Trying to decrease the distance up to the top teams is the subject when these mid-table teams fight it out. Both are aiming to strenghten their league table position, Imabari in 7th and Matsumoto Yamaga in 9th position.
- Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in J3-League
- Matsumoto Yamaga have the most scored goals (23) in J3-League
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they performed in a Emperor Cup match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Avispa Fukuoka, so at least Imabari are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Imabari form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 J3-League games here at Yume Stadium for Imabari. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
The supporters hope that Imabari will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Emperor Cup fixture against Avispa Fukuoka.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Grulla Morioka (1-2).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 Imabari have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 4.
The Imabari fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Imabari have conceded only 5 goals.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (23) in J3-League, on their J3-League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Matsumoto have lost on their last two travels.
Matsumoto Yamaga won their last game, 5-3 versus Sagamihara played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Sagamihara was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today? Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Komatsu and that is quite the accomplishment!
A loss against Kagoshima United was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Matsumoto Yamaga in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Matsumoto Yamaga, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Matsumoto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Matsumoto Yamaga have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Imabari-Matsumoto Yamaga H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Imabari zero wins, Matsumoto Yamaga two wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Komatsu 9 goals |   L. dos Santos Gonzaga 4 goals | M. Ferreira Teixeira 3 goals |
Imabari missing players
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
| Imabari | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 6.5 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.2 | 11.3 |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 31% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | 37% |
| 8 | 8.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
- All of Matsumoto Yamaga's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Imabari have not yet lost a game at home.
- Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in J3-League
- Imabari have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have the most scored goals (23) in J3-League
- Matsumoto Yamaga haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Kataller Toyama | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Kagoshima United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Ehime | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Parceiro Nagano | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Imabari | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | YSCC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Grulla Morioka | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Gifu | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Osaka | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Ryūkyū | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Gainare Tottori | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
