Renofa Yamaguchi hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 33 points and a 16th position in the J2-League table. Visiting Ehime holds 14th place with 35 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
Renofa Yamaguchi's struggle is real here at Ishin Me-Life Stadium with only 15 points collected from 15 J2-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-3-8. Renofa Yamaguchi has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Shimoda and the players. The Renofa Yamaguchi manager M. Shimoda might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The fans are hoping that Renofa Yamaguchi will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the J2-League game against Tokyo Verdy (placed 12th). Ahead of that match, Renofa Yamaguchi lost 1-2 at home to Fagiano Okayama.
This is expected to be a close game, with Renofa Yamaguchi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Renofa Yamaguchi as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Renofa Yamaguchi has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 7.
Renofa Yamaguchi has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Renofa Yamaguchi have conceded 26 from these games.
Ehime form and stats
There's been little loot from Ehime's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the J2-League. Ehime only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ehime are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J2-League home defeat versus Tokushima Vortis with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Ehime manager K. Kawai faced defeat when travelling to Avispa Fukuoka and losing 0-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Ehime in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Ehime, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Ehime have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ehime have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ehime - Renofa Yamaguchi 2-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Renofa Yamaguchi 1 win, 3 draws and Ehime 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 K. Yamashita 9 goals |   Y. Fujimoto 7 goals |  K. Takai 6 goals |
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
Ehime missing players
| Renofa Yamaguchi | Ehime | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Played | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Lost | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 42 | 21 | 6 | Scored | 7 | 18 | 36 |
| 56 | 26 | 15 | Conceded | 13 | 24 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 77% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 83% | 71% | 68% |
| 61% | 67% | 83% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 45% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 23% |
| 19% | 13% | 17% | Over 4.5 | 33% | 36% | 19% |
| 55% | 53% | 67% | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 45% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 7% | 19% |
| 23% | 20% | 33% | Failed To Score | 50% | 43% | 45% |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Ehime 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.
| 14-08-19 | | Cerezo Osaka | 3 - 0 | Renofa Yamaguchi |
| 17-08-19 | | Ventforet Kofu | 0 - 1 | Renofa Yamaguchi |
| 24-08-19 | | Renofa Yamaguchi | 0 - 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki |
| 01-09-19 | | Renofa Yamaguchi | 1 - 2 | Fagiano Okayama |
| 08-09-19 | | Tokyo Verdy | 4 - 0 | Renofa Yamaguchi |
| 14-09-19 | | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10:00 | Ehime |
| 21-09-19 | | Zweigen Kanazawa | 10:00 | Renofa Yamaguchi |
| 28-09-19 | | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10:00 | Avispa Fukuoka |
| 06-10-19 | | Gifu | 10:00 | Renofa Yamaguchi |
| 12-10-19 | | Renofa Yamaguchi | 05:00 | Kyoto Sanga |
| 10-08-19 | | JEF United | 2 - 3 | Ehime |
| 17-08-19 | | Kagoshima United | 4 - 2 | Ehime |
| 25-08-19 | | Ehime | 5 - 1 | Omiya Ardija |
| 31-08-19 | | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 - 0 | Ehime |
| 08-09-19 | | Ehime | 0 - 1 | Tokushima Vortis |
| 14-09-19 | | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10:00 | Ehime |
| 22-09-19 | | Kashiwa Reysol | 07:00 | Ehime |
| 28-09-19 | | Ehime | 10:00 | Tochigi |
| 06-10-19 | | Kyoto Sanga | 05:00 | Ehime |
| 13-10-19 | | Ehime | 06:00 | Albirex Niigata |
| 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 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 26 | 62 |
| 2 | Yokohama | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 55 |
| 3 | Mito Hollyhock | 31 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 54 |
| 4 | Montedio Yamagata | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 54 |
| 5 | Omiya Ardija | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 53 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 52 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 49 |
| 8 | Tokushima Vortis | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 49 |
| 9 | Fagiano Okayama | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 49 |
| 10 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 46 |
| 11 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 46 |
| 12 | Tokyo Verdy | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 44 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 41 |
| 14 | Ehime | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 35 |
| 15 | Ryūkyū | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 35 | -18 | 34 |
| 16 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -14 | 33 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -17 | 32 |
| 18 | JEF United | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -13 | 31 |
| 19 | Avispa Fukuoka | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -14 | 31 |
| 20 | Kagoshima United | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -18 | 30 |
| 21 | Tochigi | 31 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -20 | 25 |
| 22 | Gifu | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 53 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -26 | 24 |
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