J2-League: Matsumoto Yamaga - Giravanz Kitakyushu preview and the hard facts

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 04:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sunpro Alwin Stadium

Develop their own tactics or focus more on the opponent? Both Matsumoto Yamaga and Giravanz Kitakyushu need to try something more fresh than in earlier matches. Read more!

Insights:
  • Matsumoto Yamaga have the most conceded goals (52) in J2-League

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.

It's quite the trip for Giravanz Kitakyushu when visiting Matsumoto as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats

Matsumoto Yamaga have played 15 J2-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Matsumoto Yamaga shared the glory with Zweigen Kanazawa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach H. Nanami made a successful contribution in the game against Zweigen Kanazawa, bringing on I. Enomoto who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Heartbreak before that as Matsumoto Yamaga lost 0-2 at Tokyo Verdy's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Matsumoto Yamaga perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Matsumoto Yamaga as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Matsumoto has won three of these, drawn five and lost seven.

Matsumoto Yamaga has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Matsumoto have conceded 24 from these games.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

3 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Giravanz Kitakyushu playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. It's three draws from Kitakyushu's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Kitakyushu has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Blaublitz Akita for a J2-League game that ended a draw (1-1).

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Zweigen Kanazawa.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Giravanz Kitakyushu playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Kitakyushu wins, five draws and four defeats.

The attacking power of Giravanz Kitakyushu when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Kitakyushu's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The latest registered history featuring both these participants is the Giravanz Kitakyushu - Matsumoto 1-2 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these contenders: Matsumoto Yamaga won six, Giravanz Kitakyushu were winners in two and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Matsumoto YamagaK. Suzuki
K. Suzuki
6 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuD. Takahashi
D. Takahashi
6 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuT. Tomiyama
T. Tomiyama
5 goals

Matsumoto Yamaga missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Matsumoto Yamaga Giravanz Kitakyushu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 14 30
6 4 2 Won W 1 3 6
9 5 2 Drew D 3 6 11
15 6 1 Lost L 0 5 13
25 16 3 Scored S 5 13 24
52 24 2 Conceded C 3 21 41
83% 87% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 80%
63% 60% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 67%
53% 53% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 37%
37% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 17%
13% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
43% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
20% 20% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 30%
53% 40% 60% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 43%
 
4.6 4 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.3 4.1
5.1 5.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.6 5.5
0.8 0.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 0.8 0.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.2 7.6 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.4 7.3
3.2 3.3 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.6 2.7
23% 28% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 29%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Matsumoto Yamaga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Matsumoto Yamaga have the most conceded goals (52) in J2-League
  • Matsumoto Yamaga have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in J2-League
  • Matsumoto Yamaga have the the worst goal difference (-27) 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 Kyoto Sanga 30 19 7 4 48 24 15 9 4 2 28 16 15 10 3 2 20 8 24 64
2 Jubilo Iwata 30 19 6 5 53 32 15 10 2 3 27 19 15 9 4 2 26 13 21 63
3 Albirex Niigata 30 15 9 6 52 30 15 8 4 3 24 9 15 7 5 3 28 21 22 54
4 Ventforet Kofu 30 15 9 6 47 28 15 9 5 1 28 12 15 6 4 5 19 16 19 54
5 Machida Zelvia 30 15 7 8 49 29 15 6 4 5 23 16 15 9 3 3 26 13 20 52
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 30 15 7 8 44 34 15 7 5 3 25 17 15 8 2 5 19 17 10 52
7 Ryukyu 30 15 6 9 46 33 15 9 2 4 22 10 15 6 4 5 24 23 13 51
8 Montedio Yamagata 30 14 7 9 39 32 15 7 2 6 20 17 15 7 5 3 19 15 7 49
9 Mito Hollyhock 30 12 5 13 36 29 15 5 3 7 16 14 15 7 2 6 20 15 7 41
10 JEF United 30 10 10 10 29 29 15 5 5 5 16 15 15 5 5 5 13 14 0 40
11 Tokyo Verdy 30 11 7 12 42 49 14 8 1 5 24 19 16 3 6 7 18 30 -7 40
12 Blaublitz Akita 30 9 11 10 31 32 15 3 9 3 11 14 15 6 2 7 20 18 -1 38
13 Fagiano Okayama 30 9 9 12 23 25 15 4 2 9 9 13 15 5 7 3 14 12 -2 36
14 Tochigi 30 7 12 11 28 35 15 3 6 6 14 17 15 4 6 5 14 18 -7 33
15 Renofa Yamaguchi 30 8 8 14 26 37 15 5 4 6 14 14 15 3 4 8 12 23 -11 32
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 30 8 8 14 26 40 15 4 5 6 14 18 15 4 3 8 12 22 -14 32
17 Giravanz Kitakyushu 30 6 11 13 24 41 16 3 5 8 11 20 14 3 6 5 13 21 -17 29
18 Sagamihara 30 6 10 14 19 34 15 4 5 6 12 18 15 2 5 8 7 16 -15 28
19 Zweigen Kanazawa 30 7 7 16 27 43 16 3 5 8 14 23 14 4 2 8 13 20 -16 28
20 Omiya Ardija 30 5 12 13 33 39 14 3 4 7 18 19 16 2 8 6 15 20 -6 27
21 Matsumoto Yamaga 30 6 9 15 25 52 15 4 5 6 16 24 15 2 4 9 9 28 -27 27
22 Ehime 30 5 11 14 29 49 15 1 7 7 17 29 15 4 4 7 12 20 -20 26