📏 Form Guide

V-Varen Nagasaki

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V-Varen Nagasaki fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 1-2 J2 League triumph vs Oita Trinita.

For V-Varen Nagasaki, the scorers were Asahi Masuyama (21') and Matheus Jesus (59'). Manato Yoshida (3') scored for Oita Trinita.

V-Varen Nagasaki have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, but they’ve also found ways to score goals themselves. Over their last 6 matches, V-Varen Nagasaki have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those games.

Their previous form shows that V-Varen Nagasaki:

• are unbeaten in the league by JEF United Chiba in their last 3 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 4 matches in the league. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

JEF United Chiba

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In their previous fixture, JEF United Chiba drew 0-0 in the J2 League tie with Vegalta Sendai.

A sequence of hard-working showings from the JEF United Chiba defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 fixtures combined. In that time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 6. We will have to find out if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Coming into this fixture, JEF United Chiba are undefeated in their last 4 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes dating back to 25/05/2022 shows us that V-Varen Nagasaki have won 4 of them and JEF United Chiba 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

A sum of 12 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 of them for VVN and 5 belonging to JEF Utd. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was J2 League match day 37 on 03/11/2024 when the final score was JEF United Chiba 1-2 V-Varen Nagasaki.

The match was refereed by Keigo Sendachi.

ℹ️ Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the V-Varen Nagasaki manager Takahiro Shimotaira to contend with from an otherwise complete group. Emerson Deocleciano (Leg injury) won’t play.

ℹ️ Team News: JEF United Chiba

Due to a mostly healthy squad, there is only a single fitness issue for the JEF United Chiba gaffer Yoshiyuki Kobayashi to contend with. Tomoya Wakahara (Meniscus injury) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, JEF United Chiba should have enough to put one past this V-Varen Nagasaki side, although that realistically won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for V-Varen Nagasaki by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Looking forward to this.

Andre Moura, 04:03 25/05/2025