Delightful dogfight as daring Montedio Yamagata duels with determined Tochigi

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata (20315 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this ND Soft Stadium Yamagata clash with Tochigi, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the J2-League table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Montedio Yamagata and Tochigi.

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Montedio Yamagata form and stats

9 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Montedio Yamagata have to build on here at ND Soft Stadium Yamagata in the J2-League. Two home wins in a row for Montedio Yamagata bring valid hopes of a third.

The Montedio Yamagata supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tochigi in J2-League and win 2-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Tokyo Verdy that finished 0-0.

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 Yamagata have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

The Montedio Yamagata fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Montedio Yamagata have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tochigi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tochigi, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in J2-League, so far with only {11 J2-League points} returning home. The records show 2-5-8 (win-draw-lose). Tochigi has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Tochigi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Montedio Yamagata. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Machida Zelvia.

Tochigi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tochigi as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Tochigi have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Montedio Yamagata - Tochigi 2-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Montedio Yamagata 3 wins, 3 draws and Tochigi 4 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Otsuki
6 goals
Jefferson Baiano
6 goals

Montedio Yamagata missing players

Tochigi missing players

Montedio Yamagata Tochigi
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
29 15 4 Played 5 15 29
14 9 2 Won 0 2 4
8 2 1 Drew 3 5 12
7 4 1 Lost 2 8 13
34 18 6 Scored 3 13 22
21 9 4 Conceded 7 26 39
86% 93% 100% Over 0.5 60% 87% 76%
52% 47% 75% Over 1.5 60% 80% 66%
31% 27% 50% Over 2.5 60% 53% 45%
17% 13% 25% Over 3.5 20% 27% 17%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 13% 7%
34% 33% 75% BTTS 40% 47% 48%
48% 47% 25% Clean Sheets 40% 20% 31%
31% 27% 0% Failed To Score 60% 47% 45%
 
4.8 5.1 5.2 Corners For (avg) 3.6 3.5 4.2
4.1 3.7 1.8 Corners Against (avg) 8.8 7.5 6.5
1.2 1.2 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Tochigi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Tochigi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tochigi have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Montedio Yamagata
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-07-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 1 - 2 Avispa Fukuoka
04-08-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 3 - 2 Montedio Yamagata
11-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 0 Albirex Niigata
18-08-19 J2 Tokyo Verdy 0 - 0 Montedio Yamagata
24-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 0 Tochigi
31-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 10:00 Yokohama
07-09-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Montedio Yamagata
15-09-19 J2 Kagoshima United 10:00 Montedio Yamagata
21-09-19 J2 Ryūkyū 10:00 Montedio Yamagata
29-09-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 05:00 Ventforet Kofu
Tochigi
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-08-19 J2 Zweigen Kanazawa 1 - 1 Tochigi
10-08-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 2 - 2 Tochigi
14-08-19 EC Kashima Antlers 4 - 0 Tochigi
17-08-19 J2 Tochigi 0 - 0 Machida Zelvia
24-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 0 Tochigi
01-09-19 J2 Tochigi 09:00 Mito Hollyhock
07-09-19 J2 Gifu 10:00 Tochigi
14-09-19 J2 Tochigi 10:00 Avispa Fukuoka
22-09-19 J2 Tochigi 10:00 Kagoshima United
28-09-19 J2 Ehime 10:00 Tochigi

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Kashiwa Reysol 28 17 7 4 42 19 13 9 3 1 23 6 15 8 4 3 19 13 23 58
2 Omiya Ardija 28 14 10 4 40 23 14 9 4 1 27 13 14 5 6 3 13 10 17 52
3 Kyoto Sanga 29 14 10 5 44 30 16 8 6 2 25 15 13 6 4 3 19 15 14 52
4 Yokohama 29 15 6 8 50 31 14 7 3 4 28 17 15 8 3 4 22 14 19 51
5 Montedio Yamagata 29 14 8 7 34 21 15 9 2 4 18 9 14 5 6 3 16 12 13 50
6 Mito Hollyhock 29 12 12 5 35 21 14 6 6 2 21 11 15 6 6 3 14 10 14 48
7 Ventforet Kofu 29 13 7 9 44 28 14 6 2 6 17 14 15 7 5 3 27 14 16 46
8 Zweigen Kanazawa 29 11 13 5 39 25 14 5 8 1 18 10 15 6 5 4 21 15 14 46
9 Tokushima Vortis 29 12 7 10 40 35 14 7 4 3 24 15 15 5 3 7 16 20 5 43
10 Fagiano Okayama 28 12 7 9 34 35 14 7 4 3 17 16 14 5 3 6 17 19 -1 43
11 Tokyo Verdy 29 10 11 8 38 40 16 6 7 3 24 22 13 4 4 5 14 18 -2 41
12 V-Varen Nagasaki 29 12 4 13 42 40 14 5 2 7 17 22 15 7 2 6 25 18 2 40
13 Albirex Niigata 29 10 7 12 46 41 14 6 1 7 21 18 15 4 6 5 25 23 5 37
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 29 9 6 14 41 50 14 4 3 7 20 24 15 5 3 7 21 26 -9 33
15 Ehime 28 9 5 14 31 37 15 5 3 7 13 16 13 4 2 7 18 21 -6 32
16 Ryūkyū 29 8 7 14 39 57 15 7 4 4 24 22 14 1 3 10 15 35 -18 31
17 JEF United 29 7 9 13 34 46 14 4 3 7 20 27 15 3 6 6 14 19 -12 30
18 Avispa Fukuoka 29 7 7 15 28 44 14 1 4 9 8 22 15 6 3 6 20 22 -16 28
19 Kagoshima United 28 8 3 17 33 51 15 7 0 8 21 23 13 1 3 9 12 28 -18 27
20 Machida Zelvia 28 6 9 13 25 45 14 2 6 6 15 25 14 4 3 7 10 20 -20 27
21 Tochigi 29 4 12 13 22 39 14 2 7 5 9 13 15 2 5 8 13 26 -17 24
22 Gifu 27 5 5 17 25 48 14 3 4 7 14 22 13 2 1 10 11 26 -23 20

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