Season ticket holders at Matsumoto Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Matsumoto Yamaga languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Júbilo Iwata will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
The story so far in the J2-League for Matsumoto Yamaga at their home stadium (Matsumoto Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. The Matsumoto manager K. Nuno might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
It's back home for Matsumoto, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Montedio Yamagata away with the result 3-1. Serginho, Y. Ono and T. Mae found the net in that victory. Before that game, the home loss against Zweigen Kanazawa with the scoreline 0-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Matsumoto as they have a new game in only four days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Mito Hollyhock are visiting.
Matsumoto has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Matsumoto have conceded 17 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Júbilo Iwata so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-4 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Júbilo as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Júbilo Iwata has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Júbilo Iwata failed to get anything from their last game, a J2-League home match vs Kyoto Sanga (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Renofa Yamaguchi wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
Late heartbreak for Júbilo Iwata in the Kyoto Sanga match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
A quick return to home after this game, as Júbilo are hosting V-Varen Nagasaki in the J2-League only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Júbilo have scored 11 goals in 11 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Júbilo have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Júbilo Iwata - Matsumoto Yamaga 2-1. Last seven meetings between the teams: Matsumoto won one, Júbilo Iwata won four and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Araújo de Almeida 9 goals | K. Ogawa 7 goals |  K. Tsukagawa 5 goals |
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
Júbilo Iwata missing players
| Matsumoto Yamaga | Júbilo Iwata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 38 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | 30 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 82% | 88% |
| 71% | 70% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 79% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 54% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 29% |
| 4% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 54% |
| 17% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 18% | 25% |
| 33% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 55% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 230 | 101 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 67 | 105 | 260 |
| 79 | 30 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 32 | 95 |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 35% |
- Júbilo Iwata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Júbilo Iwata is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Matsumoto Yamaga has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in J2-League
- Matsumoto Yamaga haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Tokushima Vortis | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 38 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 24 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 34 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Omiya Ardija | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 32 |
| 12 | Mito Hollyhock | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| 13 | Júbilo Iwata | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 14 | JEF United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 30 |
| 16 | Montedio Yamagata | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 28 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 19 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 23 |
| 20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 21 | Ehime | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -23 | 22 |