Match Info

J2 League - Round 1

Date: 9 August 2026, Sunday

Location: Iwaki Greenfield (Iwaki)

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	Iwaki		Imabari

	1	X	2
	1.91	3.40	3.75	Watch
	1.90	3.10	3.60
	2.10	3.15	3.35	Watch
	2.01	3.35	4.20
	2.12	3.25	3.5
	1.91	3.25	4.20
	1.87	3.42	4.12	Watch
	1.98	3.25	3.80
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.98 ↓ (2.12)	3.27 ↑ (3.17)	3.82 ↑ (3.36)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

The best margin for this event is 3.4%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Iwaki
47.1%

Draw
28.5%

Imabari
24.4%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

43.5%

29.1%

27.4%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Iwaki has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.6%)

Imabari has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
25%	75%	0%

Iwaki - Imabari Predictions

Users Predictions: 4 users predict this event. Iwaki will win (votes: 1 - 25%). It will Tie (votes: 3 - 75%).

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Tie (votes: 1 - 100%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:0

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
23. Sasaki M. (G) 6. Iwashita W. 15. Nakano H. 35. Fukaminato S. 30. Shota K. 3. Endo R. 7. Nakajima S. 10. Nishitani R. 14. Yamaguchi D. 38. Kumata N. 9. Michiwaki Y.	1. Tachikawa K. (G) 2. Umeki R. 35. Kushibiki K. 3. Son T. 15. Kikuchi K. 80. Nakai T. 5. Arai H. 6. Kajiura Y. 14. Komai Y. 10. Junio E. 8. Mori K.
Substitutes
28. Hisanaga R. 11. Kato T. 1. Kato Y. (G) 40. Nagaki R. 42. Nakayama R. 37. Okaniwa S. 22. Takahashi Y. 4. Ushizawa T. 27. Yamanaka A.	19. Furuyama K. 99. Gabriel Gomes 18. Ito G. (G) 9. Kondo T. 36. Kubo K. 17. Mochii K. 26. Palocevic A. 11. Wesley Tanque 7. Yamada T.
Coaches
Tamura Y.	Mourelo A.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
15', Son T. 🟨,
16', Umeki R. 🟨,
2nd Half (2 - 1)
49', 1 - 0, Kumata N. ⚽,
50', 2 - 0, Kumata N. ⚽,
55', 2 - 1, Junio E. (Penalty Awarded),
56', Kajiura Y. ↓, Mochii K. ↑,
56', Komai Y. ↓, Palocevic A. ↑,
59', Shota K. ↓, Yamanaka A. ↑,
59', Nakajima S. ↓, Okaniwa S. ↑,
81', Endo R. ↓, Nakayama R. ↑,
81', Kumata N. ↓, Hisanaga R. ↑,
81', Junio E. ↓, Wesley Tanque ↑,
87', Mori K. ↓, Kubo K. ↑,
87', Nakai T. ↓, Furuyama K. ↑,
90', Yamaguchi D. ↓, Nagaki R. ↑,

Preview

Iwaki could have a small edge in this match.

In the last 4 head-to-head matches, Iwaki won 1 match, drew 0 matches, lost 3 matches, and goals 2:3. (average 0.5:0.8).

Including home matches between the teams, Iwaki won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 0:2. (average 0:1).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
14	Iwaki	10	4	0	6	13:17	-4	12
17	Imabari	10	3	1	6	11:19	-8	10

Last Results with these Odds

Iwaki - the odds 2.12 are the expected chance of winning is 43.48%, but this team recently wins 27% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Iwaki FC
Club Friendly
12.07.26	Nagano Parceiro - Iwaki	1:3 ✺
Japan J2 J3 League
07.06.26	Tokushima Vortis - Iwaki	2:0 ✺
30.05.26	Shonan Bellmare - Iwaki	1:2 ET ✺
23.05.26	Fujieda MYFC - Iwaki	0:1 penalties ✺
17.05.26	Iwaki - Matsumoto Yamaga	1:2 penalties ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 9.9 WLWWL
- FC Imabari
Japan J2 J3 League
07.06.26	Vanraure Hachinohe - Imabari	1:2 penalties ✺
31.05.26	Imabari - Ryūkyū	1:2 ✺
24.05.26	Tokushima Vortis - Imabari	1:1 ✺
17.05.26	Imabari - Kamatamare Sanuki	1:2 ✺
09.05.26	Osaka - Imabari	1:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 12.9 WLTLW

Latest Head to Head

Japan J2 League
30.08.25	Imabari - Iwaki	0:2
23.03.25	Iwaki - Imabari	0:1
Japan J3 League
18.09.22	Imabari - Iwaki	1:0
17.04.22	Iwaki - Imabari	0:1

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