FC Imabari meet visiting rivals Tokushima Vortis at Asics Satoyama Stadium in the J2 League tie on Saturday.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for FC Imabari v Tokushima Vortis (including the best match odds).
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FC Imabari
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FC Imabari will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 1-0 J2 League loss in their previous game against Ventforet Kofu.
Taiga Son (92') scored for Ventforet Kofu.
Keiji Kuraishi's FC Imabari have scored a sum total of 6 times in their prior 6 outings. The number of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures stands at 6.
Ahead of this clash, FC Imabari are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.
Tokushima Vortis
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In their last fixture, Tokushima Vortis drew 1-1 in the J2 League tie with Júbilo Iwata.
The only player to score from Tokushima Vortis was Daiki Watari (17'). Koshiro Sumi (36') was the scorer for Júbilo Iwata.
The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Tokushima Vortis has been fairly consistent of late. Checking on their last 6 meetings shows that this has occurred 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have hit a goal total of 2 while Tokushima Vortis have scored 9. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.
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Team News: FC Imabari
The FC Imabari manager Keiji Kuraishi will be grateful to have no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.
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Team News: Tokushima Vortis
Owing to a completely healthy squad available for selection, the Tokushima Vortis manager Kosaku Masuda doesn’t have any fitness worries to report ahead of this match.
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Prediction
We feel that Tokushima Vortis and FC Imabari could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.
It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. That is why we are leaning toward a close game with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the WDW market, the win for FC Imabari is best priced at 2.3, a bet on a drawn result is 3.2 & putting your money on a win for Tokushima Vortis can get you 3. Those are the top prices offered at this very moment.
Andre Moura,
06:02 31/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
FC Imabari
Formed: 1976
Stadium: Asics Satoyama Stadium (5,316)
Captain: Yuta Mikado
Chairman: Masafumi Yano
Manager: Keiji Kuraishi
Competitions: J2 League position 9
🔑 Key Man: Marcus Índio
Normally played in the Striker position, Marcus Índio was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Having played his first senior match for Figueirense in the 2016 season, the gifted Forward has managed to score 7 league goals in the J2 League 2025 season to date from a total of 16 appearances.