Ehime FC vs Tokushima Vortis Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📊 Form Guide

Ehime FC

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Ehime FC prepare for this match following a 2-2 J2 League stalemate versus Roasso Kumamoto.

For Ehime FC, goals were scored by Yuhi Murakami (7') and Ryo Sato (18'). Ryo Shiohama (30', 70') was the scorer 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

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Tokushima Vortis come into this clash following on from a 2-0 J2 League win against Renofa Yamaguchi in their last outing.

For Tokushima Vortis, the goalscorers 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

Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 14/04/2019 tells us that Ehime FC have won 1 of these games & Tokushima Vortis 3, with the number of draws being 2.

13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 from Ehime and 8 created by Tokushima. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The last league fixture featuring the two was J2 League match day 25 on 03/08/2024 when it ended Ehime FC 0-1 Tokushima Vortis.

The match was refereed by Reo Tanaka.

📋 Team News: Ehime FC

There is just a single fitness concern for the Ehime FC manager Kiyotaka Ishimaru to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Taiga Ishiura (Metatarsal fracture) misses out.

💡 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.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds in the full-time result market, the win for Ehime FC can be had for 4.1, a wager on a drawn result is 3.4 & taking a punt on the win for Tokushima Vortis comes in at 1.9. These are the best of the returns offered at the current time.

Peter Guest, 10:06 14/05/2025