Ventforet Kofu vs FC Ryukyu Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Ventforet Kofu

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Ventforet Kofu head into this match following a 1-1 J2 League draw against Thespa Kusatsu.

The only scorer from Ventforet Kofu was Kazushi Mitsuhira (83'). Shu Hiramatsu (15') was the scorer for Thespa Kusatsu.

It’s not been often in recent games that Ventforet Kofu have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Ventforet Kofu have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 9 goals along the way. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

FC Ryukyu

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FC Ryukyu will go into this meeting after a 2-0 J2 League win with the downing of Roasso Kumamoto in their last outing.

For FC Ryukyu, goals were scored by Takuma Abe (36') and Sadam Sulley (48').

Over the course of 5 of the past six clashes involving FC Ryukyu, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell comes to a mere 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Ryukyu standing at 1.

Ahead of this clash, FC Ryukyu are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 24/11/2019 shows that Ventforet Kofu have won 4 of them & FC Ryukyu 1, with the number of draws being 1.

10 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 of them from Kofu and 3 belonging to Ryukyu. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The previous league match between the two was J2 League match day 17 on 21/05/2022 when it finished FC Ryukyu 1-1 Ventforet Kofu.

The referee was Shu Kawamata.

🗞️ Team News: Ventforet Kofu

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Ventforet Kofu manager Tatsuma Yoshida to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed squad. Koya Hayashida (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will miss out.

📰 Team News: FC Ryukyu

FC Ryukyu boss Tetsuhiro Kina has to choose a team with limited availability. Yuki Kusano (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury), Koki Kiyotake (Cheekbone Fracture), Keigo Numata (Sprained Ankle) and Kosuke Inose (Shoulder Injury) are those who can’t be considered.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that FC Ryukyu have enough to get a goal against this Ventforet Kofu lineup, but that possibly won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re expecting a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Ventforet Kofu at the end of the match. Let’s see what happens here.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 02:37 02/08/2022