JEF United Chiba vs Oita Trinita Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 20)

📏 Form Guide

JEF United Chiba

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JEF United Chiba will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-3 J2 League victory over Fujieda MYFC.

For JEF United Chiba, the scorers were Carlinhos Júnior (4', 16') and Daichi Ishikawa (26'). Chie Edoojon Kawakami (34') and Masahiko Sugita (40') scored for Fujieda MYFC.

Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where JEF United Chiba have played. Opposing sides scored 10 times in this period while JEF United Chiba managed a tally of 14. Even so, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend might be maintained in this next game.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that JEF United Chiba:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Oita Trinita in their last 3 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 4 home league matches.

Oita Trinita

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In their previous fixture, Oita Trinita drew 1-1 in the J2 League tie with Tokushima Vortis.

The only player to score from Oita Trinita was Shinya Utsumoto (66'). Lucas Barcelos (12') scored for Tokushima Vortis.

Oita Trinita have been a threat going forward in their most recent fixtures, scoring 8 times in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Oita Trinita have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same matches.

Their past results show that Oita Trinita:

• have not emerged victorious against JEF United Chiba when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated by JEF United Chiba when having played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. An impressive run.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 30/04/2022 shows that JEF United Chiba have won 1 of these games & Oita Trinita 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A combined total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from JEF Utd and 10 belonging to Oita. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was J2 League match day 29 on 01/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Oita Trinita 0-2 JEF United Chiba.

The match was refereed by Hiroki Kasahara.

ℹ️ Team News: JEF United Chiba

Looking at personnel, there is just a single fitness concern for the JEF United Chiba boss Yoshiyuki Kobayashi to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Tomoya Wakahara (Meniscus injury) won’t play.

🗞️ Team News: Oita Trinita

In an otherwise healthy group of players, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the Oita Trinita boss Tomohiro Katanosaka to be concerned with. Kohei Isa (Cartilage damage) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that JEF United Chiba can score at least once when they play Oita Trinita, who could well find it tough scoring.

We’re predicting a 2-0 margin for JEF United Chiba at the conclusion of the game.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the win-draw-win market, staking on JEF United Chiba can be had for 1.75, a wager on a drawn result is 3.9 & putting your money on a victory for Oita Trinita gets 4.1. They’re the best market prices available at present.

Andre Moura, 00:05 19/04/2025