It's early days in the J2-League and both Montedio Yamagata and Tochigi are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
- Tochigi is in the worst form (0-0-3)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Montedio Yamagata form and stats
Montedio Yamagata shared the glory with Matsumoto Yamaga in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Tokyo Verdy and winning 2-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Montedio have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn zero and lost six.
Tochigi form and stats
Tochigi have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the J2-League were 8 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 21 fixtures. Recent form does not give Tochigi much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Montedio Yamagata will be a tough nut to crack.
Tochigi lost away at Ventforet Kofu (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 0-1 loss hosting Blaublitz Akita before that.
We have checked recent matches where Tochigi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, one draw and eight defeats.
1 goal so far away for Tochigi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montedio four wins, three draws and Tochigi three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Vasconcelos Araújo 2 goals |  T. Kato 1 goals |  T. Mori 1 goals |
Montedio Yamagata missing players
Tochigi missing players
| Montedio Yamagata | Tochigi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | 7.7 |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 20% |
- Tochigi is in the worst form (0-0-3)
| Montedio Yamagata | Last season | Tochigi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 59 | 36 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 86% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 45% | ||
| 38% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 26% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 17% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 10% | ||
| 43% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 38% | ||
| 33% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Ryukyu | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Ventforet Kofu | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Blaublitz Akita | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Machida Zelvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Fagiano Okayama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Mito Hollyhock | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Júbilo Iwata | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | JEF United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 18 | Sagamihara | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 19 | Ehime | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 22 | Tochigi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 34 | 84 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 84 |
| 3 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 80 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 50 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 65 |
| 5 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 8 | 65 |
| 6 | Júbilo Iwata | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 58 | 47 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 63 |
| 7 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 59 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 62 |
| 8 | Kyoto Sanga | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 47 | 45 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 59 |
| 9 | Mito Hollyhock | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 68 | 62 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 58 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 39 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 58 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 55 | 55 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 57 |
| 12 | Tokyo Verdy | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 0 | 54 |
| 13 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -8 | 54 |
| 14 | JEF United | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 47 | 51 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 20 | -4 | 53 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 30 | -9 | 53 |
| 16 | Ryukyu | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 61 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 35 | -3 | 50 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 49 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 50 |
| 18 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 67 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 36 | -10 | 49 |
| 19 | Machida Zelvia | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 41 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 33 | -11 | 49 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 42 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 40 | 62 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 26 | -22 | 49 |
| 21 | Ehime | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 68 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 36 | -30 | 34 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 43 | 74 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 41 | -31 | 33 |