The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Tokyo Verdy are in the 11th position while the guesting Matsumoto Yamaga worry at 19th.
It's no vacation for neither Tokyo 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.
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
1-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Tokyo Verdy so far this season.
Happy days for Tokyo in their previous game, a J2-League match away at Mito Hollyhock (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Avispa Fukuoka.
This is expected to be a close game, with Tokyo Verdy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tokyo Verdy as a small favourite), we find four games. Tokyo Verdy has won two of these, drawn two and lost zero.
The manager H. Nagai will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Giravanz Kitakyushu in only four days.
Tokyo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
Matsumoto Yamaga have only collected 5 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 1-2-4 (7 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on K. Nuno, the Matsumoto Yamaga manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
K. Tsukagawa scored in Matsumoto Yamaga's previous match, the home game against Avispa Fukuoka that ended 1-0. A 0-3 defeat away at JEF United before that.
The end of the last match, against Avispa Fukuoka, was very satisfying as K. Tsukagawa scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Matsumoto Yamaga in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Matsumoto Yamaga, five draws and six defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Matsumoto Yamaga manager K. Nuno as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kyoto Sanga.
The attacking power of Matsumoto when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Matsumoto have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Tokyo Verdy wins - draws - Matsumoto Yamaga wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Koike 16 goals | L. Montera da Silva 7 goals |
Tokyo Verdy missing players
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
| Tokyo Verdy | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 83% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 92% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 67% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 42% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 42% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 25% |
| 42% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 42% |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | 36 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 78 | 129 |
| 33 | 10 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 28 | 43 |
| 30% | 20% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 18% | 23% |
- Matsumoto Yamaga has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Matsumoto Yamaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Tokyo Verdy 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Omiya Ardija | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | JEF United | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Júbilo Iwata | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Mito Hollyhock | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Montedio Yamagata | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 21 | Ehime | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -18 | 6 |