An important duel in the bottom section of the J-League, with both Vegalta Sendai and Oita Trinita experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 14th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Oita Trinita when visiting Vegalta Sendai as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
With 0 J-League wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Vegalta Sendai are certainly not brimming with confidence. With seven home J-League games in a row without a win, the Vegalta fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Nagoya Grampus game long ago, can be stopped today.
In their previous game, the manager T. Kiyama led his Vegalta Sendai to a defeat in the J-League match away at Kashima Antlers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai. Ahead of that match, Vegalta Sendai lost 1-4 at home to Gamba Osaka.
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 Vegalta have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost two.
The Vegalta Sendai fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vegalta Sendai defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Oita Trinita form and stats
Oita Trinita have only collected 4 points from their away games in the J-League, after 1-1-5 (7 played).
There were no winners in Trinita's previous match, a J-League home game that ended 2-2 vs Shonan Bellmare (placed 18th). A 0-1 loss hosting Tokyo before that.
The match against Shonan Bellmare looked like a defeat for Oita Trinita, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. K. Isa equalized in the 88th minute. The draw against Shonan Bellmare came from a losing position. The Trinita manager T. Katanosaka brought on K. Isa as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Oita Trinita playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were five Oita Trinita wins, three draws and seven defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Trinita now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Tokyo is waiting in only three days.
Trinita have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Oita Trinita have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Vegalta won three, Oita Trinita won one and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Tanaka 3 goals | Y. Takazawa 3 goals |  R. Germain 2 goals |
Vegalta Sendai missing players
Oita Trinita missing players
| Vegalta Sendai | Oita Trinita | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 25 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 93% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 20% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 13% |
| 79% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 53% |
| 14% | 14% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 14% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 5.7 | 6.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 134 | 81 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 58 | 121 |
| 48 | 34 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 23 | 46 |
| 31% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 30% | 30% |
- Oita Trinita has the most conceded goals in the first half (15)
- Oita Trinita have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Oita Trinita have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oita Trinita haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vegalta Sendai has the fewest points (3) at home
- Vegalta Sendai have yet to win a 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 41 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 24 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 14 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -15 | 9 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -13 | 6 |