The visiting Ventforet Kofu side should be favourites in this visit to Montedio Yamagata, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.
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 and Ventforet Kofu.
Montedio Yamagata form and stats
2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Montedio Yamagata so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Montedio, facing Zweigen Kanazawa in a game that ended 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against V-Varen Nagasaki.
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 Yamagata have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost two.
Montedio has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Montedio have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Ventforet Kofu playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.
Impressive finishing from H. Kanazono, R. Nakamura and Dudu secured the home win 3-2 against Ehime in their previous game. A draw for Ventforet before that, at their own venue hosting Tokushima Vortis (1-1).
Dudu came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Ehime last time out, making the manager A. Ito feel like a tactical genius.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ventforet Kofu playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero Ventforet Kofu wins, four draws and zero defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Ventforet's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Ventforet have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Montedio Yamagata won three, Ventforet Kofu won three and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Otsuki 12 goals |
Montedio Yamagata missing players
Ventforet Kofu missing players
| Montedio Yamagata | Ventforet Kofu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 92% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 85% |
| 15% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 15% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 50% | 38% |
| 15% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 83% | 85% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 15% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | 53 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 24 | 88 |
| 44 | 22 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 9 | 41 |
| 25% | 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 56% | 44% |
- Montedio Yamagata has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Montedio Yamagata has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- Montedio Yamagata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ventforet Kofu 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Tokyo Verdy | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Omiya Ardija | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | JEF United | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Albirex Niigata | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Fagiano Okayama | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Montedio Yamagata | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 21 | Ehime | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 9 |