Giravanz Kitakyushu vs Tokushima Vortis Prediction & Betting Tips

The J2 League clash at Honjō Stadium on Wednesday will see home team Giravanz Kitakyushu playing against opponents Tokushima Vortis.

Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Giravanz Kitakyushu v Tokushima Vortis game (plus the best game odds).

📊 Form Guide

Giravanz Kitakyushu LWWDLW

Giravanz Kitakyushu will be looking for another win after a 2-0 J2 League success vs Renofa Yamaguchi.

The only scorer from Giravanz Kitakyushu was Daigo Takahashi (28').

Their latest results highlight the fact that things are going according to plan in the Giravanz Kitakyushu defence. Giravanz have kept it tight, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous six clashes standing at 4. We will find out whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Analysis of their past results shows that Giravanz Kitakyushu:

• have not won against Tokushima Vortis in their last 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.

Tokushima Vortis LDWWLW

Tokushima Vortis will go into the encounter following a 0-2 J2 League win to beat Júbilo Iwata in their last outing.

For Tokushima Vortis, the scorers were Koki Kiyotake (7') and Ken Iwao (22').

Proving their involvement in productive encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the previous six games in which Tokushima Vortis have played, yielding an average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposition teams have got 7 of those goals.

Ahead of this meeting, Tokushima Vortis are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 17/03/2013, there has been little to separate the clubs with Giravanz Kitakyushu winning 3 of those games, Tokushima Vortis 3 and 0 being drawn in regulation time.

10 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 5 from Giravanz and 5 coming from Tokushima. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was J2 League match day 31 on 11/09/2016 when it ended Giravanz Kitakyushu 0-1 Tokushima Vortis.

The referee was Akihiko Ikeuchi.

📰 Team News: Giravanz Kitakyushu

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the Giravanz Kitakyushu boss Koichi Hashiratani to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Masahiro Teraoka (Knee Surgery) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: Tokushima Vortis

Due to a fully healthy squad available to select from, Tokushima Vortis boss Ricardo Rodríguez does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this match.

💭 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Giravanz Kitakyushu may find it difficult to be putting a goal past this Tokushima Vortis lineup who we think might just have the edge.

That’s why we have predicted a very even contest with a 0-1 winning score for Tokushima Vortis at the end of the match.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Lucas Pereira, 23:06 24/07/2020