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Iwaki come up against visiting club JEF United Chiba at Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki in the J2 League meeting on Friday.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Iwaki v JEF United Chiba are shown below (plus the best game odds).
📊 Form Guide
Iwaki
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Iwaki, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 0-1 J2 League victory over Tochigi S.C.
The only scorer from Iwaki was Kaina Tanimura (28').
Yuzo Tamura's Iwaki have found the net a sum total of 10 times in their past six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures is 7.
JEF United Chiba
LWWDLW
JEF United Chiba head into the meeting following on from a 0-2 J2 League win vs Vegalta Sendai in their last fixture.
For JEF United Chiba, the goalscorers were Taishi Taguchi (35') and Dudú (79').
A sequence of hard-working showings from the JEF United Chiba defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 fixtures combined. In that period, their own forwards have managed to score 13. That being said, time will tell if that trend shall be sustained here in this match.
Going into this contest, JEF United Chiba are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.
👥 Head to head
The previous league match between these clubs was J2 League match day 40 on 29/10/2023 which ended up with the score at JEF United Chiba 1-0 Iwaki.
The referee was Reo Tanaka.
🗞️ Team News: Iwaki
Reo Sugiyama (concussion) and Shuhei Hayami (Herniated disc) are unavailable for Iwaki gaffer Yuzo Tamura.
📋 Team News: JEF United Chiba
Thanks to a mainly available group, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the JEF United Chiba manager Yoshiyuki Kobayashi to be concerned with. Soshiro Tanida (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing here.
🧠 Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Iwaki will have to perform well to break down this JEF United Chiba outfit who we think will do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
We’re going for a very even contest with a 0-1 winning score for JEF United Chiba at full-time.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 06:03 03/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Iwaki
Formed: 2015
Stadium: Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki (5,048)
Captain: Kengo Tanaka
Chairman: Satoshi Okura
Manager: Yuzo Tamura
Competitions: J2 League position 10
⭐ Key Player: Kaina Tanimura
Usually deployed in the Striker position, Kaina Tanimura was born in Japan. Having played his first senior match for Iwaki in the 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has netted 5 league goals in the J2 League 2024 season to date in a total of 11 appearances.
JEF United Chiba |
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Iwaki |
Iwaki |
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JEF United Chiba |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 31 | DWWWW |
2 |
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13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 30 | WWWWW |
3 |
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13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 25 | LDDWL |
4 |
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13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 24 | WDWLW |
5 |
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12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | WDLWW |
6 |
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13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | LDWLW |
7 |
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13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | WLDWL |
8 |
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13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | DDLWD |
9 |
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13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | LDWLL |
10 |
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13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | DWDWL |
11 |
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12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | WWDLW |
12 |
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13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | WLDLW |
13 |
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13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 16 | LWLWL |
14 |
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13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 15 | WLDLL |
15 |
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13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 12 | LLDWL |
16 |
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13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 | LLWWD |
17 |
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13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -12 | 12 | LDLLW |
18 |
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13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -17 | 12 | LDDLL |
19 |
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13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 11 | DDDWL |
20 |
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13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -14 | 7 | LDLLL |
Thespa Kusatsu |
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Iwaki |
Iwaki |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Ehime FC |
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Iwaki |
Iwaki |
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JEF United Chiba |
Tochigi S.C. |
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Iwaki |
Oita Trinita |
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Iwaki |
JEF United Chiba |
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Ehime FC |
Ventforet Kofu |
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JEF United Chiba |
JEF United Chiba |
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Yokohama FC |
Iwaki |
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JEF United Chiba |
Vegalta Sendai |
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JEF United Chiba |
JEF United Chiba |
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AFC Blaublitz Akita |
Iwaki |
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Shimizu S-Pulse |
Iwaki |
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Fujieda MYFC |
Iwaki |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Iwaki |
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Kagoshima United |
Iwaki |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Iwaki |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Vegalta Sendai |
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JEF United Chiba |
Tokushima Vortis |
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JEF United Chiba |
Roasso Kumamoto |
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JEF United Chiba |
Mito Hollyhock |
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JEF United Chiba |
Kagoshima United |
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JEF United Chiba |
Thespa Kusatsu |
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JEF United Chiba |
Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 45 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 0.8 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 21 |
Time first goal conceded | 51 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Kaina Tanimura | 7 |
Hayato Teruyama | 4 |
Yoshihito Kondo | 3 |
Daiki Yamaguchi | 3 |
Kotara Arima | 2 |
Hiiro Komori | 8 |
Dudú | 6 |
Taishi Taguchi | 4 |
Naoki Tsubaki | 4 |
Daisuke Suzuki | 3 |
Thespa Kusatsu |
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Iwaki |
Iwaki |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Iwaki |
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Vegalta Sendai |
V-Varen Nagasaki |
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Iwaki |
Iwaki |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Iwaki |
Iwaki |
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Yokohama FC |
Iwaki |
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Oita Trinita |
Montedio Yamagata |
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Iwaki |
Iwaki |
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AFC Blaublitz Akita |
V-Varen Nagasaki |
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JEF United Chiba |
JEF United Chiba |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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JEF United Chiba |
JEF United Chiba |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Tochigi S.C. |
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JEF United Chiba |
JEF United Chiba |
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Kagoshima United |
Shimizu S-Pulse |
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JEF United Chiba |
JEF United Chiba |
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Roasso Kumamoto |
Yokohama FC |
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JEF United Chiba |
Fagiano Okayama |
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JEF United Chiba |