Oita Trinita host visiting side Roasso Kumamoto at Crasus Dome Oita in this J2 League fixture on Saturday.
All Oita Trinita v Roasso Kumamoto match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Oita Trinita
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Oita Trinita will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-0 J2 League success against Sagan Tosu.
The only name on the scoresheet from Oita Trinita was Naoki Nomura (13').
Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that not much more can be done by the Oita Trinita defence. Oita Trinita have kept it tight, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their last six matches standing at 4. While that may be of interest, time will tell whether that trend shall be replicated in this next game or not.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Oita Trinita:
- are unbeaten in the league by Roasso Kumamoto in their last 5 games.
- are unbeaten in their last 9 league matches at home. A very good run at home.
Roasso Kumamoto
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Last time out, Roasso Kumamoto drew 0-0 in the J2 League match with JEF United Chiba.
In 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Roasso Kumamoto, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game within that period comes to a mere 1.67, with the average goals for Roasso K being 1.
Their previous form shows that Roasso Kumamoto:
- haven't beaten Oita Trinita when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
- are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head to head results stretching back to 25/06/2022 tells us that these encounters have not been good ones for Roasso Kumamoto. They have not managed to get any victories at all while Oita Trinita have maintained the edge over them, finishing as winners in 67% of those matches.
A combined sum of 19 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 from Oita and 7 created by Roasso K. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.
The last league meeting between the two was J2 League match day 26 on 11/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Oita Trinita 2-1 Roasso Kumamoto.
The referee was Yusuke Ohashi.
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Team News: Oita Trinita
Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Oita Trinita manager Tomohiro Katanosaka to be concerned with due to a largely intact squad. Kohei Isa (Cartilage damage) won’t play.
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Team News: Roasso Kumamoto
Roasso Kumamoto manager Takeshi Oki has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ayumu Toyoda (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) and Hiromu Musha (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be making appearances.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Roasso Kumamoto must be fancied to break down this Oita Trinita team, but that might not quite be enough to avoid a loss.
We’re expecting a 2-1 winning margin for Oita Trinita after 90 minutes.
Lucas Pereira,
09:08 29/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Oita Trinita
Formed: 1994
Stadium: Crasus Dome Oita (31,997)
Captain: Hiroshi Kiyotake
Chairman: Masakaze Ozawa
Manager: Tomohiro Katanosaka
Competitions: J2 League position 9
🔑 Star Player: Kotara Arima
Mostly deployed in the Striker position, Kotara Arima was born in Ibaraki, Japan. Having played his first senior match for Iwaki in the 2023 season, the accomplished Forward has scored a sum of 2 league goals in the J2 League 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 11 appearances.