J2-League match prediction: Little separates Tokushima Vortis and Ventforet Kofu in quality

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pocari Sweat Stadium (20441 seats)

Tokushima Vortis will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Ventforet Kofu.

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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Tokushima Vortis form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Tokushima Vortis have to build on here at Pocari Sweat Stadium.

The Tokushima Vortis fans got no joy from their last match, a J2-League game also here at Pocari Sweat Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Ventforet Kofu. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Albirex Niigata.

Tokushima Vortis has scored 18 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Ventforet Kofu playing as the away team this season.

It's the second away game in a row for Ventforet Kofu, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Tokushima Vortis in the J2-League last time out. Before that, Ventforet Kofu secured a home win against Machida Zelvia with the score 3-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Ventforet Kofu's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 14 away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Ventforet Kofu in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Tokushima Vortis - Ventforet Kofu 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Tokushima Vortis, 1 draw and 6 wins for Ventforet Kofu. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

Top Goalscorers

P. Utaka
12 goals
Dudu
7 goals
K. Kiyotake
6 goals

Tokushima Vortis missing players

Ventforet Kofu missing players

Tokushima Vortis Ventforet Kofu
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played 4 14 27
10 6 0 Won 1 6 12
7 4 1 Drew 2 5 7
10 3 2 Lost 1 3 8
33 18 2 Scored 4 23 40
33 13 4 Conceded 3 14 27
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 93% 96%
63% 62% 67% Over 1.5 75% 64% 70%
44% 31% 33% Over 2.5 0% 29% 37%
19% 15% 0% Over 3.5 0% 21% 15%
11% 15% 0% Over 4.5 0% 21% 11%
56% 62% 67% BTTS 50% 50% 48%
26% 23% 0% Clean Sheets 25% 36% 37%
26% 15% 33% Failed To Score 25% 21% 19%
 
5.7 6.4 8 Corners For (avg) 4.8 4.6 5.3
4.1 4.2 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 3 4.1 3.9
1.3 1 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.3 1
2 1 1 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Tokushima Vortis haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Tokushima Vortis
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
21-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 0 - 3 Tokushima Vortis
27-07-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 3 - 1 Tokushima Vortis
31-07-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 5 - 2 Kagoshima United
04-08-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 4 - 0 Tokushima Vortis
10-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 0 - 1 Ventforet Kofu
14-08-19 EC Honda 10:00 Tokushima Vortis
17-08-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 10:00 Tokushima Vortis
24-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 10:00 Ryūkyū
31-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 10:00 Kyoto Sanga
08-09-19 J2 Ehime 10:00 Tokushima Vortis
Ventforet Kofu
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League J-League
All Home Away
20-07-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 1 - 0 Ventforet Kofu
27-07-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 1 - 2 Fagiano Okayama
31-07-19 J2 Mito Hollyhock 1 - 1 Ventforet Kofu
04-08-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 3 - 0 Machida Zelvia
10-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 0 - 1 Ventforet Kofu
14-08-19 EC Tokyo 10:00 Ventforet Kofu
17-08-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Renofa Yamaguchi
24-08-19 J2 JEF United 09:00 Ventforet Kofu
31-08-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 09:00 Omiya Ardija
07-09-19 J2 Yokohama 09:00 Ventforet Kofu

  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 27 16 7 4 40 18 13 9 3 1 23 6 14 7 4 3 17 12 22 55
2 Kyoto Sanga 27 14 9 4 43 26 15 8 5 2 24 14 12 6 4 2 19 12 17 51
3 Omiya Ardija 27 13 10 4 38 22 13 8 4 1 25 12 14 5 6 3 13 10 16 49
4 Yokohama 27 13 6 8 42 29 13 6 3 4 23 16 14 7 3 4 19 13 13 45
5 Mito Hollyhock 27 11 12 4 31 19 12 5 6 1 17 9 15 6 6 3 14 10 12 45
6 Ventforet Kofu 27 12 7 8 41 27 13 6 2 5 17 13 14 6 5 3 24 14 14 43
7 Montedio Yamagata 26 12 7 7 30 21 13 7 2 4 14 9 13 5 5 3 16 12 9 43
8 Zweigen Kanazawa 27 9 13 5 34 22 13 4 8 1 16 9 14 5 5 4 18 13 12 40
9 Fagiano Okayama 27 11 7 9 31 35 14 7 4 3 17 16 13 4 3 6 14 19 -4 40
10 Albirex Niigata 26 10 7 9 44 33 12 6 1 5 19 12 14 4 6 4 25 21 11 37
11 Tokushima Vortis 27 10 7 10 33 34 13 6 4 3 18 14 14 4 3 7 15 20 -1 37
12 V-Varen Nagasaki 27 11 4 12 37 38 13 5 2 6 16 20 14 6 2 6 21 18 -1 37
13 Tokyo Verdy 26 9 9 8 33 36 14 6 5 3 21 19 12 3 4 5 12 17 -3 36
14 Ehime 27 9 5 13 29 33 15 5 3 7 13 16 12 4 2 6 16 17 -4 32
15 Ryūkyū 27 8 7 12 37 48 14 7 4 3 23 19 13 1 3 9 14 29 -11 31
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 27 8 6 13 40 46 13 4 3 6 20 20 14 4 3 7 20 26 -6 30
17 JEF United 27 7 9 11 33 41 13 4 3 6 20 24 14 3 6 5 13 17 -8 30
18 Machida Zelvia 27 6 8 13 25 45 14 2 6 6 15 25 13 4 2 7 10 20 -20 26
19 Avispa Fukuoka 26 6 6 14 25 42 13 1 4 8 8 21 13 5 2 6 17 21 -17 24
20 Tochigi 27 4 11 12 22 37 13 2 6 5 9 13 14 2 5 7 13 24 -15 23
21 Kagoshima United 25 7 2 16 25 41 14 6 0 8 17 21 11 1 2 8 8 20 -16 23
22 Gifu 25 5 5 15 24 44 13 3 4 6 14 20 12 2 1 9 10 24 -20 20

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