The J2 League tie at NDsoft Stadium Yamagata on Saturday sees home side Montedio Yamagata welcome V-Varen Nagasaki.
Our Montedio Yamagata v V-Varen Nagasaki tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Montedio Yamagata
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Montedio Yamagata are hoping to win again after their last result, a 2-3 J2 League triumph vs AFC Blaublitz Akita.
For Montedio Yamagata, the goals were scored by Koki Sakamoto (9'), Keisuke Nishimura (81') and Akira Silvano Disaro (86'). Daiki Sato (5') and Ren Komatsu (66') scored for AFC Blaublitz Akita.
It’s been seldom in recent games that Montedio Yamagata have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Montedio Yamagata have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 14 goals along the way.
Pre-game facts show that Montedio Yamagata:
- haven't been beaten in the league by V-Varen Nagasaki in their previous 2 games.
- are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.
V-Varen Nagasaki
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V-Varen Nagasaki head into the game following on from a 1-3 J2 League win in the defeat of Roasso Kumamoto in their previous game.
For V-Varen Nagasaki, the goalscorers were Takashi Sawada (13'), Delgado (30') and Guilherme (93'). Chihiro Konagaya (92') was the scorer for Roasso Kumamoto.
The stats don’t lie, and V-Varen Nagasaki have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in all. In defence, V-Varen Nagasaki certainly have room for improvement. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.
Going into this one, V-Varen Nagasaki haven't beaten Montedio Yamagata in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 06/07/2022, neither club has come out on top overall with Montedio Yamagata winning 2 of those games, V-Varen Nagasaki 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per match.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was J2 League match day 15 on 11/05/2025 when it ended V-Varen Nagasaki 1-1 Montedio Yamagata.
The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya.
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Team News: Montedio Yamagata
Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Montedio Yamagata gaffer Susumu Watanabe to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Yuta Kumamoto (Knee medial ligament tear) won’t play.
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Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki
V-Varen Nagasaki manager Takahiro Shimotaira has some current player fitness concerns. Riku Yamada (Meniscus injury) and Shunsuke Aoki (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Montedio Yamagata will need to put in a solid display to see themselves scoring against this V-Varen Nagasaki lineup who should manage to score & go ahead.
We therefore see a 0-1 victory for V-Varen Nagasaki at the end of the 90 minutes.
We’ll see what happens.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the 90 minute result market, staking on Montedio Yamagata is available for 3.3, backing the draw is 3.7 & betting on victory for V-Varen Nagasaki comes in at 2.05. They’re the most competitive bets that can be secured at the current time.
Peter Guest,
10:07 24/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Montedio Yamagata
Formed: 1984
Stadium: NDsoft Stadium Yamagata (20,638)
Captain: Shuto Minami
Chairman: Kentaro Aita
Manager: Susumu Watanabe
Competitions: J2 League position 15
🔑 Star Player: Shintaro Kokubu
Mostly taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Shintaro Kokubu was born in Okayama, Japan. Having played his first senior match for Oita Trinita in the 2017 season, the skilful Midfielder has bagged 4 league goals in this J2 League 2025 season to date in a total of 19 appearances.