A key match in J2-League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Tokushima Vortis in 1st position and Ventforet Kofu placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
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.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
Tokushima Vortis, who have the the best goal difference (+21) in J2-League, have collected 23 points from their J2-League home games so far after 6-5-2. Tokushima has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Mito Hollyhock defeat 44 days ago.
The home team returns to Pocari Sweat Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Fagiano Okayama (placed 16th) on their last time out; the J2-League game ended 1-1. Before that, Tokushima Vortis had a home game versus Ehime which ended with a victory 2-0.
The hometeam coach R. Rodríguez Suárez made a successful contribution in the game against Fagiano Okayama, bringing on A. Kawata who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Tokushima's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played nine games, won four matches, drawn four and lost one.
There will be little rest for Tokushima after this match as they are travelling to Renofa Yamaguchi for a J2-League game in only four days.
Tokushima Vortis have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pocari Sweat Stadium with 20 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Tokushima have conceded only 8 goals.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
Playing away, Ventforet Kofu have won 2 games, drawn 7 and suffered 3 defeats in the J2-League this season.
Ventforet go into this game after a win, the home game against Giravanz Kitakyushu that ended 3-2. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Avispa Fukuoka.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ventforet manager A. Ito as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against ThespaKusatsu Gunma.
Ventforet are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Ventforet have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Ventforet Kofu - Tokushima 1-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Tokushima victories, three draws and four Ventforet Kofu wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kakita 10 goals | A. Kawata 7 goals |   L. dos Santos Gonzaga 6 goals |
Tokushima Vortis missing players
Ventforet Kofu missing players
| Tokushima Vortis | Ventforet Kofu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 41 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 73% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 73% |
| 35% | 31% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 58% | 46% |
| 19% | 15% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 15% |
| 50% | 46% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 62% |
| 42% | 46% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 264 | 149 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 81 | 210 |
| 102 | 54 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 29 | 91 |
| 40% | 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 41% | 34% |
- Tokushima Vortis has the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis has the the best goal difference (+12) at home in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis has the the best goal difference (+21) in J2-League
- Tokushima Vortis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ventforet Kofu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Tokushima Vortis | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 52 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 52 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 46 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 35 |
| 11 | Montedio Yamagata | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 35 |
| 12 | Jubilo Iwata | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Machida Zelvia | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 14 | Tochigi | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 34 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 34 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | JEF United | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 31 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -22 | 26 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 25 |
| 20 | Ryūkyū | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 24 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -16 | 23 |
| 22 | Ehime | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -12 | 22 |