About Match
9 points for Montedio Yamagata (11th), 15 for Albirex Niigata (1st): a 6-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Montedio Yamagata 1.14 scored and 0.86 conceded per game, Albirex Niigata 1.29 and 1.43, with the league averaging 1.27. Montedio Yamagata would climb to 12 points with a win and up to 6th (other results held equal).
Montedio Yamagata have banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Albirex Niigata, 12.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Montedio Yamagata 2, draws 1, Albirex Niigata 4, at 2.86 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 29% of meetings won. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
The venue is ND Soft Stadium Yamagata in Tendo, with room for 21,292 spectators.