Struggling Montedio Yamagata will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Albirex Niigata in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Montedio Yamagata have the fewest points (0) at home in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (19) 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.
Montedio Yamagata form and stats
Two J2-League home games so far for Montedio Yamagata, who are yet to win here at ND Soft Stadium Yamagata. Only 0 points so far. The Montedio manager K. Ishimaru might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
T. Kato was the last player to score a league goal for Montedio Yamagata and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Montedio Yamagata haven't scored in 227 minutes.
An away draw last time out for Montedio, facing Giravanz Kitakyushu in a game that ended 0-0. Preceding that match was a defeat to Fagiano Okayama (0-1).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Montedio have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Montedio Yamagata at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
The seven points Albirex Niigata have gathered from their first three away trips in the J2-League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Albirex has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sagamihara for a J2-League game that ended a draw (2-2). A home win before that, celebrating 7-0 vs Tokyo Verdy.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Albirex Niigata playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were seven Albirex wins, five draws and five defeats.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 8 goals in 3 league games away this season. 4 goals have been conceded by Albirex in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Montedio won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Albirex Niigata has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  Y. Takagi 5 goals | K. Suzuki 4 goals |  T. Kato 2 goals |
Montedio Yamagata missing players
Albirex Niigata missing players
| Montedio Yamagata | Albirex Niigata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.3 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 28% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 62% | 63% |
- Albirex Niigata have not yet lost a game.
- Albirex Niigata have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata have scored more than double the goals of Montedio Yamagata.
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (19) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals (8) away in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the the best goal difference (+14) in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata have the the best goal difference (+4) away in J2-League
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Albirex Niigata's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Montedio Yamagata have lost all their home matches so far.
- Montedio Yamagata have the fewest points (0) at home 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 | Albirex Niigata | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Ryūkyū | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Jubilo Iwata | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Blaublitz Akita | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Machida Zelvia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Montedio Yamagata | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 18 | Sagamihara | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | JEF United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Ehime | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |