Vegalta Sendai vs Montedio Yamagata Live Stream, Predictions

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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