This match features two teams living in the basement of the J2-League, Renofa Yamaguchi holding 22nd place and Matsumoto Yamaga lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's no vacation for neither Yamaguchi nor Matsumoto Yamaga as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
Renofa Yamaguchi have collected 9 points from their J2-League home games so far after 3-0-5. Yamaguchi are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Ishin Me-Life Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Renofa Yamaguchi haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 206 minutes ago. K. Ukita scored that one.
Yamaguchi lost their last game at Avispa Fukuoka (placed 14th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Montedio Yamagata that finished 0-0.
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 Yamaguchi as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Renofa Yamaguchi has won four of these, drawn one and lost eight.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Yamaguchi as they are travelling to their away game against Mito Hollyhock in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
Renofa Yamaguchi has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Yamaguchi have conceded 12 from these games.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
Matsumoto Yamaga have only collected 6 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 1-3-6 (10 played).
Matsumoto Yamaga won their last game, 1-0 versus Montedio Yamagata played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fagiano Okayama wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Matsumoto Yamaga playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were two Matsumoto Yamaga wins, four draws and seven defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Matsumoto manager K. Nuno as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Tochigi.
The attacking power of Matsumoto Yamaga when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Matsumoto struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Yamaguchi, four draws and one win for Matsumoto Yamaga. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Takai 8 goals | P. Tanaka 5 goals |
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
| Renofa Yamaguchi | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 29 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 24 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 94% |
| 76% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 65% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 47% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 41% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 41% |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 168 | 87 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 102 | 166 |
| 60 | 33 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 35 | 54 |
| 22% | 21% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 20% | 26% |
- Matsumoto Yamaga has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Matsumoto Yamaga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Renofa Yamaguchi haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 37 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Jubilo Iwata | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Tochigi | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | JEF United | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 20 |
| 18 | Ehime | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 20 | Ryukyu | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -19 | 13 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 12 |