Thespa Kusatsu vs Vegalta Sendai Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Thespa Kusatsu

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Thespa Kusatsu will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-0 J2 League triumph vs Montedio Yamagata.

The only player to score from Thespa Kusatsu was Hayate Take (5').

Tsuyoshi Otsuki's Thespa Kusatsu have scored 9 times over their past half-dozen outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures stands at 7.

Taking a look at their past results, Thespa Kusatsu:

• have not lost a league tie with Vegalta Sendai in their previous 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 4 home league matches.

Vegalta Sendai

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Iwaki in J2 League competition, Vegalta Sendai and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

Genki Egawa (20') scored for Iwaki.

For 5 of the past 6 clashes involving Vegalta Sendai, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell is a paltry 1.17, with the number of goals averaged by Vegalta equalling 0.67.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Vegalta Sendai:

• are unbeaten in their last 3 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league games.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 06/12/2008 shows us that Thespa Kusatsu have won 1 of these and Vegalta Sendai 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

A sum of 9 goals were scored between them in these games, with 2 from Gunma and 7 created by Vegalta. The average goals per game has been 1.5.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was J2 League match day 32 on 20/08/2022 when it finished Thespa Kusatsu 1-0 Vegalta Sendai.

The match was refereed by Reo Tanaka.

🗞️ Team News: Thespa Kusatsu

The Thespa Kusatsu boss Tsuyoshi Otsuki will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a fully healthy squad available for selection.

📋 Team News: Vegalta Sendai

Thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection, the Vegalta Sendai boss Akira Ito has zero fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.

💡 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Thespa Kusatsu will need things to go their way to score against this Vegalta Sendai outfit who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

That’s why our selection here is for a narrow 0-1 advantage for Vegalta Sendai when the referee blows for full-time.

Should be interesting.

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Victor Martins, 03:08 15/03/2023