J2-League duel: Close contest expected between Renofa Yamaguchi and Albirex Niigata

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 20.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ishin Me-Life Stadium (14850 seats)

Renofa Yamaguchi hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 17 points and a 19th position in the J2-League table. Visiting Albirex Niigata holds 13th place with 23 pts.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats

Renofa Yamaguchi's struggle is real here at Ishin Me-Life Stadium with only 5 points collected from 9 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-2-6.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Albirex Niigata in the J2-League last time out and are looking for a win here. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Tochigi.

Renofa Yamaguchi has scored 10 goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Renofa Yamaguchi are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played).

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Albirex Niigata form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Albirex Niigata, who have the most scored goals (16) away in J2-League, playing as the away team this season.

Albirex Niigata has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Renofa Yamaguchi for a J2-League game that ended a draw (2-2). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Yokohama.

Albirex Niigata has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 16 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Albirex Niigata have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Renofa Yamaguchi - Albirex Niigata 2-2 earlier this season. Renofa Yamaguchi-Albirex Niigata H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Renofa Yamaguchi 1 win, Albirex Niigata 3 wins, 1 draw. 2 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Leonardo
10 goals
K. Yamashita
8 goals
K. Takai
5 goals

Renofa Yamaguchi missing players

Albirex Niigata missing players

Renofa Yamaguchi Albirex Niigata
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
23 12 4 Played 3 13 23
7 3 0 Won 3 4 8
6 3 1 Drew 0 5 6
10 6 3 Lost 0 4 9
37 19 4 Scored 10 22 33
37 20 8 Conceded 3 18 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 85% 91%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 100% 77% 74%
61% 67% 50% Over 2.5 100% 69% 52%
39% 42% 25% Over 3.5 100% 46% 35%
17% 17% 25% Over 4.5 33% 23% 17%
61% 58% 75% BTTS 100% 77% 57%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 15% 22%
17% 17% 25% Failed To Score 0% 23% 30%
 
4.7 4.9 4.8 Corners For (avg) 3.7 4.2 4.2
5 5.3 5.2 Corners Against (avg) 5 3.4 4
1.3 1 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0.9 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Albirex Niigata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Renofa Yamaguchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Renofa Yamaguchi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Renofa Yamaguchi
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
30-06-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 2 - 4 Renofa Yamaguchi
03-07-19 EC Renofa Yamaguchi 2 - 1 Ryūkyū
07-07-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 3 - 0 Machida Zelvia
13-07-19 J2 Tochigi 2 - 1 Renofa Yamaguchi
20-07-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 2 - 2 Albirex Niigata
27-07-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 10:00 Renofa Yamaguchi
31-07-19 J2 Yokohama 10:30 Renofa Yamaguchi
04-08-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 10:00 Mito Hollyhock
10-08-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Renofa Yamaguchi
14-08-19 EC Cerezo Osaka 10:00 Renofa Yamaguchi
Albirex Niigata
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
29-06-19 J2 Kagoshima United 1 - 3 Albirex Niigata
03-07-19 EC Zweigen Kanazawa 1 - 0 Albirex Niigata
06-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 1 Omiya Ardija
13-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 0 - 2 Yokohama
20-07-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 2 - 2 Albirex Niigata
27-07-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Ryūkyū
31-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 10:00 Albirex Niigata
04-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 09:00 Tokushima Vortis
11-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 10:00 Albirex Niigata
17-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Fagiano Okayama

  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 Montedio Yamagata 18 10 6 2 22 11 9 6 2 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 36
2 Omiya Ardija 18 9 7 2 24 15 9 5 3 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 34
3 Mito Hollyhock 18 9 6 3 19 9 8 3 4 1 10 5 10 6 2 2 9 4 10 33
4 Ventforet Kofu 18 8 6 4 26 16 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 30
5 Kyoto Sanga 18 8 6 4 25 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 30
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 14 9 5 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 7 6 4 14 11 8 4 3 1 7 2 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 27
8 Fagiano Okayama 18 7 6 5 22 20 10 5 4 1 14 10 8 2 2 4 8 10 2 27
9 Zweigen Kanazawa 18 6 8 4 22 13 8 3 4 1 9 3 10 3 4 3 13 10 9 26
10 Ryūkyū 18 6 7 5 25 22 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 1 3 5 10 14 3 25
11 Tokushima Vortis 18 6 6 6 19 19 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 2 3 5 10 13 0 24
12 Tokyo Verdy 18 6 6 6 24 25 10 4 4 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 24
13 Albirex Niigata 18 6 5 7 25 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 10 3 4 3 16 13 3 23
14 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 20 22 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 3 2 4 8 9 -2 22
15 JEF United 18 5 7 6 20 26 9 3 3 3 13 16 9 2 4 3 7 10 -6 22
16 Machida Zelvia 17 5 5 7 15 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -8 20
17 Ehime 18 5 4 9 16 21 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 19
18 Kagoshima United 18 5 2 11 16 22 10 4 0 6 11 15 8 1 2 5 5 7 -6 17
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 18 4 5 9 23 31 9 1 2 6 10 18 9 3 3 3 13 13 -8 17
20 Tochigi 18 3 8 7 14 22 9 1 5 3 5 8 9 2 3 4 9 14 -8 17
21 Avispa Fukuoka 17 4 4 9 15 25 8 1 2 5 3 10 9 3 2 4 12 15 -10 16
22 Gifu 18 3 3 12 14 32 10 3 2 5 11 16 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 12

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