Ryūkyū are welcoming Matsumoto Yamaga for another important game after their 0-1 result against 18th-placed ThespaKusatsu Gunma.
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 Ryūkyū and Matsumoto Yamaga.
These teams have little in common geographically as Matsumoto Yamaga have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Ryūkyū form and stats
Ryūkyū's results here at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium in the J2-League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. Game days at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Ryūkyū as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Stress levels are on the rise for Ryūkyū's attacking players as they have now played 232 minutes without scoring in a league game. K. Kazama was their last goal scorer.
The Ryūkyū crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to ThespaKusatsu Gunma here at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium in a J2-League match. Prior to that, an away loss at Montedio Yamagata.
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 Ryūkyū have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ryūkyū as they are travelling to their away game against Tochigi in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Ryūkyū fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ryūkyū have conceded 20 from these games.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
There's been little loot from Matsumoto Yamaga's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the J2-League. Matsumoto Yamaga only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.
Matsumoto delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Mito Hollyhock (placed 10th) in their previous match; a J2-League game. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Jubilo Iwata.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Matsumoto Yamaga in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Matsumoto, six draws and seven defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Omiya Ardija in just four days.
The visiting Matsumoto have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 14 games. Matsumoto's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Matsumoto Yamaga - Ryūkyū 1-6.Top Goalscorers
  T. Abe 10 goals |  S. Uehara 6 goals | K. Kazama 6 goals |
Ryūkyū missing players
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
| Ryūkyū | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 33 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 44 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 92% |
| 69% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 69% |
| 54% | 58% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 31% |
| 23% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 57% | 54% |
| 12% | 8% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 19% |
| 31% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 43% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 274 | 118 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 129 | 252 |
| 98 | 46 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 49 | 89 |
| 34% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | 29% |
- Matsumoto Yamaga has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in J2-League
- Matsumoto Yamaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ryūkyū has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in J2-League
- Ryūkyū has the fewest clean sheets (3) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokushima Vortis | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 52 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 52 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 46 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 35 |
| 11 | Montedio Yamagata | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 35 |
| 12 | Jubilo Iwata | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Machida Zelvia | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 14 | Tochigi | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 34 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 34 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | JEF United | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 31 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -22 | 26 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 25 |
| 20 | Ryūkyū | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 24 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -16 | 23 |
| 22 | Ehime | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -12 | 22 |