There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the J2-League table so far. Here's the V-Varen Nagasaki - JEF United latest:
- V-Varen Nagasaki have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- JEF United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for JEF United when visiting Nagasaki as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats
V-Varen Nagasaki have played 6 J2-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Nagasaki, who won 1-0 against Giravanz Kitakyushu (placed 19th). Before that game, the home loss against Blaublitz Akita with the scoreline 1-2.
The victory against Giravanz Kitakyushu came after S. Yoneda's winning goal. The Nagasaki manager T. Yoshida was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 69th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when S. Yoneda scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
Nagasaki has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Nagasaki have conceded 9 from these games.
JEF United form and stats
As the visiting team in J2-League matches, JEF United have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far.
Impressive finishing from I. Oda, Saldanha, K. Buwanika and T. Funayama secured the home win 4-2 against Fagiano Okayama in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Renofa Yamaguchi with the score of 1-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for JEF, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on JEF United as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nagasaki four wins, three draws and JEF United three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Teixeira Lima 5 goals | C. da Silva Silveira 3 goals |  T. Miki 2 goals |
V-Varen Nagasaki missing players
JEF United missing players
| V-Varen Nagasaki | JEF United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 38% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.9 | 10.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 25% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 29% |
- All of V-Varen Nagasaki's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- JEF United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- V-Varen Nagasaki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- V-Varen Nagasaki have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- V-Varen Nagasaki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Ryūkyū | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Mito Hollyhock | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Blaublitz Akita | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | JEF United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Tokyo Verdy | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | Montedio Yamagata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Ehime | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 20 | Sagamihara | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 11 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 22 | Omiya Ardija | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 10 |