J2-League match preview and statistics: V-Varen Nagasaki fight Ventforet Kofu

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Wed 16.December
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki (20246 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for V-Varen Nagasaki - Ventforet Kofu!

Insights:
  • V-Varen Nagasaki has the most points from losing position (20) in J2-League
  • Ventforet Kofu has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in J2-League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nagasaki and Ventforet Kofu.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats

42 points is a decent return from 19 J2-League games here at transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki for V-Varen Nagasaki. The data says 13 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Kenta Tokushige not having conceded a league goal in 236 minutes.

Nagasaki enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tokyo Verdy's place. The match ended 2-0 with M. Kakuda and Y. Otake scoring. Before that, Nagasaki had a home game versus Montedio Yamagata which ended with a victory 1-0.

The match schedule is unforgiving for V-Varen Nagasaki as they have a new game in only four days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Zweigen Kanazawa are visiting.

A decent goal production from Nagasaki in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 19 league matches. Nagasaki are not conceding a lot of goals here at transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 19 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

6 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Ventforet Kofu playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Ventforet in their previous game, as they lost their J2-League-match, hosting Matsumoto Yamaga, 0-1. Prior to that result Ventforet Kofu won their away game at Ehime. The scoreline was 2-0.

A new game in only four days for Ventforet, the J2-League home match versus Fagiano Okayama. Busy days.

Ventforet have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 20 league away games 24 goals have been scored. 21 goals have been conceded by Ventforet Kofu in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ventforet Kofu - Nagasaki 2-0. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for V-Varen Nagasaki, zero draws and two wins for Ventforet Kofu. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Ventforet KofuL. dos Santos Gonzaga
L. dos Santos Gonzaga
10 goals
NagasakiC. Togashi
C. Togashi
7 goals
Ventforet KofuS. Ota
S. Ota
6 goals

V-Varen Nagasaki missing players

Ventforet Kofu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
V-Varen Nagasaki Ventforet Kofu
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 19 5 Played P 5 20 40
22 13 3 Won W 2 6 16
10 3 0 Drew D 2 9 16
8 3 2 Lost L 1 5 8
62 33 5 Scored S 8 24 49
37 13 5 Conceded C 6 21 38
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 85%
68% 58% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 70% 65%
42% 37% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 40% 35%
28% 32% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 20% 18%
12% 16% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
52% 37% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 55% 50%
35% 53% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 35% 38%
20% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 0.9 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.2 10.4 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.4 8.4 8.8
4 4.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3.8
39% 42% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 32%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • V-Varen Nagasaki has the most points (42) at home in J2-League
  • V-Varen Nagasaki has the most points from losing position (20) in J2-League
  • V-Varen Nagasaki have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ventforet Kofu has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in J2-League
  • 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 40 24 9 7 66 32 20 10 7 3 32 11 20 14 2 4 34 21 34 81
2 Avispa Fukuoka 40 23 9 8 48 29 20 11 4 5 25 16 20 12 5 3 23 13 19 78
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 40 22 10 8 62 37 19 13 3 3 33 13 21 9 7 5 29 24 25 76
4 Ventforet Kofu 40 16 16 8 49 38 20 10 7 3 25 17 20 6 9 5 24 21 11 64
5 Giravanz Kitakyushu 40 18 8 14 56 49 20 11 4 5 28 19 20 7 4 9 28 30 7 62
6 Montedio Yamagata 40 16 11 13 57 40 21 11 3 7 36 22 19 5 8 6 21 18 17 59
7 Kyoto Sanga 40 16 10 14 46 43 19 12 3 4 32 19 21 4 7 10 14 24 3 58
8 Jubilo Iwata 40 14 15 11 53 44 20 10 6 4 35 19 20 4 9 7 18 25 9 57
9 Albirex Niigata 40 14 15 11 54 51 21 6 8 7 27 30 19 8 7 4 27 21 3 57
10 Mito Hollyhock 40 15 10 15 67 60 20 7 6 7 31 30 20 8 4 8 36 30 7 55
11 Tochigi 40 14 13 13 39 37 19 6 7 6 19 16 21 8 6 7 20 21 2 55
12 Tokyo Verdy 40 13 14 13 47 46 20 6 8 6 23 20 20 7 6 7 24 26 1 53
13 JEF United 40 14 8 18 45 49 20 5 4 11 20 30 20 9 4 7 25 19 -4 50
14 Matsumoto Yamaga 40 12 14 14 41 51 19 6 7 6 21 25 21 6 7 8 20 26 -10 50
15 Omiya Ardija 40 13 11 16 40 50 20 7 8 5 21 21 20 6 3 11 19 29 -10 50
16 Zweigen Kanazawa 40 12 12 16 55 63 21 6 7 8 27 31 19 6 5 8 28 32 -8 48
17 Ryukyu 40 13 8 19 56 60 20 7 6 7 34 25 20 6 2 12 22 35 -4 47
18 Fagiano Okayama 40 11 14 15 37 47 21 8 6 7 25 24 19 3 8 8 12 23 -10 47
19 Machida Zelvia 40 11 13 16 38 49 21 7 9 5 23 19 19 4 4 11 15 30 -11 46
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 40 13 4 23 37 62 20 5 1 14 15 36 20 8 3 9 22 26 -25 43
21 Ehime 40 8 10 22 38 64 20 3 4 13 14 30 20 5 6 9 24 34 -26 34
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 40 8 6 26 42 72 19 6 2 11 23 31 21 2 4 15 19 41 -30 30

Table
  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 40 24 9 7 66 32 20 10 7 3 32 11 20 14 2 4 34 21 34 81
2 Avispa Fukuoka 40 23 9 8 48 29 20 11 4 5 25 16 20 12 5 3 23 13 19 78
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 40 22 10 8 62 37 19 13 3 3 33 13 21 9 7 5 29 24 25 76
4 Ventforet Kofu 40 16 16 8 49 38 20 10 7 3 25 17 20 6 9 5 24 21 11 64
5 Giravanz Kitakyushu 40 18 8 14 56 49 20 11 4 5 28 19 20 7 4 9 28 30 7 62
6 Montedio Yamagata 40 16 11 13 57 40 21 11 3 7 36 22 19 5 8 6 21 18 17 59
7 Kyoto Sanga 40 16 10 14 46 43 19 12 3 4 32 19 21 4 7 10 14 24 3 58
8 Jubilo Iwata 40 14 15 11 53 44 20 10 6 4 35 19 20 4 9 7 18 25 9 57
9 Albirex Niigata 40 14 15 11 54 51 21 6 8 7 27 30 19 8 7 4 27 21 3 57
10 Mito Hollyhock 40 15 10 15 67 60 20 7 6 7 31 30 20 8 4 8 36 30 7 55
11 Tochigi 40 14 13 13 39 37 19 6 7 6 19 16 21 8 6 7 20 21 2 55
12 Tokyo Verdy 40 13 14 13 47 46 20 6 8 6 23 20 20 7 6 7 24 26 1 53
13 JEF United 40 14 8 18 45 49 20 5 4 11 20 30 20 9 4 7 25 19 -4 50
14 Matsumoto Yamaga 40 12 14 14 41 51 19 6 7 6 21 25 21 6 7 8 20 26 -10 50
15 Omiya Ardija 40 13 11 16 40 50 20 7 8 5 21 21 20 6 3 11 19 29 -10 50
16 Zweigen Kanazawa 40 12 12 16 55 63 21 6 7 8 27 31 19 6 5 8 28 32 -8 48
17 Ryukyu 40 13 8 19 56 60 20 7 6 7 34 25 20 6 2 12 22 35 -4 47
18 Fagiano Okayama 40 11 14 15 37 47 21 8 6 7 25 24 19 3 8 8 12 23 -10 47
19 Machida Zelvia 40 11 13 16 38 49 21 7 9 5 23 19 19 4 4 11 15 30 -11 46
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 40 13 4 23 37 62 20 5 1 14 15 36 20 8 3 9 22 26 -25 43
21 Ehime 40 8 10 22 38 64 20 3 4 13 14 30 20 5 6 9 24 34 -26 34
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 40 8 6 26 42 72 19 6 2 11 23 31 21 2 4 15 19 41 -30 30

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