Fukushima United will plan to use their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 16 points behind Matsumoto Yamaga.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Fukushima United form and stats
The story so far in the J3-League for Fukushima United at their home stadium (TOHO Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Hattori led his Fukushima United to a defeat away at Kataller Toyama. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at TOHO Stadium.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sagamihara and winning 3-1.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 Fukushima United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 5.
Fukushima have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fukushima United have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Matsumoto Yamaga playing as the away team in the J3-League this season.
Matsumoto go into this game after a win, the home game against Ehime that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Nanami when Enomoto scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Kamatamare Sanuki.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Matsumoto Yamaga playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Matsumoto Yamaga wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Matsumoto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games.
Head 2 Head
Fukushima United and Matsumoto Yamaga have duelled before this season: Matsumoto Yamaga - Fukushima United 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yokoyama 10 goals |  J. Takahashi 8 goals | R. Toyama 5 goals |
Fukushima United missing players
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
| Fukushima United | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 27 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 83% |
| 57% | 55% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | 52% |
| 39% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 48% |
| 30% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 22% |
| 22% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 13% |
| 43% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 48% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 35% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 10 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 12.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 21% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 30% |
| 10.3 | 10.5 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
- Matsumoto Yamaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Iwaki | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 51 |
| 2 | Kagoshima United | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 47 |
| 3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Kataller Toyama | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | Imabari | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 | Fujieda MYFC | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 39 |
| 7 | Parceiro Nagano | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Ehime | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 38 |
| 9 | Gifu | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 31 |
| 10 | Fukushima United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 13 | Azul Claro Numazu | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Gainare Tottori | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -12 | 22 |
| 15 | Sagamihara | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 19 |
| 17 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 23 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | YSCC | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -33 | 14 |
