Match Info

J2/J3 League - Round 15

Date: 6 May 2026, Wednesday

Location: Arigato Service Dream (Imabari)

Where to Watch on TV:


China	K-Ball
Japan	AbemaTV, DAZN Japan


	Imabari		Kochi United

	1	X	2
				Watch
	2.18	3.1	3	Watch
	2.24	3.3	3.24
	2.22	3.17	3.29	Watch
	2.15	3.2	2.9
	2.3	3.37	2.96	Watch
	2.2	3.25	3.1
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.22 ↑ (2.2)	3.23 ↓ (3.25)	3.08 ↓ (3.1)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

The best margin for this event is 5.8%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Imabari
41.6%

Draw
28.5%

Kochi United
29.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

41.9%

28.4%

29.7%

Our Initial ML Estimation

42.6%

28.9%

29.2%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Imabari has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.3%)

Kochi United has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.2%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Imabari than the current prediction. (+1%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Kochi United than the current prediction. (-0.7%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
16.7%	33.3%	50%

Imabari - Kochi United Predictions

Users Predictions: 5 users predict this event. Imabari will win (votes: 1 - 20%). Kochi United will win (votes: 3 - 60%). It will Tie (votes: 1 - 20%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
18. Ito G. (G) 3. Son T. 29. Maruyama Y. 15. Gabriel Gomes 8. Komai Y. 2. Umeki R. 17. Mochii K. 36. Kubo K. 33. Sasa S. 10. Junio E. 19. Furuyama K.	99. Murata Y. (G) 3. Fukumiya K. 23. Matsumoto D. 22. Fujimori R. 16. Kozuki S. 8. Takano Y. 10. Sasaki T. 88. Hama T. 7. Kanehara A. 73. Tanaka T. 9. Shintani M.
Substitutes
44. Hayashi M. 9. Kondo T. 14. Mori K. 20. Rodrigo Souza 25. Sato R. 1. Tachikawa K. (G) 24. Takeuchi Y. 38. Umakoshi H. 16. Yamamoto T. (G)	18. Aoto K. 33. Cho H. 5. Fukagawa D. 17. Inose K. (G) 30. Kato Y. 76. Mikado Y. 14. Sekino G.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
2nd Half (1 - 0)
46', Kanehara A. ↓, Mikado Y. ↑,
59', Mochii K. ↓, Mori K. ↑,
59', Tanaka T. ↓, Sekino G. ↑,
65', Gabriel Gomes ↓, Sato R. ↑,
65', Furuyama K. ↓, Hayashi M. ↑,
72', 1 - 0, Junio E. ⚽, Hayashi M. (A),
78', Sasaki T. ↓, Cho H. ↑,
78', Shintani M. ↓, Aoto K. ↑,
82', Kubo K. ↓, Kondo T. ↑,
82', Junio E. ↓, Rodrigo Souza ↑,

Preview

An outsider and one of the leaders will play in this match (ranked 9 in the zone Promotion ~ J2/J3 League (Placement matches: ) and 3 in the zone Promotion ~ J2/J3 League (Placement matches: )).

Imabari is going through a rough patch (last 5 games: 1 wins).

In recent matches, Kochi United has shown inconsistent performance (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).

Kochi United may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

Imabari could have a small edge in this match.

In the last 1 head-to-head match, Imabari won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 0:2.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- FC Imabari
Japan J2 J3 League
03.05.26	Imabari - Nara Club	1:2 ✺
29.04.26	Ehime - Imabari	0:2 ✺
25.04.26	Imabari - Kataller Toyama	1:2 ✺
18.04.26	Albirex Niigata - Imabari	1:0 ✺
12.04.26	Zweigen Kanazawa - Imabari	1:0 penalties ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 4.1 LWLLL
- Kochi United
Japan J2 J3 League
02.05.26	Kochi United - Osaka	1:0 penalties ✺
29.04.26	Nara Club - Kochi United	1:0 penalties ✺
26.04.26	Kochi United - Tokushima Vortis	2:1 ✺
19.04.26	Kataller Toyama - Kochi United	4:0 ✺
12.04.26	Kochi United - Albirex Niigata	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 14.9 WLWLW

Latest Head to Head

Japan J2 J3 League
14.03.26	Kochi United - Imabari	2:0

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