Match details. J3 League, Regular Season - 12. Kick-off is Wed 21 Oct, 11:00 Lagos time. It is played at Sunpro Alwin, Matsumoto.
What's at stake. Matsumoto Yamaga FC are 15th on 11 points after 11 games, 2 points behind Kitakyushu, 1 point clear of Tochigi SC. A win would take them above Kitakyushu. Thespa Gunma are 17th on 10 points after 11 games, level on points with Tochigi SC, 2 points clear of Fukushima United. A win would take them above Tochigi SC.
Form. Matsumoto Yamaga FC have won two, drawn four and lost four of their last ten, 1.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W L W D. In this competition Matsumoto Yamaga FC have gone L W L W D L. Thespa Gunma have won three, drawn one and lost six of their last ten, 1.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W L L W. In this competition Thespa Gunma have gone D W L L W L.
The numbers. Matsumoto Yamaga FC score one and concede 1.5 a game in their last six at home, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal. Matsumoto Yamaga FC average 6.8 corners and 1.0 cards a game. Thespa Gunma score 1.1 and concede 1.9 a game over their last ten, with one clean sheet and two games without a goal. Thespa Gunma average 4.1 corners and 1.3 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Matsumoto Yamaga FC have won five, drawn one and lost four. Four of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in four. In the last four, Matsumoto Yamaga FC won one and Thespa Gunma won three. The last time they met, on 23 Nov 2025, it finished Matsumoto Yamaga FC 2-6 Thespa Gunma.
Where it pulls both ways. Matsumoto Yamaga FC are the form side, but the meetings favour Thespa Gunma: in the last ten meetings, Matsumoto Yamaga FC won five, Thespa Gunma won four and one was drawn.
The read. No side to back. A tight game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 50%. Six of the last ten meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: Matsumoto Yamaga FC 1-1 Thespa Gunma (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).