Ryūkyū greet Matsumoto Yamaga with expectations of taking all three points. Will they? Read our preview!
- Ryūkyū have the most clean sheets (6) at home in J2-League
- Matsumoto Yamaga have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in J2-League
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Ryūkyū form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium as Ryūkyū, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in J2-League, have scored 16 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the J2-League are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Y. Higuchi led his Ryūkyū to a defeat in the J2-League match away at Fagiano Okayama. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium.
Ahead of that match, Ryūkyū won a home game hosting Giravanz Kitakyushu (3-0).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 Ryūkyū have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won seven times, drawn zero and lost three.
Ryūkyū have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium with 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Ryūkyū have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Matsumoto Yamaga, who have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in J2-League, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Matsumoto seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Matsumoto are looking to quickly end their 256 minutes long goal drought in the J2-League.
Matsumoto's last game was the home draw against Omiya Ardija (0-0).
Prior to that match, the Matsumoto Yamaga manager K. Shibata faced defeat when travelling to V-Varen Nagasaki and losing 0-1.We have checked recent matches where Matsumoto have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, four draws and six defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Matsumoto's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Matsumoto's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Ryūkyū-Matsumoto Yamaga H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Ryūkyū two wins, Matsumoto Yamaga one win, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Ikeda 6 goals |  K. Suzuki 6 goals |  T. Abe 4 goals |
Ryūkyū missing players
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
| Ryūkyū | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 30 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 89% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 74% |
| 79% | 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 56% | 58% |
| 47% | 40% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 56% | 53% |
| 16% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | 32% |
| 11% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | 16% |
| 42% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 47% |
| 42% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 26% | 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 67% | 47% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 0.6 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 8.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 42% | 44% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 18% | 27% |
- 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 the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in J2-League
- Matsumoto Yamaga have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in J2-League
- Matsumoto Yamaga have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Ryūkyū have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ryūkyū have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Matsumoto Yamaga have scored away.
- Ryūkyū have the most clean sheets (6) at home in J2-League
| 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 | Jubilo 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 |