Fagiano Okayama vs Ventforet Kofu Prediction & Betting Tips

Ventforet Kofu will arrive at City Light Stadium on Sunday for the J2 League meeting with home side Fagiano Okayama.

Our tips, poll and stats for Fagiano Okayama v Ventforet Kofu can all be found here - plus the latest match odds.

📊 Form Guide

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Fagiano Okayama will be hoping to bounce back here after the 0-1 J2 League loss in their previous game against Tokyo Verdy.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 6 of the last 6 fixtures where Fagiano Okayama have been involved. With regard to the goal distribution from this period, opposition teams scored a total of 5 and Okayama managed a tally of 2. Such a trend won’t necessarily be continued into this game, of course.

Coming into this fixture, Fagiano Okayama have not lost a league tie with Ventforet Kofu in their last 2 matches.

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Ventforet Kofu will go into this match following a 2-0 J2 League win over V-Varen Nagasaki in their last outing.

The only name on the scoresheet from Ventforet Kofu was Jin Izumisawa (62').

Throughout their six most recent matches, Akira Ito's Ventforet Kofu have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 10 times thus giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.67.

Coming into this meeting, Ventforet Kofu have not registered a win against Fagiano Okayama in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 24/06/2012, both clubs have shared the honours with Fagiano Okayama winning 2 of those games, Ventforet Kofu 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A total of 11 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from Okayama and 6 created by Kofu. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The last league game featuring these clubs was J2 League match day 24 on 27/07/2019 when the final score was Ventforet Kofu 1-2 Fagiano Okayama.

The referee was Shoichiro Mikami.

📋 Team News: Fagiano Okayama

Paulinho (Thigh Muscle Strain), Tomoya Fukumoto (Knee Surgery), Takuma Takeda (Torn lateral collateral ligament), Kohei Kiyama (Groin Injury), Yuma Hiroki (Ankle Surgery), Kyoya Yamada (Knee inflammation), Kyeong-tae Lee (Acromioclavicular Separation), Kosuke Masutani (Pubis bone irritation) and Kazuma Shiina (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be able to feature for Okayama gaffer Kenji Arima.

📋 Team News: Ventforet Kofu

Kofu boss Akira Ito has to choose a team with limited availability. Yuki Hashizume (Knee Surgery), Kohei Kawata (Muscle bruise) and Junior Barros (Torn Ankle Ligament) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Ventforet Kofu and Fagiano Okayama could find scoring goals difficult here.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive game with a 0-0 draw by the conclusion of this game.

Andre Moura, 23:14 08/09/2020