Ventforet Kofu will arrive at Yurtec Stadium Sendai on Sunday for the J2 League tie with home side Vegalta Sendai.
View all Vegalta Sendai v Ventforet Kofu tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Vegalta Sendai
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Vegalta Sendai, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-4 J2 League triumph vs Montedio Yamagata.
For Vegalta Sendai, the goals were scored by Eron (9'), Yuta Goke (18'), Akihiro Hayashi (22' Own goal), Ryota Takada (81') and Hidetoshi Takeda (92'). Koki Sakamoto (12') and Akira Silvano Disaro (76') scored for Montedio Yamagata.
It’s been seldom in recent times where Vegalta Sendai haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Vegalta Sendai have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 9 goals on the way. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this game, though.
Their past results show that Vegalta Sendai:
- have not lost a league tie with Ventforet Kofu in their previous 7 matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.
Ventforet Kofu
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In the game prior to this, Ventforet Kofu drew 1-1 in the J2 League match with Roasso Kumamoto.
The only scorer from Ventforet Kofu was Yoshiki Torikai (3'). Keita Kumashiro (71') was the scorer for Roasso Kumamoto.
A series of resolute showings by the Ventforet Kofu defensive players has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their previous 6 outings overall. Over that same period, their own attack force has managed to score 8.
Their previous form shows that Ventforet Kofu:
- have not registered a win against Vegalta Sendai when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- haven't been defeated by Vegalta Sendai in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 06/07/2022 shows us that Vegalta Sendai have won 3 of these and Ventforet Kofu 0, with the tally of draws being 3.
In all, 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 from Vegalta and 4 coming from Kofu. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.
The previous league encounter featuring these sides was J2 League match day 12 on 29/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Ventforet Kofu 1-2 Vegalta Sendai.
The referee was Genki Tawara.
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Prediction
Ventforet Kofu could find themselves up against it to breach the defence of this Vegalta Sendai side who we reckon will do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a narrow 1-0 winning score for Vegalta Sendai after 90 minutes.
Let’s see how this one goes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking the betting prices for this game in the WDW market, putting your money on Vegalta Sendai is best priced at 2, going for the draw is 3.1 and betting on victory for Ventforet Kofu comes in at 3.9. These are the best returns that can be secured at this very moment.
Lucas Pereira,
12:01 18/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Vegalta Sendai
Formed: 1988
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai (19,526)
Captain: Yuta Goke
Chairman: Tomohiro Sasaki
Manager: Yoshiro Moriyama
Competitions: J2 League position 4
⭐ Key Man: Ko Miyazaki
Regularly playing in the Striker position, Ko Miyazaki was born in Japan. Having made his senior debut playing for Tochigi S.C. in the 2022 season, the talented Forward has netted 3 league goals in the J2 League 2025 season so far from a total of 17 appearances.