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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fukuda Denshi Arena (19781 seats)

The visiting Ventforet Kofu side should be favourites in this visit to JEF United, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither JEF United nor Ventforet Kofu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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JEF United form and stats

Overall J2-League stats at home this season for JEF United, who have the most conceded goals (27) at home in J2-League, are 4-3-7 (wins-draw-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for JEF United with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Ryūkyū game, 23 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Game days at Fukuda Denshi Arena have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for JEF United as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The JEF United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Ventforet Kofu here at Fukuda Denshi Arena in a J2-League match. Prior to that, an away loss at Omiya Ardija.

JEF United has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (27) away in J2-League, on their J2-League travels is 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Ventforet Kofu on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Two travels in a row for Ventforet Kofu, whose manager A. Ito could celebrate last time after the J2-League win against JEF United. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Renofa Yamaguchi.

The travelling fans enjoy Ventforet Kofu's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 15 league matches away. Ventforet Kofu are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: JEF United - Ventforet Kofu 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 JEF United victories, 2 draws and 3 Ventforet Kofu wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Utaka
13 goals
T. Funayama
11 goals
Kléber
11 goals

JEF United missing players

Ventforet Kofu missing players

JEF United Ventforet Kofu
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
29 14 3 Played 6 15 29
7 4 0 Won 3 7 13
9 3 2 Drew 2 5 7
13 7 1 Lost 1 3 9
34 20 2 Scored 11 27 44
46 27 4 Conceded 5 14 28
86% 86% 67% Over 0.5 100% 93% 97%
76% 79% 67% Over 1.5 67% 73% 72%
55% 71% 33% Over 2.5 33% 33% 38%
31% 43% 33% Over 3.5 17% 20% 14%
17% 36% 0% Over 4.5 17% 20% 10%
62% 64% 67% BTTS 50% 47% 45%
28% 29% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 40% 38%
24% 21% 33% Failed To Score 17% 20% 21%
 
5 6 4.7 Corners For (avg) 5.2 4.6 5.2
5.1 4.2 4 Corners Against (avg) 3.2 4.2 4
1.6 1.2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.2 1
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

JEF United
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-07-19 J2 Ryūkyū 0 - 2 JEF United
04-08-19 J2 Kagoshima United 2 - 1 JEF United
10-08-19 J2 JEF United 2 - 3 Ehime
18-08-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 2 - 1 JEF United
24-08-19 J2 JEF United 0 - 3 Ventforet Kofu
01-09-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 09:00 JEF United
07-09-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 JEF United
14-09-19 J2 JEF United 09:00 Mito Hollyhock
22-09-19 J2 JEF United 06:00 Tokushima Vortis
29-09-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 09:00 JEF United
Ventforet Kofu
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League J-League
All Home Away
04-08-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 3 - 0 Machida Zelvia
10-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 0 - 2 Ventforet Kofu
14-08-19 EC Tokyo 0 - 1 Ventforet Kofu
17-08-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 0 - 1 Renofa Yamaguchi
24-08-19 J2 JEF United 0 - 3 Ventforet Kofu
31-08-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Omiya Ardija
07-09-19 J2 Yokohama 09:00 Ventforet Kofu
14-09-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Kashiwa Reysol
18-09-19 EC Ventforet Kofu 10:00 Hosei University
21-09-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Albirex Niigata

  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 Kashiwa Reysol 28 17 7 4 42 19 13 9 3 1 23 6 15 8 4 3 19 13 23 58
2 Omiya Ardija 28 14 10 4 40 23 14 9 4 1 27 13 14 5 6 3 13 10 17 52
3 Kyoto Sanga 29 14 10 5 44 30 16 8 6 2 25 15 13 6 4 3 19 15 14 52
4 Yokohama 29 15 6 8 50 31 14 7 3 4 28 17 15 8 3 4 22 14 19 51
5 Montedio Yamagata 29 14 8 7 34 21 15 9 2 4 18 9 14 5 6 3 16 12 13 50
6 Mito Hollyhock 29 12 12 5 35 21 14 6 6 2 21 11 15 6 6 3 14 10 14 48
7 Ventforet Kofu 29 13 7 9 44 28 14 6 2 6 17 14 15 7 5 3 27 14 16 46
8 Zweigen Kanazawa 29 11 13 5 39 25 14 5 8 1 18 10 15 6 5 4 21 15 14 46
9 Tokushima Vortis 29 12 7 10 40 35 14 7 4 3 24 15 15 5 3 7 16 20 5 43
10 Fagiano Okayama 28 12 7 9 34 35 14 7 4 3 17 16 14 5 3 6 17 19 -1 43
11 Tokyo Verdy 29 10 11 8 38 40 16 6 7 3 24 22 13 4 4 5 14 18 -2 41
12 V-Varen Nagasaki 29 12 4 13 42 40 14 5 2 7 17 22 15 7 2 6 25 18 2 40
13 Albirex Niigata 29 10 7 12 46 41 14 6 1 7 21 18 15 4 6 5 25 23 5 37
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 29 9 6 14 41 50 14 4 3 7 20 24 15 5 3 7 21 26 -9 33
15 Ehime 28 9 5 14 31 37 15 5 3 7 13 16 13 4 2 7 18 21 -6 32
16 Ryūkyū 29 8 7 14 39 57 15 7 4 4 24 22 14 1 3 10 15 35 -18 31
17 JEF United 29 7 9 13 34 46 14 4 3 7 20 27 15 3 6 6 14 19 -12 30
18 Avispa Fukuoka 29 7 7 15 28 44 14 1 4 9 8 22 15 6 3 6 20 22 -16 28
19 Kagoshima United 28 8 3 17 33 51 15 7 0 8 21 23 13 1 3 9 12 28 -18 27
20 Machida Zelvia 28 6 9 13 25 45 14 2 6 6 15 25 14 4 3 7 10 20 -20 27
21 Tochigi 29 4 12 13 22 39 14 2 7 5 9 13 15 2 5 8 13 26 -17 24
22 Gifu 27 5 5 17 25 48 14 3 4 7 14 22 13 2 1 10 11 26 -23 20

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