J2-League duel: Close contest expected between Zweigen Kanazawa and Vegalta Sendai

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 16.Jul
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ishikawa Seibu Stadium

Zweigen Kanazawa - Vegalta Sendai in J2-League: Numbers, squad info, matches, trends and reports. Get our thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Zweigen Kanazawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vegalta Sendai is in the worst form (0-2-4)

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Emperor Cup game only four days ago. That game, against Nagoya Grampus, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Vegalta Sendai.

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Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Zweigen Kanazawa have to build on here at Ishikawa Seibu Stadium in the J2-League. It's trouble wherever Zweigen Kanazawa are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The followers are hoping that Zweigen Kanazawa will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against JEF United (placed 15th).

Heartbreak before that as Kanazawa lost 1-2 at Júbilo Iwata's place.

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 Zweigen Kanazawa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Kanazawa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ishikawa Seibu Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

As the visiting team in J2-League matches, Vegalta Sendai have produced an overall stat of 4-5-4 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Nagoya Grampus in their previous outing. The Emperor Cup battle ended 1-1.

A 2-2 draw at Tochigi's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vegalta Sendai playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Vegalta Sendai wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

The visiting Vegalta have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. 16 goals have been conceded by Vegalta Sendai in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Vegalta Sendai - Zweigen Kanazawa 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Kanazawa one win, zero draws and Vegalta Sendai two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Kida with 3 goals scored against Zweigen Kanazawa in these 3 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Zweigen KanazawaK. Sugiura
K. Sugiura
8 goals
Zweigen KanazawaJ. Kato
J. Kato
6 goals
Vegalta SendaiY. Goke
Y. Goke
6 goals

Zweigen Kanazawa missing players

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Zweigen Kanazawa Vegalta Sendai
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 11 2 Played P 5 13 25
7 5 0 Won W 0 4 8
3 2 2 Drew D 3 5 8
15 4 0 Lost L 2 4 9
28 18 2 Scored S 4 16 30
43 11 2 Conceded C 7 16 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
76% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 77% 72%
52% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 44%
24% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 24%
16% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 16%
44% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 54% 56%
20% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 24%
40% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 23% 24%
 
4.7 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.5 5
5.2 5.6 10 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5 4.5
1 0.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.3 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.6 9.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 9.4 9.9
4 4.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 3.7
28% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 33%
 
11.1 11.2 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11.5 10.6
5.3 5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.8
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Vegalta Sendai is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Zweigen Kanazawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Machida Zelvia 25 16 6 3 42 17 13 9 3 1 25 10 12 7 3 2 17 7 25 54
2 Tokyo Verdy 25 13 5 7 34 18 12 4 4 4 11 10 13 9 1 3 23 8 16 44
3 Júbilo Iwata 25 12 8 5 43 28 13 5 6 2 23 17 12 7 2 3 20 11 15 44
4 Ventforet Kofu 25 13 4 8 40 26 13 8 2 3 22 10 12 5 2 5 18 16 14 43
5 Oita Trinita 25 12 6 7 30 31 13 8 2 3 19 15 12 4 4 4 11 16 -1 42
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 25 11 8 6 48 21 11 6 3 2 26 9 14 5 5 4 22 12 27 41
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 25 12 5 8 39 27 12 7 2 3 24 12 13 5 3 5 15 15 12 41
8 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 25 9 9 7 28 27 13 6 5 2 13 8 12 3 4 5 15 19 1 36
9 Fujieda MYFC 25 10 5 10 38 43 13 4 3 6 15 23 12 6 2 4 23 20 -5 35
10 Fagiano Okayama 25 7 13 5 30 24 13 5 5 3 18 12 12 2 8 2 12 12 6 34
11 Roasso Kumamoto 25 8 8 9 33 26 13 4 2 7 13 15 12 4 6 2 20 11 7 32
12 Montedio Yamagata 25 10 2 13 38 35 12 6 1 5 21 16 13 4 1 8 17 19 3 32
13 Vegalta Sendai 25 8 8 9 30 33 12 4 3 5 14 17 13 4 5 4 16 16 -3 32
14 Blaublitz Akita 25 8 8 9 21 28 12 3 5 4 9 11 13 5 3 5 12 17 -7 32
15 JEF United 25 8 7 10 24 32 13 6 4 3 14 13 12 2 3 7 10 19 -8 31
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 25 7 9 9 21 38 12 3 5 4 11 20 13 4 4 5 10 18 -17 30
17 Tokushima Vortis 25 5 12 8 24 34 13 3 6 4 10 15 12 2 6 4 14 19 -10 27
18 Mito Hollyhock 25 7 6 12 30 45 13 3 4 6 18 27 12 4 2 6 12 18 -15 27
19 Iwaki 25 7 6 12 25 42 13 5 1 7 13 19 12 2 5 5 12 23 -17 27
20 Tochigi 25 6 8 11 22 27 12 5 5 2 16 11 13 1 3 9 6 16 -5 26
21 Zweigen Kanazawa 25 7 3 15 28 43 11 5 2 4 18 11 14 2 1 11 10 32 -15 24
22 Omiya Ardija 25 5 2 18 23 46 13 5 1 7 16 21 12 0 1 11 7 25 -23 17