The J2 League game at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium on Sunday sees home side Sagan Tosu ready themselves for the visit of Ventforet Kofu.
View all of the Sagan Tosu v Ventforet Kofu predictions, poll and stats below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Sagan Tosu
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Sagan Tosu will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-1 J2 League triumph against Tokushima Vortis.
The only player to score from Sagan Tosu was Yuta Imazu (20').
In their last six fixtures, Akio Kogiku's Sagan Tosu have celebrated scoring 8 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.33.
Pre-game facts show that Sagan Tosu:
- haven't lost in the league to Ventforet Kofu in their last 4 games.
- are unbeaten in their previous 6 home league matches.
Ventforet Kofu
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Ventforet Kofu head into the game following a 0-1 J2 League win against AFC Blaublitz Akita in their most recent match.
The only name on the scoresheet from Ventforet Kofu was Koki Oshima (48').
Over the course of 5 of the past six games involving Ventforet Kofu, a comparatively low number of goals have gone in between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game within that period comes out as a meagre 1.33, with the number of goals averaged by Kofu standing at 0.5. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this match, however.
Leading up to this clash, Ventforet Kofu:
- have not won against Sagan Tosu in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.
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Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings going back to 18/04/2015 tells us that Sagan Tosu have won 3 of these games and Ventforet Kofu 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.
In all, 10 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Sagan Tosu and 3 coming from Kofu. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.
The previous league contest featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 26 on 16/09/2017 when it ended Sagan Tosu 2-1 Ventforet Kofu.
The referee was Yusuke Araki.
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Team News: Sagan Tosu
Fuchi Honda (Tear of the lateral meniscus), Toshiki Ando (Metatarsal fracture) and Cristiano (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing for Sagan Tosu boss Akio Kogiku.
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Prediction
In our view, Ventforet Kofu certainly have the ability to put one past this Sagan Tosu side, however that isn’t expected to be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Sagan Tosu when all is said and done. Definitely a tough call.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at the bookies’ prices in the 90 min. result market, the win for Sagan Tosu is best priced at 2.1, a wager on a drawn result is 3.2 & putting your money on a victory for Ventforet Kofu gets 3.5. They’re the most competitive bets being offered as of now.
Lucas Pereira,
16:10 07/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Sagan Tosu
Formed: 1997
Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (20,219)
Captain: Yuta Imazu
Chairman: Tomoyuki Koyanagi
Manager: Akio Kogiku
Competitions: J2 League position 8
⭐ Star Player: Hiroto Yamada
Usually deployed in the Striker position, Hiroto Yamada was born in Japan. After having made a senior debut playing for Cerezo Osaka in the 2019 season, the skilful Forward has got 2 league goals in the J2 League 2025 season so far in a total of 6 appearances.