📏 Form Guide

Vegalta Sendai

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Vegalta Sendai prepare for this game following a 0-0 J2 League drawn game versus Roasso Kumamoto.

Yoshiro Moriyama's Vegalta Sendai have managed to score 6 times over their preceding 6 outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in that same time is 5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Vegalta Sendai:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Tokushima Vortis in their last 4 games.
• have not registered a win against Tokushima Vortis in their last 6 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Tokushima Vortis

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Renofa Yamaguchi in J2 League competition, Tokushima Vortis and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The only player to score from Tokushima Vortis was Kento Hashimoto (81'). Kazuya Noyori (51') and Renan (56') scored for Renofa Yamaguchi.

Tokushima Vortis have attacked well leading up to this encounter, having scored 7 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Tatsuma Yoshida will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Tokushima Vortis have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same outings.

Their previous form shows that Tokushima Vortis:

• haven't beaten Vegalta Sendai when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated by Vegalta Sendai when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 07/04/2021 shows that Vegalta Sendai have won 0 of these and Tokushima Vortis 2, with the number of drawn results being 4.

In all, 12 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 of them from Vegalta and 7 coming from Tokushima. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The previous league clash between these clubs was J2 League match day 22 on 25/06/2023 and the score finished Vegalta Sendai 1-1 Tokushima Vortis.

The match was refereed by Yoshimi Yamashita.

ℹ️ Team News: Vegalta Sendai

The Vegalta Sendai boss Yoshiro Moriyama will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this clash owing to a completely healthy squad available to choose from.

📰 Team News: Tokushima Vortis

Thanks to a largely full-strength group, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the Tokushima Vortis gaffer Tatsuma Yoshida to be concerned with. Kohei Uchida (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Tokushima Vortis will have to work hard as a team to register a score against this Vegalta Sendai outfit who will likely do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Vegalta Sendai at the end of the match.

There should be little in it.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 04:02 24/03/2024