JEF United Chiba come up against guests Renofa Yamaguchi at Fukuda Denshi Arena in this J2 League fixture on Saturday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for JEF United Chiba v Renofa Yamaguchi can be found here (inc. the best betting odds).
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JEF United Chiba
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JEF United Chiba will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-0 J2 League loss in their previous game against V-Varen Nagasaki.
Ryogo Yamasaki (78') scored for V-Varen Nagasaki.
JEF United Chiba have found it difficult to unlock defences of late. Their goals record stands at just 3 against opposition teams over the course of their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, JEF United Chiba have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 4. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might be sustained in this next game.
Their previous form shows that JEF United Chiba:
- haven't lost in the league to Renofa Yamaguchi in their last 9 matches. A long run without a loss.
- haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.
Renofa Yamaguchi
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In their last fixture, Renofa Yamaguchi drew 0-0 in the J2 League match with Fujieda MYFC.
The strike force from Renofa Yamaguchi have failed to get amongst the goals over their previous six games, contributing the disappointing return of only 3. In those matches, Renofa have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 9.
Analysis of their past results shows that Renofa Yamaguchi:
- have left without a victory over JEF United Chiba in away games against them for the last 4 matches in the league. Not good at all.
- are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking at past results between these clubs stretching back to 27/04/2022 tells us that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Renofa Yamaguchi. They’ve not managed to register any wins whatsoever while JEF United Chiba have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 83 per cent of those ties.
20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 16 from JEF Utd and 4 for Renofa. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.
The last league clash between these sides was J2 League match day 32 on 21/09/2024 when it ended JEF United Chiba 4-1 Renofa Yamaguchi.
The referee was Atsushi Kamimura.
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Team News: JEF United Chiba
There aren’t many selection issues, with just a single fitness concern for the JEF United Chiba boss Yoshiyuki Kobayashi to contend with from an otherwise complete group of players. Tomoya Wakahara (Meniscus injury) is sidelined.
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Prediction
We envisage that JEF United Chiba will most probably convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
In contrast, Renofa Yamaguchi may well struggle to make a breakthrough but do we see them scoring as well.
We’re predicting a comfortable 3-1 margin for JEF United Chiba when all’s said and done.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Checking the betting prices for this game in the win-draw-win market, a win for JEF United Chiba is available for 1.83, betting on a draw is 3.5 & staking on victory for Renofa Yamaguchi gets 4.1. These are the top market prices on offer as of now.
Victor Martins,
13:04 28/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
JEF United Chiba
Formed: 1946
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena (19,470)
Captain: Daisuke Suzuki
Chairman: Ryo Shimada
Manager: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
Competitions: J2 League position 1
⭐ Star Player: Daichi Ishikawa
Customarily played in the Striker position, Daichi Ishikawa was born in Ibaraki, Japan. Having played his first senior match for Roasso Kumamoto in the 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has accumulated 6 league goals in the J2 League 2025 season so far from a total of 16 appearances.