V-Varen Nagasaki vs Thespa Kusatsu Prediction & Betting Tips

V-Varen Nagasaki are going up against visiting opponents Thespa Kusatsu at transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki in this J2 League meeting on Wednesday.

For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for V-Varen Nagasaki v Thespa Kusatsu, scroll down including the latest game odds.

📊 Form Guide

V-Varen Nagasaki DWWWDL

V-Varen Nagasaki will be hoping for a better result after the 3-1 J2 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Tokushima Vortis.

The only scorer from V-Varen Nagasaki was Yohei Otake (77'). Yuki Kakita (1'), Kohei Uchida (50') and Masaki Watai (56') scored for Tokushima Vortis.

In their last six games, Makoto Teguramori's V-Varen Nagasaki have scored 7 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.17.

Looking at the pre-match facts, V-Varen Nagasaki:

• haven't lost in the league to Thespa Kusatsu in their last 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Thespa Kusatsu WLLLWL

Since a loss in their previous game against Giravanz Kitakyushu in J2 League competition, Thespa Kusatsu will be hoping to turn things around here.

The stats don’t lie, and Thespa Kusatsu have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 13 goals in total. In defence, Gunma have not been doing too well. Still, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend shall continue on here in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 01/04/2015 shows that V-Varen Nagasaki have won 4 of these and Thespa Kusatsu 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

In all, 18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 12 from VVN and 6 coming from Gunma. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league fixture featuring the two was J2 League match day 42 on 19/11/2017 which finished with the scoreline of Thespa Kusatsu 1-4 V-Varen Nagasaki.

The match was refereed by Masuya Ueda.

🗞️ Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki

V-Varen Nagasaki manager Makoto Teguramori has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this match owing to a completely healthy squad available to select from.

📋 Team News: Thespa Kusatsu

Due to a fully healthy squad to pick from, Thespa Kusatsu manager Hitoshi Morishita does not have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that V-Varen Nagasaki should really score at least once when they come up against Thespa Kusatsu, who may well find it hard to score.

Our selection here is for a decent 2-0 margin for V-Varen Nagasaki by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Victor Martins, 02:20 10/08/2020