Renofa Yamaguchi will be visiting JIT Recycle Ink Stadium on Saturday for the J2 League game with home team Ventforet Kofu.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Ventforet Kofu v Renofa Yamaguchi, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
Ventforet Kofu
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Ventforet Kofu will play in this fixture after a 1-1 J2 League tied result against V-Varen Nagasaki.
The only player to score from Ventforet Kofu was Adaรญlton (24'). Juanma Delgado (71') was the scorer for V-Varen Nagasaki.
It has not been often in recent times that Ventforet Kofu have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Ventforet Kofu have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 6 goals along the way.
Heading into this fixture, Ventforet Kofu are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.
Renofa Yamaguchi
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Last time out, Renofa Yamaguchi drew 1-1 in the J2 League match with Ehime FC.
The only name on the scoresheet from Renofa Yamaguchi was Dai Hirase (90'). Keon-woo Bak (39') was the scorer for Ehime FC.
Looking at their form, and Renofa Yamaguchi have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals overall. Defensively, Renofa Yamaguchi have been far from perfect. Regardless, weโll just have to find out whether that trend might persist here in this game.
Heading into this contest, Renofa Yamaguchi have not won against Ventforet Kofu in games played away from home for the previous 4 league matches. Not good at all.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 19/06/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Ventforet Kofu winning 2 of those games, Renofa Yamaguchi 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
In all, 19 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 11 of them from Kofu and 8 netted by Renofa. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 3.17.
The last league game between these sides was J2 League match day 32 on 26/08/2023 and the score finished Renofa Yamaguchi 3-2 Ventforet Kofu.
The match was refereed by Koki Nagamine.
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Team News: Ventforet Kofu
Availability isnโt a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the Ventforet Kofu manager Yoshiyuki Shinoda to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Kohei Kawata (Hamstring injury) is out of contention.
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Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi
With a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Renofa Yamaguchi manager Ryo Shigaki has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash.
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Prediction
In our view, Ventforet Kofu should convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
At the other end, Renofa Yamaguchi could well find it tough to score a goal of their own although we do see them being dangerous for periods.
We reckon that it will be a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Ventforet Kofu at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
15:07 28/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Ventforet Kofu
Formed: 1965
Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium (15,853)
Captain: Masahiro Sekiguchi
Chairman: Satoru Sakuma
Manager: Yoshiyuki Shinoda
Competitions: J2 League position 4
๐ Star Man: Junma Miyazaki
Normally taking to the field in the Striker position, Junma Miyazaki was born in Tokyo, Japan. After having played his first senior match for Ventforet Kofu in the 2022 season, the skilful Forward has accumulated 2 league goals in the J2 League 2024 season so far from a total of 6 appearances.