📊 Form Guide

V-Varen Nagasaki

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V-Varen Nagasaki will be wanting a better result here after the 4-1 J2 League loss in their previous game against FC Imabari.

The only player to score from V-Varen Nagasaki was Marcos Guilherme (36'). Marcus Índio (6', 53', 65') and Wesley da Silva (51') scored for FC Imabari.

Fixtures featuring V-Varen Nagasaki have proved to be engaging ones lately with plenty of scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past six games, the sum total of 24 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 14 of them coming from V-Varen Nagasaki. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, of course.

Shonan Bellmare

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Shonan Bellmare go into this clash after a 2-1 J1 League win to defeat Nagoya Grampus in their most recent game.

In that game, Shonan Bellmare managed 44% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Shonan Bellmare, the goals were scored by Sho Fukuda (10') and Yuto Suzuki (45'). At the other end, Nagoya Grampus had 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Sho Inagaki (45') was the scorer for Nagoya Grampus.

The attacking players from Shonan Bellmare have suffered from a shortage of goals over their last six encounters, recording the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, Shonan have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 8.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 09/03/2014 shows us that V-Varen Nagasaki have won 1 of these games and Shonan Bellmare 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 5 for VVN and 12 being from Shonan. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league clash between these sides was J1 League match day 25 on 31/08/2018 when the final score was V-Varen Nagasaki 1-3 Shonan Bellmare.

The match was refereed by Ryuji Sato.

📋 Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki

Emerson Deocleciano (Leg injury), Keita Nakamura (Meniscus damage), Taisei Abe (Metatarsal fracture) and Tsubasa Kasayanagi (Foot injury) will not be taking part for V-Varen Nagasaki gaffer Takahiro Shimotaira.

ℹ️ Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Shonan Bellmare manager Satoshi Yamaguchi has to choose a team with limited availability. Sena Ishibashi (Ankle ligament tear), Kanaru Matsumoto (Cruciate ligament injury), Taiyo Hiraoka (Hamstring injury), Soki Tamura (Thigh problems), Zé Ricardo (Inflammation in the knee) and Tatsunari Nagai (Calf injury) are not able to play.

🔮 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that V-Varen Nagasaki will need to apply a lot of pressure to find the net against this Shonan Bellmare team who we think will likely do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We therefore fancy a hard-fought 0-1 advantage for Shonan Bellmare when all is said and done.

Looking forward to this.

Lucas Pereira, 09:00 09/04/2025