V-Varen Nagasaki are the guests at Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki on Saturday for the J2 League clash with home side Iwaki.
View all Iwaki v V-Varen Nagasaki tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Iwaki
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Iwaki, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 J2 League victory against Ōmiya Ardija.
For Iwaki, goals were scored by Kazuki Dohana (49') and Nelson Ishiwatari (83'). Takumi Tsukui (18') was the scorer for Ōmiya Ardija.
It has not been often in recent games that Iwaki haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Iwaki have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 8 goals on the way. We will find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.
Coming into this contest, Iwaki are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.
V-Varen Nagasaki
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V-Varen Nagasaki head into the clash following a 1-0 J2 League win with the eclipse of Oita Trinita in their most recent fixture.
The only player to score from V-Varen Nagasaki was Shunya Yoneda (74').
Takahiro Shimotaira's V-Varen Nagasaki have turned their attacks into goals 10 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes adds up to 8.
Heading into this fixture, V-Varen Nagasaki are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.
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Head to head
The previous league encounter between the two was J2 League match day 11 on 25/04/2025 and the score finished V-Varen Nagasaki 3-4 Iwaki.
The match was refereed by Takuto Okabe.
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Team News: Iwaki
Rintaro Yamauchi (Knee medial ligament tear) and Ryo Endo (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be taking part for Iwaki boss Yuzo Tamura.
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Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki
V-Varen Nagasaki manager Takahiro Shimotaira has multiple availability issues to deal with. Riku Yamada (Meniscus injury) and Shunsuke Aoki (Hamstring injury) are those who can’t be considered.
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Prediction
Here, we’re thinking that Iwaki will really need to work well to score against this V-Varen Nagasaki team who we think will likely emerge victorious.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a good tussle with a 0-1 advantage for V-Varen Nagasaki at the end of the 90.
Hoping for a good game.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Looking at the betting prices for the match in the 90 minute result market, the win for Iwaki is available for 3.1, backing the draw is 3.6 and staking on a victory for V-Varen Nagasaki is 2.1. Those are the most competitive bets offered at the moment.
Peter Guest,
14:02 08/07/2025
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 14
🔑 Star Man: Nelson Ishiwatari
Typically taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Nelson Ishiwatari was born in Japan. Having made his senior debut playing for Cerezo Osaka in the 2022 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has accumulated 3 league goals in the J2 League 2025 season so far in 17 appearances.