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 Tochigi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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
The story so far in the J2-League for Matsumoto Yamaga at their home stadium (Matsumoto Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
A nice win for Matsumoto Yamaga last time playing, versus Renofa Yamaguchi. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Y. Suzuki and T. Sakano scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Giravanz Kitakyushu.
This is expected to be a close game, with Matsumoto 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 ten games. Matsumoto Yamaga has won two of these, drawn two and lost six.
Matsumoto are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Avispa Fukuoka awaits in four days.
Matsumoto are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.
Tochigi form and stats
7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Tochigi playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.
The Tochigi goalkeeper Shuhei Kawata is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 241 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Tochigi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ventforet Kofu that finished 0-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ehime at their stadium, the result 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Tochigi in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Tochigi, two draws and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Tochigi are hosting Kyoto Sanga in the J2-League only four days away.
The attacking power of Tochigi when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Tochigi - Matsumoto 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Matsumoto Yamaga won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Tochigi has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveTop Goalscorers
  T. Sakano 8 goals | K. Tsukagawa 6 goals | S. dos Santos Junior 5 goals |
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
Tochigi missing players
| Matsumoto Yamaga | Tochigi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 44 | 21 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 87% | 83% |
| 70% | 71% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 29% | 33% | 37% |
| 47% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 27% | 23% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | 17% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 53% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 14% | 27% | 30% |
| 20% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 47% | 40% |
| 33% | 21% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 40% | 47% |
| 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 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 292 | 150 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 76 | 155 | 295 |
| 105 | 51 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 50 | 103 |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 26% |
- Tochigi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in J2-League
- Tochigi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 59 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 59 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 54 |
| 4 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 46 |
| 7 | Jubilo Iwata | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 44 |
| 8 | Kyoto Sanga | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 12 | Fagiano Okayama | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 40 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 39 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -2 | 39 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 36 |
| 16 | Omiya Ardija | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 36 |
| 17 | JEF United | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 35 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 33 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -14 | 32 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -25 | 29 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -22 | 26 |
| 22 | Ehime | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 45 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -18 | 25 |