Renofa Yamaguchi know they have a rough visit to Tochigi and their Tochigi Green Stadium. This match preview has all the data you require before the fixture.
- Tochigi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have the fewest points from losing position (1) in J2-League
This should be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tochigi form and stats
With {2 J2-League wins}, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Tochigi are certainly not brimming with confidence.
A strong away win for Tochigi against Ehime the last match, as J. Hata were on target.
Before that game, the home loss against ThespaKusatsu Gunma with the scoreline 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Tochigi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tochigi as a small favourite), we find nine games. Tochigi has won two of these, drawn four and lost three.
Tochigi have scored 11 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. 15 goals have been conceded.
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Renofa Yamaguchi so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Yamaguchi seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Renofa Yamaguchi are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the J2-League against Montedio Yamagata (placed 5th).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against ThespaKusatsu Gunma wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Renofa Yamaguchi in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Renofa Yamaguchi, three draws and two defeats.
The attacking power of Yamaguchi when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Yamaguchi have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Tochigi and Renofa Yamaguchi have duelled earlier this season: Renofa Yamaguchi - Tochigi 0-1. Tochigi-Renofa Yamaguchi H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Tochigi five wins, Renofa Yamaguchi two wins, zero draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Mori 5 goals |  K. Yano 4 goals | J. Hata 3 goals |
Tochigi missing players
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
| Tochigi | Renofa Yamaguchi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 33 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| 81% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 85% | 85% |
| 63% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 69% | 54% |
| 41% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 46% | 38% |
| 15% | 15% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 30% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 31% | 35% |
| 41% | 54% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 46% |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.9 | 7.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 34% | 31% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 24% |
- Renofa Yamaguchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have the fewest points from losing position (1) in J2-League
- Tochigi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 57 |
| 2 | Jubilo Iwata | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 56 |
| 3 | Ryukyu | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 51 |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 50 |
| 5 | Montedio Yamagata | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 45 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 8 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 9 | Mito Hollyhock | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 10 | JEF United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 37 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 28 | -6 | 37 |
| 12 | Fagiano Okayama | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 34 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| 14 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 29 |
| 15 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 16 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -21 | 25 |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 24 |
| 20 | Ehime | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -19 | 24 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 21 |