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Vegalta Sendai vs Montedio Yamagata Live Stream, Predictions
Montedio Yamagata journey to Yurtec Stadium Sendai on Saturday for the J2 League game with home side Vegalta Sendai.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Vegalta Sendai v Montedio Yamagata are shown on this page - as well as up-to-date odds.
📊 Form Guide
Vegalta Sendai
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Vegalta Sendai will be hoping for a better result following a 2-3 J2 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Yokohama FC.
For Vegalta Sendai, the scorers were Masato Nakayama (62') and Foguinho (89'). Saulo Mineiro (5'), Koki Ogawa (74') and Takuya Matsuura (78') scored for Yokohama FC.
Fixtures featuring Vegalta Sendai have proved to be absorbing encounters lately with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, the sum total of 20 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 10 of them coming from Vegalta Sendai.
Going into this one, Vegalta Sendai are unbeaten in the league by Montedio Yamagata in their previous 6 games.
Montedio Yamagata
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Since a losing effort in their last game against Ventforet Kofu in J2 League action, Montedio Yamagata will be hoping to turn things around here.
Motoki Hasegawa (50') was the scorer for Ventforet Kofu.
A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games involving Montedio Yamagata has been apparent recently. Examining their last 6 outings shows that this has happened 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 8 and Montedio Yamagata have scored 8. Such a pattern might not be carried forward here, however.
Leading up to this clash, Montedio Yamagata:
- have left without a victory over Vegalta Sendai when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 4 matches in the league.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 19/09/2010 reveals that these encounters have not been happy ones for Montedio Yamagata. They’ve not managed to get any wins whatsoever whereas Vegalta Sendai have remained in the ascendancy, getting wins in 83 per cent of those match-ups.
A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between them in these games, with 11 of them from Vegalta and 4 belonging to Yamagata. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.
The last league match between these sides was J2 League match day 5 on 20/03/2022 when it ended Montedio Yamagata 2-3 Vegalta Sendai.
The match was refereed by Koki Nagamine.
📰 Team News: Vegalta Sendai
Felippe Cardoso (Torn Ankle Ligament), Yong-gi Ryang (Biceps femoris muscle injury) and Yoshiki Matsushita (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are not available for Vegalta Sendai gaffer Masato Harasaki.
📰 Team News: Montedio Yamagata
Montedio Yamagata boss Peter Cklamovski has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Kenya Okazaki (Cruciate Ligament Injury) and Yoshiki Fujimoto (Cruciate Ligament Injury) will not be playing here.
🧠 Prediction
Our feeling is that Montedio Yamagata certainly have the ability to break down this Vegalta Sendai outfit, but it possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We can see a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Vegalta Sendai when all is said and done. Definitely a tough call.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 23:18 20/06/2022

⚽️ Team Focus:
Vegalta Sendai
Formed: 1988
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai (19,526)
Captain: Yong-Gi Ryang
Chairman: Tomohiro Sasaki
Manager: Masato Harasaki
Competitions: J2 League position 3
⭐ Star Player: Ryoma Kida
Mostly taking up the Left Attacking Midfielder position, Ryoma Kida was born in Chiba, Japan. After making a first senior appearance for Vegalta Sendai in the 2021 season, the accomplished Midfielder has bagged 5 league goals in this J2 League 2022 campaign to date coming from a total of 18 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 45 | WWDWW |
2 |
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22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 43 | WWDDW |
3 |
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22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 40 | DWLDL |
4 |
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21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 35 | DDWWW |
5 |
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22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 34 | LDWWW |
6 |
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22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 33 | LWLDW |
7 |
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21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | LWLDL |
8 |
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22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 31 | WWWDD |
9 |
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22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | -2 | 31 | WDDDD |
10 |
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22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 30 | DDLDW |
11 |
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22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | LDDDW |
12 |
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22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | DWWLD |
13 |
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22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 29 | LLWWD |
14 |
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22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 28 | WWLDL |
15 |
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22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 26 | DLDLL |
16 |
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22 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 25 | DDDDL |
17 |
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22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 24 | LLWLL |
18 |
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22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 23 | LLLDL |
19 |
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22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | -8 | 23 | WLLDD |
20 |
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22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -12 | 22 | WDLWD |
21 |
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22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -20 | 22 | LWDDW |
22 |
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22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -18 | 15 | LDLLL |
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Yokohama FC |
Tokushima Vortis |
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JEF United Chiba |
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Vegalta Sendai |
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Tochigi S.C. |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Iwate Grulla Morioka |
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Mito Hollyhock |
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FC Ryukyu |
Albirex Niigata |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Yokohama FC |
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Tochigi S.C. |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Zweigen Kanazawa |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Blaublitz Akita |
Vegalta Sendai |
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FC Ryukyu |
Iwate Grulla Morioka |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Albirex Niigata |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Zweigen Kanazawa |
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Tochigi S.C. |
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Tokushima Vortis |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 45 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Masato Nakayama | 6 |
Cayman Togashi | 6 |
Ryoma Kida | 5 |
Yasushi Endo | 4 |
Foguinho | 4 |
Yoshiki Fujimoto | 7 |
Dellatorre | 5 |
Taiki Kato | 4 |
Tiago Alves | 4 |
Kota Yamada | 3 |
Machida Zelvia |
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Ventforet Kofu |
FC Ryukyu |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Iwate Grulla Morioka |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Zweigen Kanazawa |
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Vegalta Sendai |
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Ōmiya Ardija |
Thespa Kusatsu |
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JEF United Chiba |
Montedio Yamagata |
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Tochigi S.C. |
V-Varen Nagasaki |
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Roasso Kumamoto |
Blaublitz Akita |
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Thespa Kusatsu |
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Machida Zelvia |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Zweigen Kanazawa |
FC Ryukyu |
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Ōmiya Ardija |
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