Oita Trinita face off with visiting side Ventforet Kofu at Crasus Dome Oita in this J2 League match on Saturday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Oita Trinita v Ventforet Kofu can be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
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Oita Trinita
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Oita Trinita will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-2 J2 League losing effort in their last game against V-Varen Nagasaki.
The only player to score from Oita Trinita was Manato Yoshida (3'). Asahi Masuyama (21') and Matheus Jesus (59') scored for V-Varen Nagasaki.
Tomohiro Katanosaka's Oita Trinita have celebrated scoring a sum total of 7 times over their prior 6 outings. The tally of goals that they have conceded in those same games amounts to 6.
Coming into this clash, Oita Trinita haven't been beaten in the league by Ventforet Kofu in their last 2 matches.
Ventforet Kofu
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Ventforet Kofu will go into the match after a 0-4 J2 League win versus Montedio Yamagata in their previous outing.
For Ventforet Kofu, the scorers were Yudai Tanaka (59'), Taiga Son (63'), Koki Oshima (70') and Eduardo Mancha (95').
A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Ventforet Kofu has been apparent of late. Examining their last 6 meetings reveals that it has occurred 5 times. During these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 4 and Ventforet Kofu have scored 7.
Pre-game facts show that Ventforet Kofu:
- have not emerged victorious against Oita Trinita in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
- are undefeated in their previous 6 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
A look at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 27/02/2022 tells us that Oita Trinita have won 3 of them and Ventforet Kofu 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.
A total of 16 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 9 of them for Oita and 7 being from Kofu. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The last league encounter between these sides was J2 League match day 22 on 29/06/2024 when it ended Oita Trinita 0-0 Ventforet Kofu.
The referee was Tetsuro Yoshida.
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Team News: Oita Trinita
The Oita Trinita manager Tomohiro Katanosaka has a full complement, with no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game thanks to a fully injury-free squad ready to go.
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Team News: Ventforet Kofu
Owing to a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Ventforet Kofu manager Shinji Otsuka does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game.
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Prediction
We feel that in this game, Ventforet Kofu are capable enough to put a goal past this Oita Trinita outfit, however it possibly won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Oita Trinita when the full-time whistle blows. Should be a good one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Looking at the bookies’ prices on the 90 minute result market, the win for Oita Trinita can be had for 2.25, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3 and staking on a win for Ventforet Kofu will get you 3.4. Those are the best of the returns being offered at the current time.
Victor Martins,
04:04 31/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Oita Trinita
Formed: 1994
Stadium: Crasus Dome Oita (31,997)
Captain: Hiroshi Kiyotake
Chairman: Masakaze Ozawa
Manager: Tomohiro Katanosaka
Competitions: J2 League position 11
🔑 Star Player: Naoki Nomura
Mostly taking to the field in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Naoki Nomura was born in Japan. After having played his first senior match for Yokohama FC in the 2014 season, the dangerous Midfielder has netted 2 league goals in this J2 League 2025 campaign so far in a total of 15 appearances.