Match preview J2-League: Matsumoto Yamaga - JEF United at Matsumoto Stadium

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Wed 11.November
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Matsumoto Stadium

An important duel in the bottom section of the J2-League, with both Matsumoto Yamaga and JEF United experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 19th and the visitors in 17th place.

It's no vacation for neither Matsumoto nor JEF United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats

The story so far in the J2-League for Matsumoto Yamaga at their home stadium (Matsumoto Stadium) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tomohiko Murayama not having conceded a league goal in 235 minutes.

Matsumoto are returning here after visiting Avispa Fukuoka in a J2-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. T. Sugimoto scored the goal(s). Before that, Matsumoto drew at home versus Tochigi.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Matsumoto as they are travelling to their away game against Machida Zelvia in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.

The Matsumoto fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 15 matches. 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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JEF United form and stats

6-2-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for JEF United in their J2-League matches away. JEF has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Home advantage was not enough for JEF in their previous game, as they lost their J2-League-match, hosting Montedio Yamagata, 1-5. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Ehime.

JEF lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the JEF manager J. Yoon as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Albirex Niigata.

JEF have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 17 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by JEF United in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the JEF United - Matsumoto 3-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Matsumoto seven wins, zero draws and JEF United three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Matsumoto YamagaT. Sakano
T. Sakano
8 goals
JEF UnitedK. Yamashita
K. Yamashita
7 goals
MatsumotoK. Tsukagawa
K. Tsukagawa
6 goals

Matsumoto Yamaga missing players

JEF United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Matsumoto Yamaga JEF United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 5 15 32
8 4 2 Won W 3 6 10
12 6 1 Drew D 1 2 6
12 5 2 Lost L 1 7 16
31 15 6 Scored S 5 17 35
44 21 10 Conceded C 1 15 42
91% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 87% 88%
66% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 67% 69%
44% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 47%
25% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 19%
3% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 12%
50% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 44%
25% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 47% 38%
34% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 0.9 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
309 160 62 Total Shots T S 35 123 266
110 54 22 Shots on Target S O 13 52 101
28% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 35%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • JEF United has the most conceded goals in the first half (26) 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 32 19 8 5 52 25 16 7 6 3 23 10 16 12 2 2 29 15 27 65
2 Avispa Fukuoka 32 19 5 8 36 23 15 8 2 5 16 12 17 11 3 3 20 11 13 62
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 31 16 9 6 47 32 14 10 2 2 24 11 17 6 7 4 23 21 15 57
4 Albirex Niigata 32 13 13 6 47 35 17 6 7 4 24 21 15 7 6 2 23 14 12 52
5 Ventforet Kofu 32 13 13 6 41 34 16 9 5 2 22 15 16 4 8 4 19 19 7 52
6 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 15 5 12 44 36 16 8 3 5 21 17 16 7 2 7 23 19 8 50
7 Kyoto Sanga 32 13 8 11 38 35 15 10 2 3 26 15 17 3 6 8 12 20 3 47
8 Tochigi 32 12 10 10 28 24 16 5 6 5 14 11 16 7 4 5 14 13 4 46
9 Montedio Yamagata 32 12 9 11 45 34 16 7 3 6 25 18 16 5 6 5 20 16 11 45
10 Jubilo Iwata 32 11 12 9 42 36 17 8 5 4 29 18 15 3 7 5 13 18 6 45
11 Fagiano Okayama 32 11 10 11 31 32 18 8 4 6 21 19 14 3 6 5 10 13 -1 43
12 Mito Hollyhock 32 11 9 12 56 50 16 4 5 7 24 26 16 7 4 5 32 24 6 42
13 Tokyo Verdy 32 10 12 10 38 35 16 5 6 5 19 15 16 5 6 5 19 20 3 42
14 Zweigen Kanazawa 32 10 10 12 45 49 17 5 6 6 21 24 15 5 4 6 24 25 -4 40
15 Omiya Ardija 32 10 9 13 30 40 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 5 3 8 16 23 -10 39
16 Machida Zelvia 32 8 12 12 32 38 16 4 9 3 19 14 16 4 3 9 13 24 -6 36
17 JEF United 32 10 6 16 35 42 17 4 4 9 18 27 15 6 2 7 17 15 -7 36
18 Ryūkyū 32 10 6 16 42 50 15 5 4 6 22 21 17 5 2 10 20 29 -8 36
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 32 8 12 12 31 44 15 4 6 5 15 21 17 4 6 7 16 23 -13 36
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 31 9 3 19 26 51 16 4 1 11 12 29 15 5 2 8 14 22 -25 30
21 Ehime 32 6 9 17 29 47 16 2 4 10 12 25 16 4 5 7 17 22 -18 27
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 32 7 6 19 35 58 15 5 2 8 18 25 17 2 4 11 17 33 -23 27

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 Tokushima Vortis 32 19 8 5 52 25 16 7 6 3 23 10 16 12 2 2 29 15 27 65
2 Avispa Fukuoka 32 19 5 8 36 23 15 8 2 5 16 12 17 11 3 3 20 11 13 62
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 31 16 9 6 47 32 14 10 2 2 24 11 17 6 7 4 23 21 15 57
4 Albirex Niigata 32 13 13 6 47 35 17 6 7 4 24 21 15 7 6 2 23 14 12 52
5 Ventforet Kofu 32 13 13 6 41 34 16 9 5 2 22 15 16 4 8 4 19 19 7 52
6 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 15 5 12 44 36 16 8 3 5 21 17 16 7 2 7 23 19 8 50
7 Kyoto Sanga 32 13 8 11 38 35 15 10 2 3 26 15 17 3 6 8 12 20 3 47
8 Tochigi 32 12 10 10 28 24 16 5 6 5 14 11 16 7 4 5 14 13 4 46
9 Montedio Yamagata 32 12 9 11 45 34 16 7 3 6 25 18 16 5 6 5 20 16 11 45
10 Jubilo Iwata 32 11 12 9 42 36 17 8 5 4 29 18 15 3 7 5 13 18 6 45
11 Fagiano Okayama 32 11 10 11 31 32 18 8 4 6 21 19 14 3 6 5 10 13 -1 43
12 Mito Hollyhock 32 11 9 12 56 50 16 4 5 7 24 26 16 7 4 5 32 24 6 42
13 Tokyo Verdy 32 10 12 10 38 35 16 5 6 5 19 15 16 5 6 5 19 20 3 42
14 Zweigen Kanazawa 32 10 10 12 45 49 17 5 6 6 21 24 15 5 4 6 24 25 -4 40
15 Omiya Ardija 32 10 9 13 30 40 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 5 3 8 16 23 -10 39
16 Machida Zelvia 32 8 12 12 32 38 16 4 9 3 19 14 16 4 3 9 13 24 -6 36
17 JEF United 32 10 6 16 35 42 17 4 4 9 18 27 15 6 2 7 17 15 -7 36
18 Ryūkyū 32 10 6 16 42 50 15 5 4 6 22 21 17 5 2 10 20 29 -8 36
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 32 8 12 12 31 44 15 4 6 5 15 21 17 4 6 7 16 23 -13 36
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 31 9 3 19 26 51 16 4 1 11 12 29 15 5 2 8 14 22 -25 30
21 Ehime 32 6 9 17 29 47 16 2 4 10 12 25 16 4 5 7 17 22 -18 27
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 32 7 6 19 35 58 15 5 2 8 18 25 17 2 4 11 17 33 -23 27

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