J-League match preview: Vegalta Sendai versus Shonan Bellmare

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yurtec Stadium Sendai (19694 seats)

Season ticket holders at Yurtec Stadium Sendai haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Vegalta Sendai languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Shonan Bellmare will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

Overall J-League stats at home this season for Vegalta Sendai are 7-3-3 (wins-draw-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Vegalta Sendai.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Shonan Bellmare in the J-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kawasaki Frontale that ended 2-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vegalta Sendai have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 2 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Vegalta Sendai in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Vegalta Sendai have conceded 17 goals.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Shonan Bellmare has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Vegalta Sendai for a J-League game that ended a draw (1-1). The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Sagan Tosu.

Shonan Bellmare are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Shonan Bellmare are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Shonan Bellmare have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Vegalta Sendai - Shonan Bellmare 1-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Vegalta Sendai, 3 draws and 2 wins for Shonan Bellmare. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

S. Nagasawa
6 goals / 2 assists
Ramon Lopes
4 goals

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Vegalta Sendai Shonan Bellmare
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
24 13 4 Played 4 12 24
8 7 2 Won 3 5 9
4 3 1 Drew 0 1 3
12 3 1 Lost 1 6 12
27 20 6 Scored 8 17 34
35 17 5 Conceded 4 21 40
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 92% 75% Over 1.5 75% 83% 88%
54% 69% 75% Over 2.5 50% 42% 46%
25% 31% 50% Over 3.5 50% 42% 38%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 25% 33% 29%
50% 62% 75% BTTS 50% 50% 58%
21% 23% 25% Clean Sheets 25% 17% 12%
38% 23% 25% Failed To Score 25% 33% 29%
 
4.9 4.6 3.2 Corners For (avg) 6 4.7 4.5
5.1 5.6 7.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.8 5.2 5.2
1 0.8 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.5 1.4
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Vegalta Sendai
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
03-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 2 - 1 Júbilo Iwata
10-08-19 JL Tokyo 1 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
14-08-19 EC Vegalta Sendai 1 - 0 Kataller Toyama
17-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 2 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale
24-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 1 - 1 Shonan Bellmare
31-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 10:30 Vegalta Sendai
14-09-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 05:00 Vegalta Sendai
18-09-19 EC V-Varen Nagasaki 10:00 Vegalta Sendai
28-09-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
05-10-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 05:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
Shonan Bellmare
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J2-League J-League
All Home Away
20-07-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 5 - 2 Shonan Bellmare
03-08-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 3 - 2 Kashima Antlers
11-08-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 2 - 3 Shonan Bellmare
17-08-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 2 - 3 Sagan Tosu
24-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 1 - 1 Shonan Bellmare
01-09-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Urawa Reds
14-09-19 JL Oita Trinita 09:00 Shonan Bellmare
29-09-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Shimizu S-Pulse
06-10-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Kawasaki Frontale
19-10-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 05:00 Shonan Bellmare

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 24 15 4 5 35 18 15 12 0 3 27 11 9 3 4 2 8 7 17 49
2 Kashima Antlers 24 13 6 5 42 23 12 9 2 1 25 9 12 4 4 4 17 14 19 45
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 24 13 3 8 42 31 12 7 3 2 21 10 12 6 0 6 21 21 11 42
4 Kawasaki Frontale 24 10 11 3 37 22 13 3 9 1 15 10 11 7 2 2 22 12 15 41
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 24 11 7 6 31 18 12 5 4 3 12 7 12 6 3 3 19 11 13 40
6 Cerezo Osaka 24 11 4 9 25 18 11 5 2 4 12 6 13 6 2 5 13 12 7 37
7 Consadole Sapporo 24 10 6 8 40 29 12 6 4 2 24 14 12 4 2 6 16 15 11 36
8 Oita Trinita 24 9 8 7 27 23 12 5 3 4 13 8 12 4 5 3 14 15 4 35
9 Nagoya Grampus 24 8 7 9 36 35 11 6 1 4 17 12 13 2 6 5 19 23 1 31
10 Shonan Bellmare 24 9 3 12 34 40 12 4 2 6 17 19 12 5 1 6 17 21 -6 30
11 Urawa Reds 24 8 6 10 23 34 12 3 3 6 11 20 12 5 3 4 12 14 -11 30
12 Vissel Kobe 24 8 5 11 42 40 11 4 3 4 21 18 13 4 2 7 21 22 2 29
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 24 8 5 11 30 52 11 5 0 6 14 29 13 3 5 5 16 23 -22 29
14 Gamba Osaka 24 6 10 8 31 35 12 3 5 4 14 15 12 3 5 4 17 20 -4 28
15 Vegalta Sendai 24 8 4 12 27 35 13 7 3 3 20 17 11 1 1 9 7 18 -8 28
16 Sagan Tosu 24 7 3 14 21 40 11 4 1 6 12 21 13 3 2 8 9 19 -19 24
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 24 5 8 11 15 29 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 3 4 5 7 14 -14 23
18 Júbilo Iwata 24 4 6 14 18 34 12 1 4 7 12 20 12 3 2 7 6 14 -16 18

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