Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Montedio Yamagata in 8th and Renofa Yamaguchi in 14th place.
- Montedio Yamagata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Montedio have less rest than Renofa Yamaguchi in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Emperor Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here at ND Soft Stadium Yamagata. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Renofa Yamaguchi have had more rest.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Montedio Yamagata form and stats
Montedio Yamagata have collected 10 points from their J2-League home games so far after 3-1-4. Two home wins in a row for Montedio Yamagata bring valid hopes of a third.
Montedio's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Verspah Oita.
Preceding that game was the away draw at JEF United that finished 1-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Montedio's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn one and lost one.
Montedio are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Montedio have conceded 10 goals.
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Renofa Yamaguchi playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.
There were no winners in Yamaguchi's previous match, a J2-League home game that ended 2-2 vs Ehime (placed 20th). As mentioned above, Renofa Yamaguchi drew the match against Ehime. Manager S. Watanabe brought on T. Umeki to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting V-Varen Nagasaki's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Yamaguchi playing away, we found seven games. Results were two away wins, one draw and four home wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Yamaguchi have scored 8 goals in 8 league games away. 10 goals have been conceded by Yamaguchi in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Montedio won five, Renofa Yamaguchi won three and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Kato 2 goals | R. Handa 2 goals |  V. Vasconcelos Araújo 2 goals |
Montedio Yamagata missing players
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
| Montedio Yamagata | Renofa Yamaguchi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 65% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 53% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 35% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 5.2 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.9 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.1 | 8.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 31% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | 22% |
- Montedio Yamagata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montedio Yamagata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Renofa Yamaguchi 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 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 37 |
| 2 | Kyoto Sanga | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Júbilo Iwata | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Ryūkyū | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | JEF United | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Tokyo Verdy | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 24 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Tochigi | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 18 |
| 18 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 16 |
| 20 | Ehime | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 15 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 11 |