Matsue City will want to use their home advantage to get one over today’s adversaries. The hosting team are currently 9 points behind Verspah Oita.
- Matsue City have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Japan Football League
- Verspah Oita is in the best form (5-0-1)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Matsue City form and stats
Matsue City have collected 24 points from their Japan Football League home games so far after 7-3-4. Matsue has recorded two wins in a row here at Matsue Athletic Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Matsue City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nara Club (0-1).
Before that, Matsue had a home game versus TIAMO Hirakata which ended with a victory 3-0.Matsue has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Matsue have conceded only 13 goals.
Verspah Oita form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Japan Football League, on their Japan Football League travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Verspah play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Sony Sendai (placed 6th).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Nara Club.Verspah Oita have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Verspah have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H meeting ended Verspah Oita - Matsue City 1-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - two - two (Matsue wins - draws - Verspah Oita wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Matsue City missing players
Verspah Oita missing players
| Matsue City | Verspah Oita | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 34 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 40 |
| 35 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 75% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 71% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 54% | 29% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | 43% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 43% | 39% |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 39% | 42% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 23% | 30% |
| 8.4 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- Matsue City have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Japan Football League
- Matsue City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Verspah Oita have the most clean sheets (8) in Japan Football League
- Verspah Oita is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Honda | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 40 | 61 |
| 2 | Iwaki | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 30 | 61 |
| 3 | Verspah Oita | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 50 |
| 4 | TIAMO Hirakata | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 23 | -1 | 45 |
| 5 | Osaka | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Sony Sendai | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 42 |
| 7 | Suzuka Unlimited | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 41 |
| 8 | Matsue City | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 41 |
| 9 | Veertien Mie | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Reinmeer Aomori | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -8 | 38 |
| 11 | Nara Club | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Biwako Shiga | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 34 |
| 13 | Kochi United | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 30 |
| 15 | Honda Lock | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 26 |
| 16 | Tokyo Musashino City | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 31 | -17 | 23 |
| 17 | Kariya | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -24 | 18 |