Ventforet Kofu are the guests at Soyu Stadium on Tuesday for the J2 League tie with home side AFC Blaublitz Akita.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the AFC Blaublitz Akita v Ventforet Kofu game - plus the latest betting odds.
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AFC Blaublitz Akita
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AFC Blaublitz Akita enter this match coming off the back of a 0-0 J2 League drawn match versus Iwaki.
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 tasting defeat last time out to Vegalta Sendai in J2 League competition, Ventforet Kofu and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
For Ventforet Kofu, the goals were scored by Eduardo Mancha (55' Own goal) and Junma Miyazaki (58'). George Onaiwu (29') scored 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 glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 30/03/2022 shows that AFC Blaublitz Akita have won 1 of these & Ventforet Kofu 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.
In all, 19 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 6 of them from AFC Blaublitz Akita and 13 belonging to Kofu. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.
The previous league contest featuring the two was J2 League match day 37 on 03/11/2024 when it ended Ventforet Kofu 1-2 AFC Blaublitz Akita.
The match was refereed by Tomohiro Inoue.
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Team News: Ventforet Kofu
Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Ventforet Kofu boss Shinji Otsuka to be concerned about. Riku Nakayama (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.
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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,
04:13 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.