama will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
4 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Matsumoto Yamaga have to build on here at Matsumoto Stadium in the J2-League.
A good away victory last time out for Matsumoto, who won 2-1 against Machida Zelvia (placed 17th). Preceding that match was a defeat to JEF United (2-3).
The victory against Machida Zelvia came after K. Tsukagawa's winning goal. The Matsumoto manager K. Nuno was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 61st minute.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Matsumoto as they are travelling to their away game against V-Varen Nagasaki in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
Matsumoto Yamaga are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.
Fagiano Okayama form and stats
Fagiano Okayama, who have the fewest scored goals (10) away in J2-League, have only collected 15 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 3-6-6 (15 played). Fagiano seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Fagiano Okayama delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Jubilo Iwata (placed 8th) in their previous match; a J2-League game. Prior to that match, the Fagiano manager K. Arima faced defeat when travelling to V-Varen Nagasaki and losing 0-5.
A new game in only four days for Fagiano Okayama, the J2-League home match versus Tochigi. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fagiano have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Fagiano Okayama - Matsumoto 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Matsumoto victories, six draws and four Fagiano Okayama wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() T. Sakano 8 goals | ![]() K. Tsukagawa 7 goals | ![]() S. dos Santos Junior 7 goals |
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
Fagiano Okayama missing players
| Matsumoto Yamaga | Fagiano Okayama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 35 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 32 |
| 48 | 24 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 38 |
| 91% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 88% |
| 68% | 69% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 60% | 59% |
| 47% | 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| 26% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 15% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 9% |
| 53% | 56% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 47% | 50% |
| 24% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 33% | 29% |
| 32% | 25% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 40% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 335 | 173 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 137 | 318 |
| 123 | 63 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 47 | 118 |
| 28% | 27% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 21% | 27% |
- Fagiano Okayama has the fewest scored goals (10) away in J2-League
- Fagiano Okayama has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in J2-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokushima Vortis | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 71 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 68 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 63 |
| 4 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 56 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 33 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 55 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 48 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 53 |
| 7 | Montedio Yamagata | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 48 |
| 8 | Jubilo Iwata | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 47 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 47 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 46 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 45 |
| 12 | Tokyo Verdy | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 45 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 44 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 26 | -4 | 43 |
| 15 | JEF United | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 17 | -4 | 42 |
| 16 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -10 | 42 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -6 | 39 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 32 | -9 | 39 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -13 | 39 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 33 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -27 | 30 |
| 21 | Ehime | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -20 | 27 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 35 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 34 | -25 | 27 |