The J2 League match at Soyu Stadium on Tuesday will see home side AFC Blaublitz Akita go into battle with Ventforet Kofu.
View all AFC Blaublitz Akita v Ventforet Kofu tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (including the best match odds).
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AFC Blaublitz Akita
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AFC Blaublitz Akita will be wanting a better result here following the 0-2 J2 League loss in their previous game against Tokushima Vortis.
João Victor (32') and Kiyoshiro Tsuboi (36') scored for Tokushima Vortis.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games that AFC Blaublitz Akita have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that AFC Blaublitz Akita have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 11 goals along the way.
Ventforet Kofu
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After being beaten in their last game against Vegalta Sendai in J2 League competition, Ventforet Kofu will be hoping to turn things around here.
For Ventforet Kofu, the scorers were Eduardo Mancha (55' Own goal) and Junma Miyazaki (58'). George Onaiwu (29') was the scorer for Vegalta Sendai.
Over the course of 5 of the past 6 clashes featuring Ventforet Kofu, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game during that period is a meagre 1.17, with the number of goals averaged by Kofu being 0.5. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
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Head to head
A look at their past head to head meetings going back to 30/03/2022 shows that AFC Blaublitz Akita have won 1 of these games and Ventforet Kofu 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
An aggregate of 19 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 6 of them for AFC Blaublitz Akita and 13 coming from Kofu. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.
The previous league fixture between these clubs was J2 League match day 37 on 03/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Ventforet Kofu 1-2 AFC Blaublitz Akita.
The referee was Tomohiro Inoue.
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Team News: Ventforet Kofu
Out of a mainly healthy group, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Ventforet Kofu gaffer Shinji Otsuka to contend with. Riku Nakayama (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Ventforet Kofu and AFC Blaublitz Akita could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. Therefore, we predict a very close game with a 1-1 score when the referee blows the full-time whistle.
Andre Moura,
02:07 03/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
AFC Blaublitz Akita
Formed: 1965
Stadium: Soyu Stadium (18,560)
Captain: Hiroto Morooka
Chairman: Kosuke Iwase
Manager: Ken Yoshida
Competitions: J2 League position 18
⭐ Star Player: Yukithito Kajiya
Mostly playing in the Striker position, Yukithito Kajiya was born in Saitama, Japan. Having made a first senior appearance for AFC Blaublitz Akita in the 2023 season, the skilful Forward has managed 2 league goals in this J2 League 2025 season to date from a total of 12 appearances.