J2-League news and data: Vegalta Sendai small front runner to outplay Tokushima Vortis

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 25.Jun
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yurtec Stadium Sendai (19694 seats)

Welcome to J2-League and Vegalta Sendai - Tokushima Vortis. In this pre-match guide you'll get statistics, previous results, data, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tokushima Vortis have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in J2-League

It's quite the trip for Tokushima Vortis when visiting Vegalta as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Vegalta Sendai and Tokushima Vortis should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

The story so far in the J2-League for Vegalta Sendai at their home stadium (Yurtec Stadium Sendai) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Vegalta Sendai faced defeat in their previous match, away at Renofa Yamaguchi (0-2).

Ahead of that match, Vegalta Sendai lost 2-3 at home to Júbilo Iwata.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vegalta Sendai have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

The Vegalta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. On the other hand, Vegalta Sendai have conceded 13 goals.

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Tokushima Vortis form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Tokushima Vortis playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Tokushima Vortis have lost on their last two travels.

Tokushima's last game was the home draw against Montedio Yamagata (1-1).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Tochigi.

Tokushima Vortis are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tokushima Vortis have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. Tokushima Vortis struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Tokushima Vortis have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Vegalta.

These two sides faced each other before this campaign: Tokushima Vortis - Vegalta Sendai 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Tokushima VortisK. Mori
K. Mori
9 goals
Vegalta SendaiY. Goke
Y. Goke
6 goals
Tokushima VortisY. Kakitani
Y. Kakitani
6 goals

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Tokushima Vortis missing players

Vegalta Sendai Tokushima Vortis
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 4 10 21
8 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
6 2 0 Drew D 2 5 9
7 4 2 Lost L 2 3 7
26 13 5 Scored S 1 12 21
23 13 5 Conceded C 6 15 29
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 90%
67% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 81%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 38%
19% 30% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 24%
14% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
52% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 60% 52%
29% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 10% 19%
24% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 40% 38%
 
4.9 5.4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 4
4.3 3.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7.9 6
1.2 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8.1 7.7
3.7 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.3 2.9
33% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 36% 35%
 
9.6 8.4 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.2 9.2
3.1 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 3.9
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Tokushima Vortis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tokushima Vortis have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in J2-League
  • Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vegalta Sendai haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Machida Zelvia 22 14 5 3 34 13 11 8 2 1 20 6 11 6 3 2 14 7 21 47
2 Oita Trinita 22 12 5 5 28 25 11 8 2 1 18 10 11 4 3 4 10 15 3 41
3 Tokyo Verdy 22 12 4 6 30 14 11 4 4 3 10 8 11 8 0 3 20 6 16 40
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 22 11 5 6 35 22 11 7 2 2 24 11 11 4 3 4 11 11 13 38
5 Ventforet Kofu 21 11 3 7 29 21 12 7 2 3 17 9 9 4 1 4 12 12 8 36
6 Júbilo Iwata 20 9 6 5 34 24 10 4 4 2 19 14 10 5 2 3 15 10 10 33
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 20 8 7 5 39 16 9 5 3 1 23 6 11 3 4 4 16 10 23 31
8 Fujieda MYFC 22 9 4 9 34 37 11 4 2 5 14 19 11 5 2 4 20 18 -3 31
9 Roasso Kumamoto 21 8 6 7 31 21 11 4 2 5 13 12 10 4 4 2 18 9 10 30
10 Fagiano Okayama 22 6 12 4 26 20 11 4 5 2 15 9 11 2 7 2 11 11 6 30
11 Vegalta Sendai 21 8 6 7 26 23 10 4 2 4 13 13 11 4 4 3 13 10 3 30
12 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 21 8 6 7 24 25 10 5 3 2 9 6 11 3 3 5 15 19 -1 30
13 Montedio Yamagata 22 9 2 11 33 30 10 5 1 4 16 12 12 4 1 7 17 18 3 29
14 Blaublitz Akita 21 7 6 8 17 21 10 3 3 4 7 9 11 4 3 4 10 12 -4 27
15 JEF United 22 6 7 9 20 29 11 4 4 3 11 12 11 2 3 6 9 17 -9 25
16 Tokushima Vortis 21 5 9 7 21 29 11 3 4 4 9 14 10 2 5 3 12 15 -8 24
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 22 7 3 12 27 39 10 5 2 3 18 10 12 2 1 9 9 29 -12 24
18 Mito Hollyhock 22 6 6 10 24 39 12 2 4 6 15 26 10 4 2 4 9 13 -15 24
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 22 5 8 9 19 38 11 2 5 4 10 20 11 3 3 5 9 18 -19 23
20 Tochigi 22 5 7 10 19 24 11 5 4 2 14 9 11 0 3 8 5 15 -5 22
21 Iwaki 22 5 5 12 19 38 11 3 1 7 8 16 11 2 4 5 11 22 -19 20
22 Omiya Ardija 22 4 2 16 19 40 12 4 1 7 14 20 10 0 1 9 5 20 -21 14