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Predictions and Tips
Ehime FC play host to away side Tokushima Vortis at Ningineer Stadium in the J2 League tie on Sunday.
Our Ehime FC v Tokushima Vortis tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide

Ehime FC
WDLDDD
Ehime FC enter this fixture following on from a 2-2 J2 League drawn result vs Roasso Kumamoto.
For Ehime FC, the goalscorers were Yuhi Murakami (7') and Ryo Sato (18'). Ryo Shiohama (30', 70') scored for Roasso Kumamoto.
Fixtures with Ehime FC have often been engaging affairs lately with high scoring expected. Over their past six games, the sum total of 21 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 10 of them being chalked up by Ehime FC.
Pre-game facts show that Ehime FC:
- haven't won against Tokushima Vortis in their previous 3 matches in the league.
- are without a home win in the past 13 league games. So depressing.
Tokushima Vortis
LWWWLW
Tokushima Vortis head into the clash following on from a 2-0 J2 League win against Renofa Yamaguchi in their most recent match.
For Tokushima Vortis, the scorers were Yuya Takagi (15') and Lucas Barcelos (32').
A sequence of dependable displays from the Tokushima Vortis defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 2 from their last 6 fixtures combined. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 7. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this game, however.
Heading into this fixture, Tokushima Vortis haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
↔️ Head to head
A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 14/04/2019 shows that Ehime FC have won 1 of these and Tokushima Vortis 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.
A combined sum of 13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from Ehime and 8 being from Tokushima. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.
The previous league clash featuring the two was J2 League match day 25 on 03/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Ehime FC 0-1 Tokushima Vortis.
The match was refereed by Reo Tanaka.
📰 Team News: Ehime FC
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Ehime FC gaffer Kiyotaka Ishimaru to be concerned about from a near full-strength set of players. Taiga Ishiura (Metatarsal fracture) is sidelined.
💭 Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Ehime FC will need to push hard to see themselves scoring against this Tokushima Vortis team who will likely get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
That’s why our selection here is for a highly competitive game with a 0-1 victory for Tokushima Vortis after 90 minutes.
Should be interesting.
Peter Guest, 08:04 18/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
Ehime FC
Formed: 1970
Stadium: Ningineer Stadium (20,919)
Captain: Fuma Shirasaka
Chairman: Tadashi Murakami
Manager: Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Competitions: J2 League position 20
⭐ Key Player: Ryo Sato
Generally used in the Striker position, Ryo Sato was born in Tokyo, Japan. Having played his first senior match for Thespa Kusatsu in the 2023 season, the accomplished Forward has hit 3 league goals in this J2 League 2025 campaign to date in 12 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 36 | DDLWD |
2 |
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16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 33 | LDWWW |
3 |
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16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 29 | DWWWW |
4 |
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16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 29 | WWWLD |
5 |
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16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 27 | LDWWW |
6 |
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16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | DDWLL |
7 |
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15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25 | WWWLW |
8 |
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16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 25 | LDWDW |
9 |
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16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | DDWDW |
10 |
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16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | WWLDL |
11 |
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16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 | LLWDW |
12 |
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16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 20 | DWLDW |
13 |
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16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | DLWDL |
14 |
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16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 17 | DLLDL |
15 |
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16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 15 | DDLDL |
16 |
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16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 15 | WLLLL |
17 |
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16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -9 | 15 | WDDDL |
18 |
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16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 14 | WLLLW |
19 |
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16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 13 | LDLLL |
20 |
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15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -10 | 10 | DLDDD |
Ōmiya Ardija |
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Ehime FC |
Sagan Tosu |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Roasso Kumamoto |
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Ehime FC |
Ehime FC |
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Iwaki |
V-Varen Nagasaki |
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Ehime FC |
FC Imabari |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Júbilo Iwata |
Ehime FC |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Sagan Tosu |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Ehime FC |
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Iwaki |
Ehime FC |
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Fujieda MYFC |
Ehime FC |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Ehime FC |
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Oita Trinita |
Ehime FC |
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Consadole Sapporo |
Ehime FC |
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FC Imabari |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Tokushima Vortis |
AFC Blaublitz Akita |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Oita Trinita |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Consadole Sapporo |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Montedio Yamagata |
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Tokushima Vortis |
V-Varen Nagasaki |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 0.6 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.8 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 0.5 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 61 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Yuhi Murakami | 3 |
Ryo Sato | 3 |
Hidemasa Koda | 2 |
Kimiya Moriyama | 2 |
Ben Duncan | 1 |
Lucas Barcelos | 5 |
João Victor | 3 |
Naoki Kanuma | 2 |
Koki Sugimori | 1 |
Taro Sugimoto | 1 |
Júbilo Iwata |
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Ehime FC |
Ehime FC |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Ehime FC |
Ehime FC |
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Montedio Yamagata |
FC Imabari |
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Ehime FC |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Ehime FC |
Ehime FC |
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Sagan Tosu |
Ehime FC |
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Ōmiya Ardija |
Fujieda MYFC |
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Ehime FC |
Ehime FC |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Tokushima Vortis |
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JEF United Chiba |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Oita Trinita |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Fujieda MYFC |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Ehime FC |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Tokushima Vortis |
JEF United Chiba |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Tokushima Vortis |
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AFC Blaublitz Akita |
