The J2 League game at NACK5 Stadium Omiya on Saturday sees hosts Ōmiya Ardija up against Vegalta Sendai.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Ōmiya Ardija v Vegalta Sendai can be found here - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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Ōmiya Ardija
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Ōmiya Ardija go into this match following on from a 1-1 J2 League draw versus JEF United Chiba.
The only scorer from Ōmiya Ardija was Yuta Toyokawa (5'). Daichi Ishikawa (23') and Koji Toriumi (53' Own goal) scored for JEF United Chiba.
In their last six fixtures, Tetsu Nagasawa's Ōmiya Ardija have celebrated scoring a total of 6 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.
Leading up to this clash, Ōmiya Ardija:
- haven't won against Vegalta Sendai in their last 2 league games.
- are unbeaten in their previous 7 league matches at home.
Vegalta Sendai
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Vegalta Sendai will go into this game following on from a 2-1 J2 League win in the defeat of Fujieda MYFC in their previous game.
The only name on the scoresheet from Vegalta Sendai was Shunta Araki (49'). Kazaki Nakagawa (69') was the scorer for Fujieda MYFC.
A sequence of reliable performances by the Vegalta Sendai defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 outings overall. In that time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 9. Historical results aside, we must now wait to see whether that trend might continue on in this upcoming game.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Vegalta Sendai:
- have not been beaten by Ōmiya Ardija in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their previous 4 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
Looking over their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 14/05/2017 shows us that Ōmiya Ardija have won 2 of these games and Vegalta Sendai 3, with the number of drawn matches being 1.
20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from Omiya and 12 created by Vegalta. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.
The previous league encounter between the two was J2 League match day 31 on 19/08/2023 when the final score was Vegalta Sendai 1-0 Ōmiya Ardija.
The referee was Toru Kakinuma.
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Team News: Vegalta Sendai
Due to a mostly healthy group, there is only the lone fitness worry for the Vegalta Sendai boss Yoshiro Moriyama to be concerned with. Keito Arita (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Vegalta Sendai have the ability to score against this Ōmiya Ardija team, although it is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.
Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Ōmiya Ardija at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
Andre Moura,
10:05 06/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Ōmiya Ardija
Formed: 1969
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya (15,491)
Captain: Takimitsu Tomiyama
Chairman: Hiromi Hara
Manager: Tetsu Nagasawa
Competitions: J2 League position 3
🔑 Star Player: Kenyu Sugimoto
Regularly deployed in the Striker position, Kenyu Sugimoto was born in Japan. After having made a senior debut playing for Cerezo Osaka in the 2011 season, the gifted Forward has managed to score 2 league goals in the J2 League 2025 season so far coming from a total of 12 appearances.