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Ventforet Kofu vs Renofa Yamaguchi Live Stream, Predictions
Ventforet Kofu are going up against visiting club Renofa Yamaguchi at JIT Recycle Ink Stadium in this J2 League clash on Saturday.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Ventforet Kofu v Renofa Yamaguchi can be seen below (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide
Ventforet Kofu
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Ventforet Kofu enter this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 J2 League drawn match versus Tochigi S.C.
Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that much respect should be given to the Ventforet Kofu defence. Ventforet Kofu have been mean at the back, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last six games standing at 4.
Renofa Yamaguchi
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Zweigen Kanazawa in J2 League action, Renofa Yamaguchi will be aiming to make amends here.
Ryuhei Oishi (94') was the scorer for Zweigen Kanazawa.
Looking at their form, and Renofa Yamaguchi have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. In defence, Renofa Yamaguchi have not been doing too well. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see if the trend might be replicated in this match.
A look at their previous results shows us that Renofa Yamaguchi:
- haven't beaten Ventforet Kofu when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
- are without an away win for the past 9 league games. Very poor, indeed.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 02/03/2019 tells us that Ventforet Kofu have won 3 of them & Renofa Yamaguchi 1, with the tally of drawn games being 2.
A combined sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 11 for Kofu and 6 belonging to Renofa. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.
The previous league encounter between these sides was J2 League match day 41 on 28/11/2021 which finished with the scoreline of Renofa Yamaguchi 0-1 Ventforet Kofu.
The referee was Hiroki Katsumata.
📋 Team News: Ventforet Kofu
There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Ventforet Kofu boss Tatsuma Yoshida to contend with from an otherwise complete group of players. Fumitaka Kitatani (Hamstring Injury) won’t play.
🗞️ Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi
Out of a mainly available group of players, there is just the one fitness worry for the Renofa Yamaguchi boss Yoshihiro Natsuka to be concerned with. Shuhei Otsuki (Hamstring Injury) misses out for this game.
⚡ Prediction
Our assessment here is that Renofa Yamaguchi will need things to go their way to score goals against this Ventforet Kofu outfit who we think will likely score & stay on top.
We’re therefore tipping a good battle with a 1-0 win for Ventforet Kofu at full-time.
Expecting it to be tight.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 00:11 10/05/2022

⚽️ Team Focus:
Ventforet Kofu
Formed: 1965
Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium (15,853)
Captain: Ryohei Arai
Chairman: Satoru Sakuma
Manager: Tatsuma Yoshida
Competitions: J2 League position 7
🔑 Star Man: Motoki Hasegawa
Normally taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Motoki Hasegawa was born in Japan. Having played his first senior match for Ventforet Kofu in the 2022 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has got 5 league goals in this J2 League 2022 season so far coming from a total of 13 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 29 | WWDWW |
2 |
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15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 29 | WWWLW |
3 |
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15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | DDDLL |
4 |
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15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | DWWWL |
5 |
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15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | WWWWD |
6 |
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15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | DLLWL |
7 |
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15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 22 | WWLWD |
8 |
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15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 21 | WLWWD |
9 |
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15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | LDWDD |
10 |
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15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | LDLLD |
11 |
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15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | LLWWL |
12 |
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15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | WDLLW |
13 |
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15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20 | LWLWL |
14 |
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15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 20 | DLWWL |
15 |
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15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 20 | WLLWW |
16 |
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15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 19 | LLDLD |
17 |
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15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 19 | DWLLW |
18 |
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15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 16 | WLWLD |
19 |
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15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 15 | DDLLD |
20 |
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14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 13 | WLWWD |
21 |
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14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -17 | 11 | LLLLL |
22 |
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15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 10 | LDDLW |
FC Ryukyu |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Tochigi S.C. |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Thespa Kusatsu |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Tokyo Verdy |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Zweigen Kanazawa |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Machida Zelvia |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Tochigi S.C. |
JEF United Chiba |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Thespa Kusatsu |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Tokyo Verdy |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Machida Zelvia |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Yokohama FC |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Zweigen Kanazawa |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
JEF United Chiba |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Iwate Grulla Morioka |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Oita Trinita |
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Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 54 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 0.9 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 51 |
Time first goal conceded | 58 |
Yellow cards | 1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Motoki Hasegawa | 5 |
Kazushi Mitsuhira | 3 |
Bruno Paraíba | 2 |
Riku Iijima | 2 |
Hidehiro Sugai | 2 |
Daisuke Takagi | 4 |
Takaya Numata | 3 |
Shuhei Otsuki | 3 |
Kazuhito Kishida | 2 |
Wataru Tanaka | 2 |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Roasso Kumamoto |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Iwate Grulla Morioka |
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JEF United Chiba |
Montedio Yamagata |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Ventforet Kofu |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Blaublitz Akita |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |
Montedio Yamagata |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Yokohama FC |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Thespa Kusatsu |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Tokyo Verdy |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Blaublitz Akita |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Oita Trinita |
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Albirex Niigata |