Ventforet Kofu will be taking on visiting club Renofa Yamaguchi at JIT Recycle Ink Stadium in this J2 League game on Saturday.
View all of the Ventforet Kofu v Renofa Yamaguchi predictions, poll and stats below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Ventforet Kofu
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Ventforet Kofu enter this game coming off the back of a 1-1 J2 League drawn match versus V-Varen Nagasaki.
The only name on the scoresheet from Ventforet Kofu was Adaílton (24'). Juanma Delgado (71') scored for V-Varen Nagasaki.
It has not been often in recent times that Ventforet Kofu have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Ventforet Kofu have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 6 goals along the way.
Heading into this fixture, Ventforet Kofu are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.
Renofa Yamaguchi
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In their previous fixture, Renofa Yamaguchi drew 1-1 in the J2 League tie with Ehime FC.
The only scorer from Renofa Yamaguchi was Dai Hirase (90'). Keon-woo Bak (39') scored for Ehime FC.
Looking at their form, and Renofa Yamaguchi have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals overall. Defensively, Renofa Yamaguchi have been far from perfect. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out whether that trend might persist here in this game.
Heading into this contest, Renofa Yamaguchi have not won against Ventforet Kofu in games played away from home for the previous 4 league matches. Not good at all.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 19/06/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Ventforet Kofu winning 2 of those games, Renofa Yamaguchi 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
An aggregate of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 11 of them from Kofu and 8 coming from Renofa. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.
The previous league game between these clubs was J2 League match day 32 on 26/08/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Renofa Yamaguchi 3-2 Ventforet Kofu.
The match was refereed by Koki Nagamine.
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Team News: Ventforet Kofu
There is just a single fitness concern for the Ventforet Kofu gaffer Yoshiyuki Shinoda to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Kohei Kawata (Hamstring injury) won’t play.
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Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi
Owing to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Renofa Yamaguchi manager Ryo Shigaki has zero fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.
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Prediction
In our view, Ventforet Kofu should convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
At the other end, Renofa Yamaguchi could well find it tough to score a goal of their own although we do see them being dangerous for periods.
We reckon that it will be a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Ventforet Kofu at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
11:33 28/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Ventforet Kofu
Formed: 1965
Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium (15,853)
Captain: Masahiro Sekiguchi
Chairman: Satoru Sakuma
Manager: Yoshiyuki Shinoda
Competitions: J2 League position 4
🔑 Star Man: Junma Miyazaki
Normally taking to the field in the Striker position, Junma Miyazaki was born in Tokyo, Japan. After having played his first senior match for Ventforet Kofu in the 2022 season, the skilful Forward has accumulated 2 league goals in the J2 League 2024 season so far from a total of 6 appearances.