Matsumoto Yamaga have excelled Imabari so far this season, but every game opens at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need prior to kickoff:
- Matsumoto Yamaga have scored more than double the goals of Imabari.
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.
Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats
Matsumoto Yamaga have played 4 J3-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 242 minutes without scoring a league goal. Yokoyama was the last player to find the net. Matsumoto Yamaga are confident in defense, having played 315 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Matsumoto Yamaga's previous match was a Emperor Cup game also played at home, ending 3-2 vs Hokuriku University. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that, Matsumoto played out a J3-League draw 0-0 when visiting Parceiro Nagano.This is expected to be a close game, with Matsumoto Yamaga perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Matsumoto Yamaga as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Matsumoto Yamaga has won 3 of these, drawn 6 and lost 7.
Matsumoto Yamaga are traveling soon after this match as the Emperor Cup match at Jubilo Iwata awaits in three days.
Matsumoto Yamaga has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Imabari form and stats
As the visiting team in J3-League matches, Imabari have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Imabari are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Emperor Cup home loss versus Okinawa SV with 1-4 on the scoreboard.
A 0-1 loss hosting Kagoshima United before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Imabari in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Imabari, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The attacking power of Imabari when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yokoyama 6 goals | R. Toyama 3 goals |   K. Nakagawa 3 goals |
Matsumoto Yamaga missing players
Imabari missing players
| Matsumoto Yamaga | Imabari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 8.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 17.8 | 14.3 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 44% | 33% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 6 | 6.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.2 | 8.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
- Imabari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Imabari haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Matsumoto Yamaga have scored more than double the goals of Imabari.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kagoshima United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Fukushima United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Iwaki | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Parceiro Nagano | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Fujieda MYFC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Imabari | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Gifu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Kataller Toyama | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Ehime | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Sagamihara | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | YSCC | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 5 |
| 18 | Gainare Tottori | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -13 | 4 |
