The J2 League game at Peace Stadium Connected by Softbank on Sunday will see home side V-Varen Nagasaki playing Montedio Yamagata.
All V-Varen Nagasaki v Montedio Yamagata match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
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V-Varen Nagasaki
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V-Varen Nagasaki will be looking for another win after a 1-2 J2 League success against Kataller Toyama.
For V-Varen Nagasaki, goals were scored by Juanma Delgado (46') and Matheus Jesus (55'). Hayate Take (35') scored for Kataller Toyama.
Fixtures involving V-Varen Nagasaki have proved to be engaging encounters of late with high scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past six games, a grand total of 20 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 9 of these being chalked up by V-Varen Nagasaki. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.
Coming into this meeting, V-Varen Nagasaki have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.
Montedio Yamagata
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Montedio Yamagata come into this encounter following a 3-0 J2 League win vs Oita Trinita in their last outing.
For Montedio Yamagata, the goalscorers were Yoshiki Fujimoto (25'), Shintaro Kokubu (69') and Junya Takahashi (94').
Throughout their 6 latest matches, Susumu Watanabe's Montedio Yamagata have had reason to celebrate scoring 7 times - earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.
Pre-game facts show that Montedio Yamagata:
- have not won against V-Varen Nagasaki when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. Not good at all.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.
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Head to head
A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 01/05/2022 shows that V-Varen Nagasaki have won 2 of these and Montedio Yamagata 3, with the number of draws being 1.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 in all which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.
The last league fixture between the two was J2 League match day 27 on 17/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Montedio Yamagata 4-2 V-Varen Nagasaki.
The referee was Takuto Okabe.
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Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki
There aren’t many selection issues, with just the lone fitness concern for the V-Varen Nagasaki manager Takahiro Shimotaira to contend with due to a largely intact group of players. Emerson Deocleciano (Leg injury) will miss out.
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Prediction
In this game, V-Varen Nagasaki will most probably be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
Conversely, Montedio Yamagata are also probably going to find it difficult getting goals although we do see them being dangerous at times.
We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for V-Varen Nagasaki by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the win-draw-win market, backing V-Varen Nagasaki is available for 1.85, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.9 and betting on victory for Montedio Yamagata gets you 3.5. They’re the most competitive bets available as of now.
Victor Martins,
23:29 07/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
V-Varen Nagasaki
Formed: 2005
Stadium: Peace Stadium Connected by Softbank (20,027)
Captain: Hotaru Yamaguchi
Chairman: Takenori Tagawa
Manager: Takahiro Shimotaira
Competitions: J2 League position 10
🔑 Key Player: Matheus Jesus
Customarily playing in the Centre Midfield position, Matheus Jesus was born in Salvador, Brazil. Having made a first senior appearance for Ponte Preta in the 2016 season, the skilful Midfielder has managed to score 8 league goals in the J2 League 2025 campaign so far in 14 appearances.