Renofa Yamaguchi vs JEF United Chiba Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Renofa Yamaguchi

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Renofa Yamaguchi, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 J2 League triumph versus Machida Zelvia.

For Renofa Yamaguchi, goals were scored by Kazuma Takai (47') and Ren Komatsu (63').

An interesting feature of more recent Renofa Yamaguchi games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

Taking their prior sextet of clashes before this one, in 5 of them a wager on BTTS would've lost.

JEF United Chiba

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Albirex Niigata in J2 League competition, JEF United Chiba and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring JEF United Chiba has become fairly consistent of late. Examining their last six games shows that this has happened 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 5 while JEF Utd have scored 3. We will find out whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 02/06/2018 shows that Renofa Yamaguchi have won 3 of these & JEF United Chiba 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 26 overall at an average of 4.33 goals per match.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was J2 League match day 36 on 25/11/2020 when it finished Renofa Yamaguchi 1-2 JEF United Chiba.

The match was refereed by Ryo Tanimoto.

📋 Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi

Kaito Oki (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Genki Yamada (Fatigue fracture) and Yuki Kusano (Biceps femoris muscle injury) will not be able to play for Yamaguchi gaffer Susumu Watanabe.

🗞️ Team News: JEF United Chiba

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection, JEF United Chiba boss Jong-Hwan Yoon has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that JEF United Chiba and Renofa Yamaguchi should play out a closely-fought contest here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a 1-1 draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Victor Martins, 23:09 02/05/2021