Soccer fixture guide: Home fans with high hopes before Montedio Yamagata - ThespaKusatsu Gunma

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata (20784 seats)

The J2-League standings tell the truth about these teams so far, with Montedio Yamagata ahead of ThespaKusatsu Gunma by 24 points. Tipsway previews the game:

Insights:
  • Montedio Yamagata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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.

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Montedio Yamagata form and stats

8-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Montedio Yamagata so far this season.

Montedio are returning here after visiting Sagamihara in a J2-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. H. Nakahara scored the goal(s).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Blaublitz Akita.

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 seven games, won five matches, drawn one and lost one.

Montedio are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Montedio's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for ThespaKusatsu Gunma so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-9 (win-draw-lose).

ThespaKusatsu played 1-1 against Kyoto Sanga in their previous match.

A 1-2 defeat away at Mito Hollyhock before that.

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 ThespaKusatsu Gunma playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, zero draws and two home wins.

The attacking power of ThespaKusatsu when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As for defending, ThespaKusatsu Gunma rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head game ended ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Montedio 1-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montedio six wins, one draw and ThespaKusatsu Gunma three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Montedio Yamagata missing players

ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montedio Yamagata ThespaKusatsu Gunma
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 16 5 Played P 4 17 34
17 8 5 Won W 0 4 8
7 2 0 Drew D 1 4 10
10 6 0 Lost L 3 9 16
46 22 10 Scored S 5 15 30
35 18 1 Conceded C 12 26 46
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
71% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 53% 62%
41% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 41% 41%
24% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 29% 18%
6% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 3%
47% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 47%
35% 31% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 24%
24% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 35% 38%
 
5.6 6.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.5 4.8
4.9 4.6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.6 5.9
0.6 0.5 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.4 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 10.6 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 7.2 7.1
4.3 4.6 7.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.8 2.4
32% 30% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 48% 37%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • 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.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Júbilo Iwata 34 22 7 5 62 35 17 12 2 3 33 20 17 10 5 2 29 15 27 73
2 Kyoto Sanga 34 21 8 5 53 28 17 11 4 2 32 17 17 10 4 3 21 11 25 71
3 Ventforet Kofu 34 18 9 7 52 30 17 11 5 1 31 12 17 7 4 6 21 18 22 63
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 34 18 8 8 52 36 17 8 6 3 28 18 17 10 2 5 24 18 16 62
5 Albirex Niigata 34 17 10 7 55 32 17 10 4 3 26 9 17 7 6 4 29 23 23 61
6 Machida Zelvia 34 17 7 10 53 32 17 6 4 7 24 19 17 11 3 3 29 13 21 58
7 Montedio Yamagata 34 17 7 10 46 35 16 8 2 6 22 18 18 9 5 4 24 17 11 58
8 Ryukyu 34 15 7 12 47 38 17 9 3 5 23 12 17 6 4 7 24 26 9 52
9 JEF United 34 13 11 10 33 30 17 6 6 5 18 16 17 7 5 5 15 14 3 50
10 Mito Hollyhock 34 14 7 13 46 37 17 7 3 7 20 16 17 7 4 6 26 21 9 49
11 Fagiano Okayama 34 11 11 12 30 28 17 5 3 9 13 14 17 6 8 3 17 14 2 44
12 Tokyo Verdy 34 12 8 14 47 55 16 8 1 7 25 22 18 4 7 7 22 33 -8 44
13 Blaublitz Akita 34 9 12 13 33 39 17 3 9 5 11 18 17 6 3 8 22 21 -6 39
14 Tochigi 34 8 13 13 31 41 17 3 7 7 16 21 17 5 6 6 15 20 -10 37
15 Omiya Ardija 34 7 13 14 40 44 16 4 5 7 21 21 18 3 8 7 19 23 -4 34
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 34 8 10 16 30 46 17 4 6 7 15 20 17 4 4 9 15 26 -16 34
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 34 8 9 17 30 45 18 5 5 8 18 21 16 3 4 9 12 24 -15 33
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 34 8 8 18 32 49 18 4 5 9 16 25 16 4 3 9 16 24 -17 32
19 Ehime 34 7 11 16 32 55 17 1 7 9 17 35 17 6 4 7 15 20 -23 32
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 34 6 13 15 30 51 18 3 7 8 15 24 16 3 6 7 15 27 -21 31
21 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 7 10 17 27 57 17 5 5 7 18 26 17 2 5 10 9 31 -30 31
22 Sagamihara 34 6 11 17 24 42 17 4 6 7 16 23 17 2 5 10 8 19 -18 29

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Júbilo Iwata 34 22 7 5 62 35 17 12 2 3 33 20 17 10 5 2 29 15 27 73
2 Kyoto Sanga 34 21 8 5 53 28 17 11 4 2 32 17 17 10 4 3 21 11 25 71
3 Ventforet Kofu 34 18 9 7 52 30 17 11 5 1 31 12 17 7 4 6 21 18 22 63
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 34 18 8 8 52 36 17 8 6 3 28 18 17 10 2 5 24 18 16 62
5 Albirex Niigata 34 17 10 7 55 32 17 10 4 3 26 9 17 7 6 4 29 23 23 61
6 Machida Zelvia 34 17 7 10 53 32 17 6 4 7 24 19 17 11 3 3 29 13 21 58
7 Montedio Yamagata 34 17 7 10 46 35 16 8 2 6 22 18 18 9 5 4 24 17 11 58
8 Ryukyu 34 15 7 12 47 38 17 9 3 5 23 12 17 6 4 7 24 26 9 52
9 JEF United 34 13 11 10 33 30 17 6 6 5 18 16 17 7 5 5 15 14 3 50
10 Mito Hollyhock 34 14 7 13 46 37 17 7 3 7 20 16 17 7 4 6 26 21 9 49
11 Fagiano Okayama 34 11 11 12 30 28 17 5 3 9 13 14 17 6 8 3 17 14 2 44
12 Tokyo Verdy 34 12 8 14 47 55 16 8 1 7 25 22 18 4 7 7 22 33 -8 44
13 Blaublitz Akita 34 9 12 13 33 39 17 3 9 5 11 18 17 6 3 8 22 21 -6 39
14 Tochigi 34 8 13 13 31 41 17 3 7 7 16 21 17 5 6 6 15 20 -10 37
15 Omiya Ardija 34 7 13 14 40 44 16 4 5 7 21 21 18 3 8 7 19 23 -4 34
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 34 8 10 16 30 46 17 4 6 7 15 20 17 4 4 9 15 26 -16 34
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 34 8 9 17 30 45 18 5 5 8 18 21 16 3 4 9 12 24 -15 33
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 34 8 8 18 32 49 18 4 5 9 16 25 16 4 3 9 16 24 -17 32
19 Ehime 34 7 11 16 32 55 17 1 7 9 17 35 17 6 4 7 15 20 -23 32
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 34 6 13 15 30 51 18 3 7 8 15 24 16 3 6 7 15 27 -21 31
21 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 7 10 17 27 57 17 5 5 7 18 26 17 2 5 10 9 31 -30 31
22 Sagamihara 34 6 11 17 24 42 17 4 6 7 16 23 17 2 5 10 8 19 -18 29

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