J2-League: The mid-table positions show the journey Montedio Yamagata and Zweigen Kanazawa have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!
- Montedio Yamagata have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in J2-League
- Zweigen Kanazawa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Montedio Yamagata form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Montedio Yamagata have to build on here at ND Soft Stadium Yamagata in the J2-League. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Montedio Yamagata, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Victor Ibanez Pascual not having conceded a league goal in 211 minutes.
Happy days for Montedio in their previous game, a J2-League match away at Mito Hollyhock (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Before that, Montedio had a home game versus Renofa Yamaguchi which ended with a victory 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 16 games) they have won eight times, drawn zero and lost eight.
Montedio has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J2-League home defeat versus Kyoto Sanga with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Ehime with the score of 3-1.We have checked recent matches where Zweigen Kanazawa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were zero victories, zero draws and nine defeats.
Zweigen Kanazawa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Kanazawa have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Montedio won three, Zweigen Kanazawa won three and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Niwa 5 goals |  T. Kato 3 goals | I. Fujita 3 goals |
Montedio Yamagata missing players
Zweigen Kanazawa missing players
| Montedio Yamagata | Zweigen Kanazawa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 63% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | 58% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 16% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 53% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 26% | 22% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 32% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 4.3 |
| 0.5 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 10.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 38% | 40% |
- Montedio Yamagata have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Montedio Yamagata have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in J2-League
- Montedio Yamagata have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in J2-League
- Montedio Yamagata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zweigen Kanazawa have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Kyoto Sanga | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 41 |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 40 |
| 4 | Ryūkyū | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | JEF United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -1 | 24 |
| 14 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 19 |
| 18 | Ehime | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 17 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 11 |