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Predictions and Tips
Oita Trinita will face off against the visiting V-Varen Nagasaki at Crasus Dome Oita in the J2 League tie on Sunday.
Our Oita Trinita v V-Varen Nagasaki predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below including the latest game odds.
📏 Form Guide

Oita Trinita
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Oita Trinita enter this game after a 1-1 J2 League tied result against Kataller Toyama.
The only player to score from Oita Trinita was Kotara Arima (60'). Daichi Matsuoka (23') was the scorer for Kataller Toyama.
A common aspect of recent Oita Trinita games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.
Taking their prior sextet of matches before this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would've been a losing one. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, however.
Analysis of their past results shows that Oita Trinita:
- have not registered a win against V-Varen Nagasaki in their previous 4 league games.
- are unbeaten in their last 10 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
V-Varen Nagasaki
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In their previous fixture, V-Varen Nagasaki drew 1-1 in the J2 League tie with Montedio Yamagata.
The only player to score from V-Varen Nagasaki was Ryogo Yamasaki (99'). Akira Silvano Disaro (3') scored for Montedio Yamagata.
The stats tell the story, and V-Varen Nagasaki have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals overall. Defensively, V-Varen Nagasaki have seen their frailties exposed.
Looking at their past form shows that V-Varen Nagasaki:
- are winless against Oita Trinita when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
- are undefeated by Oita Trinita when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
- are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 12/03/2022 tells us that Oita Trinita have won 1 of them & V-Varen Nagasaki 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.
An aggregate of 20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 8 of them for Oita and 12 created by VVN. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was J2 League match day 34 on 06/10/2024 which ended up with the score at V-Varen Nagasaki 4-1 Oita Trinita.
The referee was Koichiro Fukushima.
🗞️ Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki
Due to a mostly available group of players, there is just the lone fitness problem for the V-Varen Nagasaki gaffer Takahiro Shimotaira to be concerned with. Emerson Deocleciano (Leg injury) misses out for this game.
💡 Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Oita Trinita might have a difficult job to get anything against this V-Varen Nagasaki lineup who should score & stay on top.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive game with a 0-1 victory for V-Varen Nagasaki when the full-time whistle blows.
Let’s see how this one goes.
Lucas Pereira, 04:13 18/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ 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 8
⭐ Star Man: Naoki Nomura
Normally deployed in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Naoki Nomura was born in Japan. After making a first senior appearance for Yokohama FC in the 2014 season, the skilful Midfielder has scored 2 league goals in the J2 League 2025 season so far in 14 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 36 | DDLWD |
2 |
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16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 33 | LDWWW |
3 |
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16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 29 | DWWWW |
4 |
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16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 29 | WWWLD |
5 |
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16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 27 | LDWWW |
6 |
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16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | DDWLL |
7 |
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15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25 | WWWLW |
8 |
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16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 25 | LDWDW |
9 |
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15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | WWWLD |
10 |
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15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | LDDWD |
11 |
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16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 | LLWDW |
12 |
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16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 20 | DWLDW |
13 |
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15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | LDLWD |
14 |
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16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 17 | DLLDL |
15 |
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16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 15 | DDLDL |
16 |
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16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 15 | WLLLL |
17 |
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16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -9 | 15 | WDDDL |
18 |
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16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 13 | LDLLL |
19 |
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15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 11 | LWLLL |
20 |
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15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -10 | 10 | DLDDD |
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Ventforet Kofu |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |
Kataller Toyama |
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Oita Trinita |
Montedio Yamagata |
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Oita Trinita |
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Roasso Kumamoto |
Oita Trinita |
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Sagan Tosu |
Mito Hollyhock |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |
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JEF United Chiba |
Oita Trinita |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Kataller Toyama |
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Ehime FC |
Oita Trinita |
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Roasso Kumamoto |
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Sagan Tosu |
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Tokushima Vortis |
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Fujieda MYFC |
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Mito Hollyhock |
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Iwaki |
Kataller Toyama |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |
Consadole Sapporo |
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Ventforet Kofu |
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FC Imabari |
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Fujieda MYFC |
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Vegalta Sendai |
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Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 0.3 |
Time first goal scored | 56 |
Time first goal conceded | 53 |
Yellow cards | 0.7 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | null |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 2 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 30 |
Yellow cards | 1.3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Kotara Arima | 4 |
Naoki Nomura | 2 |
Shun Ayukawa | 1 |
Derlan | 1 |
Yudai Fujiwara | 1 |
Matheus Jesus | 9 |
Juanma Delgado | 5 |
Asahi Masuyama | 5 |
Marcos Guilherme | 4 |
Ryogo Yamasaki | 2 |
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Ventforet Kofu |
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AFC Blaublitz Akita |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Ōmiya Ardija |
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Oita Trinita |
Sagan Tosu |
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FC Imabari |
Oita Trinita |
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Kataller Toyama |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Oita Trinita |
Mito Hollyhock |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |
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Ōmiya Ardija |
Roasso Kumamoto |
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Montedio Yamagata |
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Oita Trinita |
Iwaki |
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Vegalta Sendai |
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Consadole Sapporo |
Sagan Tosu |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
