V-Varen Nagasaki will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 6-1 J2 League victory versus Tokushima Vortis.
For V-Varen Nagasaki, the goals were scored by Edigar Junio (4\', 12\', 47\'), Tsubasa Kasayanagi (55\') and Juanma Delgado (65\', 87\'). Daiki Watari (90\') scored for Tokushima Vortis.
Fixtures involving V-Varen Nagasaki have proved to be absorbing ones lately with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen games, a grand total of 23 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 16 of those coming from V-Varen Nagasaki. In any event, we must now wait to see whether the trend shall continue on here in this game.
Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Nagoya Grampus in J1 League action, Júbilo Iwata will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Júbilo Iwata managed 64% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Nagoya Grampus had 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Ken Masui (8\') scored for Nagoya Grampus.
The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Júbilo Iwata has become noticeable recently. A glance at their last 6 outings shows that it’s occurred 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal aggregate of 5 while Júbilo Iwata have scored 6.
Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 13/09/2020 shows us that V-Varen Nagasaki have won 1 of them & Júbilo Iwata 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.
A sum of 10 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 4 of them for VVN and 6 coming from Júbilo Iwata. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.
The last league clash featuring the two was J2 League match day 37 on 01/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Júbilo Iwata 1-0 V-Varen Nagasaki.
The referee was Hayato Shimizu.
Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki
Keita Nakamura (Meniscus damage) and Ryutaro Iio (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing for V-Varen Nagasaki boss Takahiro Shimotaira.
Team News: Júbilo Iwata
In an otherwise full-strength squad, there’s only a single fitness problem for the Júbilo Iwata boss Akinobu Yokouchi to contend with. Weverton (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.
Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Júbilo Iwata and V-Varen Nagasaki may well both score, with little between these two teams.
A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. We’re therefore predicting a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw when the full-time whistle blows.
