Vegalta Sendai vs Ventforet Kofu — J2 League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 81+ matches
Vegalta Sendai35%
Ventforet Kofu37%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 81 home / 166 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under55
- Over45
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Vegalta Sendai ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Vegalta Sendai at home — creates 1.28, concedes 1.22 · 81 matches
Ventforet Kofu away — creates 1.29, concedes 1.14 · 166 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Vegalta Sendai attack 1.28 + Ventforet Kofu defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 1.21
Ventforet Kofu attack 1.29 + Vegalta Sendai defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.25
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 37%?"
Ventforet Kofu at 37% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 37% does not mean "Ventforet Kofu will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Head to Head
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Renofa YamaguchiVentforet Kofu
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Kamatamare SanukiIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Vegalta Sendai host Ventforet Kofu on Wednesday, 6 July 2022 at 10:00. The match is part of the J2 League 2018/2019 season.
J2 League: Vegalta Sendai 3–0 Ventforet Kofu
Vegalta Sendai beat Ventforet Kofu 3-0 in J2 League on July 6, 2022.
Goals: M. Nakajima (25'), M. Nakayama (38'), T. Nagura (79').
The match was played at Yurtec Stadium Sendai in Sendai.