Blaublitz Akita have restored their energy following their 1-1-match versus Yokohama and are ready to face Ventforet Kofu. Here's all the information!
- Ventforet Kofu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Blaublitz Akita have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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 Ventforet Kofu and Blaublitz Akita.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
3 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Ventforet Kofu have to build on here in the J2-League. When Ventforet Kofu hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Ventforet Kofu, Omiya Ardija, ThespaKusatsu Gunma, Tochigi, Renofa Yamaguchi, Grulla Morioka and Ryūkyū), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Ventforet has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Yoshida and the players.
Sousa was the last player to score a league goal for Ventforet Kofu and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ventforet Kofu haven't scored in 195 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Ventforet Kofu will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Vegalta Sendai (placed 3rd).
Preceding that match was the home game against V-Varen Nagasaki that was lost 0-1.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 Ventforet Kofu's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 10 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Ventforet are traveling soon after this match as the Emperor Cup match at Sagan Tosu awaits in three days.
Ventforet Kofu has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Ventforet Kofu has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Blaublitz Akita form and stats
Blaublitz Akita have only collected 13 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 3-4-6 (13 played). Visiting Blaublitz Akita has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Yokohama (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Renofa Yamaguchi.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Blaublitz when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Blaublitz Akita as they have only managed to score 7 times from 13 away games in the league. Blaublitz Akita have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Blaublitz Akita - Ventforet 0-0 was the outcome when these two teams last met, also in this season. Previous three meetings between these sides: Ventforet Kofu won two, Blaublitz Akita triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hasegawa 6 goals | W. Lira Sousa 5 goals | H. Sugai 3 goals |
Ventforet Kofu missing players
Blaublitz Akita missing players
| Ventforet Kofu | Blaublitz Akita | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 31 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 32 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 72% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 54% | 48% |
| 36% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 32% |
| 16% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 24% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 60% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 36% |
| 24% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 32% |
| 24% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 44% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 11.8 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 23% | 21% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 18% | 24% |
| 8 | 9.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 12.1 | 10.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Blaublitz Akita have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Blaublitz Akita have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ventforet Kofu 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 | Yokohama | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 47 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | JEF United | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Oita Trinita | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Machida Zelvia | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Roasso Kumamoto | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 33 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 33 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 16 | Ventforet Kofu | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 30 |
| 17 | Blaublitz Akita | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 28 |
| 18 | Tochigi | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 27 |
| 19 | Grulla Morioka | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -20 | 26 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -16 | 22 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
