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The J2 League clash at Yurtec Stadium Sendai on Friday sees home side Vegalta Sendai take on Renofa Yamaguchi.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Vegalta Sendai v Renofa Yamaguchi are shown below - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
Vegalta Sendai
WLDWLL
Vegalta Sendai will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 0-2 J2 League defeat last time out to JEF United Chiba.
Taishi Taguchi (35') and Dudú (79') scored for JEF United Chiba.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Vegalta Sendai have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Vegalta Sendai have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals in the process.
Ahead of this meeting, Vegalta Sendai have not emerged victorious against Renofa Yamaguchi in their previous 3 matches in the league.
Renofa Yamaguchi
WLDWLW
Renofa Yamaguchi come into this match following on from a 0-1 J2 League win as they beat Kagoshima United in their most recent match.
The only player to score from Renofa Yamaguchi was Tsubasa Umeki (37').
A run of reliable showings by the Renofa Yamaguchi defenders has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 clashes overall. Over that same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9. Such a pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this next game, of course.
Ahead of this clash, Renofa Yamaguchi haven't been defeated in their previous 4 away league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
The last league clash featuring these clubs was J2 League match day 40 on 28/10/2023 and the score finished Vegalta Sendai 1-1 Renofa Yamaguchi.
The referee was Yosuke Kubota.
ℹ️ Team News: Vegalta Sendai
The Vegalta Sendai manager Yoshiro Moriyama will be grateful to have no fitness worries at all before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
📰 Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi
From a largely available group, there is only a single fitness worry for the Renofa Yamaguchi manager Ryo Shigaki to be concerned about. Hidenori Takahashi (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) won’t be playing here.
⚡ Prediction
In this game, Renofa Yamaguchi are dangerous enough to put a goal past this Vegalta Sendai outfit, however it might not be enough to avoid defeat.
We reckon that it will be a 2-1 victory for Vegalta Sendai at the end of the 90 minutes. We are expecting it to be pretty even.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 04:13 03/05/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Vegalta Sendai
Formed: 1988
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai (19,526)
Captain: Yasushi Endo
Chairman: Tomohiro Sasaki
Manager: Yoshiro Moriyama
Competitions: J2 League position 9
⭐ Star Player: Motohiko Nakajima
Generally playing in the Right Wing position, Motohiko Nakajima was born in Japan. After having played his first senior match for Cerezo Osaka in the 2021 season, the dangerous Forward has struck 2 league goals in this J2 League 2024 campaign to date in a total of 12 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 28 | DWWWW |
2 |
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12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 27 | WWWWW |
3 |
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12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | LDDWL |
4 |
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12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 21 | WDWLW |
5 |
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12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | WDLWW |
6 |
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13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | WDDLW |
7 |
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12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | LDWLW |
8 |
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12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | WLDWL |
9 |
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12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | DWDWL |
10 |
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12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | WWDLW |
11 |
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12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | LDWLL |
12 |
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12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | WLDLW |
13 |
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12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 16 | LWLWL |
14 |
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12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 12 | WLDLL |
15 |
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12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 12 | LLDWL |
16 |
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13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 | DLLWW |
17 |
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12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -15 | 12 | LDDLL |
18 |
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12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 11 | DDDWL |
19 |
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12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 11 | LDLLW |
20 |
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12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -14 | 6 | LDLLL |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Thespa Kusatsu |
Kagoshima United |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Vegalta Sendai |
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JEF United Chiba |
Shimizu S-Pulse |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Iwaki |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Kagoshima United |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Thespa Kusatsu |
Vegalta Sendai |
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JEF United Chiba |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Ehime FC |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Roasso Kumamoto |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Kagoshima United |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Tochigi S.C. |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Fagiano Okayama |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Yokohama FC |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 42 |
Time first goal conceded | 51 |
Yellow cards | 0.8 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 0.5 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 75 |
Yellow cards | 1.2 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Ryunosuke Sagara | 5 |
Masato Nakayama | 4 |
Motohiko Nakajima | 3 |
Masahiro Sugata | 2 |
Renji Matsui | 1 |
Dai Hirase | 3 |
Kota Kawano | 3 |
Tsubasa Umeki | 3 |
Kazuya Noyori | 2 |
Yamato Wakatsuki | 2 |
Tochigi S.C. |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Iwaki |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Vegalta Sendai |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |
Montedio Yamagata |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Tochigi S.C. |
Fagiano Okayama |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Tokushima Vortis |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Shimizu S-Pulse |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Fujieda MYFC |
Oita Trinita |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Shimizu S-Pulse |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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JEF United Chiba |
Thespa Kusatsu |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Iwaki |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Kagoshima United |
AFC Blaublitz Akita |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Oita Trinita |