Roasso Kumamoto arrive at Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki on Sunday for the J2 League game with hosts Iwaki.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Iwaki v Roasso Kumamoto are shown below - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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Iwaki
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Iwaki will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 1-2 J2 League loss in their previous game against Vegalta Sendai.
The only scorer from Iwaki was Kaina Tanimura (23'). Eron (10') and Yuta Goke (76') scored for Vegalta Sendai.
It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Iwaki have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Iwaki have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 8 goals in the process. Regardless, time will tell if such a trend will be maintained in this next game or not.
Going into this contest, Iwaki are without a home win in the past 3 league games.
Roasso Kumamoto
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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of AFC Blaublitz Akita in J2 League competition, Roasso Kumamoto will be aiming to make amends here.
For Roasso Kumamoto, the scorers were Ryo Shiohama (18') and Shuhei Kamimura (49' Own goal). Kazuya Onohara (91') scored for AFC Blaublitz Akita.
The numbers tell their own story, and Roasso Kumamoto have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 8 goals in total. At the back, Roasso Kumamoto have been far from perfect.
Ahead of this meeting, Roasso Kumamoto are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.
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Head to head
The previous league fixture featuring the two was J2 League match day 28 on 25/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Iwaki 3-4 Roasso Kumamoto.
The match was refereed by Keisuke Nobori.
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Team News: Iwaki
The Iwaki manager Yuzo Tamura has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game with a completely healthy group to choose from.
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Team News: Roasso Kumamoto
Due to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Roasso Kumamoto boss Takeshi Oki has no fitness concerns to report coming into this match.
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Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Roasso Kumamoto and Iwaki won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.
Let’s see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a game with minimal goal-scoring opportunities. We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 0-0 scoreline after 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Regarding the current betting odds on the 90 min. result market, the win for Iwaki is best priced at 2.63, going for a drawn result is 3.2 & betting on victory for Roasso Kumamoto gets you 2.6. They’re the most competitive bets that can be secured at the current time.
Andre Moura,
03:02 31/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Iwaki
Formed: 2015
Stadium: Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki (5,066)
Captain: Ryo Endo
Chairman: Satoshi Okura
Manager: Yuzo Tamura
Competitions: J2 League position 19
⭐ Star Man: Kaina Tanimura
Regularly deployed in the Striker position, Kaina Tanimura was born in Japan. Having made a first senior appearance for Iwaki in the 2023 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored a sum of 5 league goals in this J2 League 2025 season to date coming from a total of 17 appearances.