The J2-League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Matsumoto Yamaga and ThespaKusatsu Gunma are placed 14th and 21st respectively.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
A J2-League draw at home so far for Matsumoto Yamaga. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches. Matsumoto Yamaga are slowly digging their own grave here at Matsumoto Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in 14 attempts. The last victory here came in the Sagan Tosu match.
Matsumoto drew their last game, 2-2 away at Mito Hollyhock (placed 16th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Albirex Niigata.
Matsumoto salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Mito Hollyhock, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in K. Tsukagawa equalizing.
Early season league goal statistics from Matsumoto Yamaga's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
Things could have gone better for ThespaKusatsu Gunma in their J2-League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
It's the second away game in a row for ThespaKusatsu, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Montedio Yamagata (placed 18th) in the J2-League last time out. A 0-1 loss hosting Machida Zelvia before that.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma have the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Matsumoto victories, two draws and two ThespaKusatsu Gunma wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Takazawa 17 goals |  J. Kato 9 goals | S. Aoki 8 goals |
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
| Matsumoto Yamaga | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 4.6 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.6 |
| 0.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | 13 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 17 | 34 |
| 27 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 19% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 36% |
- All of Matsumoto Yamaga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of ThespaKusatsu Gunma's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Matsumoto Yamaga has the most points from losing position (5)
- Matsumoto Yamaga have not yet lost a game at home.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have yet to win a game at home.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals in the second half (8)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Matsumoto Yamaga | Last season | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 22 | 59 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 59% | 65% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 50% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 38% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 21% | ||
| 41% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 29% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 21% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 349 | 179 | Total Shots | T S | 164 | 353 | ||
| 126 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 136 | ||
| 17% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Omiya Ardija | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | JEF United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Fagiano Okayama | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Machida Zelvia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Jubilo Iwata | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Ehime | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Ventforet Kofu | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Tokyo Verdy | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Montedio Yamagata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 2 |