Match preview J2-League: Ryūkyū - Montedio Yamagata at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium (25000 seats)

Struggling Ryūkyū will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Montedio Yamagata in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Montedio Yamagata when visiting Ryūkyū as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.

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Ryūkyū form and stats

Ryūkyū have collected 28 points from their J2-League home games so far after 8-4-5.

Ryūkyū drew their last game, 2-2 away at Zweigen Kanazawa (placed 10th). Before that, Ryūkyū had a home game versus Kagoshima United which ended with a victory 2-1.

A decent goal production from Ryūkyū in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. Ryūkyū's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 25 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Montedio Yamagata form and stats

7 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Montedio Yamagata playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. Montedio Yamagata love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

It's the second away game in a row for Montedio Yamagata, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Kagoshima United (placed 20th) in the J2-League last time out. Preceding that game was the away victory against Kashiwa Reysol with the score of 4-3.

Montedio Yamagata have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Montedio Yamagata - Ryūkyū 1-1. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's 0 Ryūkyū victories, 1 draw and 0 Montedio Yamagata wins. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Uejo
10 goals
S. Otsuki
9 goals

Ryūkyū missing players

Montedio Yamagata missing players

Ryūkyū Montedio Yamagata
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Away vs low Away Total
32 17 4 Played 6 16 32
9 8 1 Won 3 7 16
8 4 1 Drew 2 6 9
15 5 2 Lost 1 3 7
44 27 3 Scored 7 23 41
62 25 6 Conceded 2 15 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 67% 81% 84%
88% 94% 75% Over 1.5 50% 62% 53%
62% 59% 25% Over 2.5 33% 44% 34%
41% 29% 25% Over 3.5 0% 25% 19%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 0% 12% 6%
72% 71% 50% BTTS 0% 38% 34%
9% 18% 25% Clean Sheets 83% 50% 50%
19% 12% 25% Failed to Score 50% 31% 31%
 
4.4 4.2 4 Corners For (avg) 6.3 4.2 4.5
5.1 5.5 5 Corners Against (avg) 4.7 5 4.5
1 0.4 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.2 1.1 1.1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Montedio Yamagata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Ryūkyū
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-08-19 J2 Ryūkyū 1 - 3 Yokohama
24-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 6 - 1 Ryūkyū
31-08-19 J2 Ryūkyū 1 - 2 Gifu
07-09-19 J2 Ryūkyū 2 - 1 Kagoshima United
14-09-19 J2 Zweigen Kanazawa 2 - 2 Ryūkyū
21-09-19 J2 Ryūkyū 10:00 Montedio Yamagata
29-09-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 07:00 Ryūkyū
05-10-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 07:05 Ryūkyū
12-10-19 J2 Ryūkyū 09:00 Tokyo Verdy
20-10-19 J2 Tochigi 05:00 Ryūkyū
Montedio Yamagata
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-08-19 J2 Tokyo Verdy 0 - 0 Montedio Yamagata
24-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 0 Tochigi
31-08-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 0 - 0 Yokohama
07-09-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 3 - 4 Montedio Yamagata
15-09-19 J2 Kagoshima United 0 - 3 Montedio Yamagata
21-09-19 J2 Ryūkyū 10:00 Montedio Yamagata
29-09-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 05:00 Ventforet Kofu
06-10-19 J2 JEF United 06:00 Montedio Yamagata
13-10-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 05:00 Gifu
20-10-19 J2 Zweigen Kanazawa 05:00 Montedio Yamagata

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashiwa Reysol 32 18 9 5 51 25 15 9 4 2 27 11 17 9 5 3 24 14 26 63
2 Montedio Yamagata 32 16 9 7 41 24 16 9 3 4 18 9 16 7 6 3 23 15 17 57
3 Yokohama 32 16 8 8 53 33 16 8 4 4 31 19 16 8 4 4 22 14 20 56
4 Kyoto Sanga 32 15 10 7 47 35 17 9 6 2 27 15 15 6 4 5 20 20 12 55
5 Mito Hollyhock 32 14 12 6 42 24 15 7 6 2 24 12 17 7 6 4 18 12 18 54
6 Omiya Ardija 32 14 12 6 42 30 15 9 5 1 28 14 17 5 7 5 14 16 12 54
7 Fagiano Okayama 32 15 7 10 41 39 17 9 4 4 22 19 15 6 3 6 19 20 2 52
8 Ventforet Kofu 32 14 8 10 48 32 16 7 3 6 19 15 16 7 5 4 29 17 16 50
9 Tokushima Vortis 32 14 8 10 44 37 16 8 5 3 27 17 16 6 3 7 17 20 7 50
10 Zweigen Kanazawa 32 11 14 7 43 32 16 5 9 2 21 14 16 6 5 5 22 18 11 47
11 V-Varen Nagasaki 32 14 5 13 46 42 16 7 2 7 20 23 16 7 3 6 26 19 4 47
12 Tokyo Verdy 32 11 12 9 44 43 17 7 7 3 28 22 15 4 5 6 16 21 1 45
13 Albirex Niigata 32 11 9 12 50 44 16 7 2 7 24 20 16 4 7 5 26 24 6 42
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 32 10 6 16 44 57 16 5 3 8 23 27 16 5 3 8 21 30 -13 36
15 Ehime 32 10 5 17 37 44 17 6 3 8 18 18 15 4 2 9 19 26 -7 35
16 Ryūkyū 32 9 8 15 44 62 17 8 4 5 27 25 15 1 4 10 17 37 -18 35
17 JEF United 32 8 10 14 38 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 17 3 7 7 16 22 -12 34
18 Avispa Fukuoka 32 9 7 16 32 45 15 2 4 9 11 22 17 7 3 7 21 23 -13 34
19 Machida Zelvia 32 7 11 14 30 49 15 2 7 6 16 26 17 5 4 8 14 23 -19 32
20 Kagoshima United 31 9 3 19 36 57 16 7 0 9 21 26 15 2 3 10 15 31 -21 30
21 Tochigi 32 4 13 15 22 43 16 2 7 7 9 17 16 2 6 8 13 26 -21 25
22 Gifu 31 6 6 19 27 55 16 3 5 8 14 26 15 3 1 11 13 29 -28 24

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