Match Info

J2/J3 League - Round 17

Date: 17 May 2026, Sunday

Location: Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium (Kochi)

Where to Watch on TV:


China	K-Ball
Japan	AbemaTV, DAZN Japan


	Kochi United		Ehime

	1	X	2
				Watch
	2.72	3.05	2.42	Watch
	2.93	3.15	2.48
	2.97	2.99	2.52	Watch
	2.75	3.1	2.3
	2.87	3.04	2.37	Watch
	2.6	3.25	2.54
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.81 ↑ (2.6)	3.1 ↓ (3.25)	2.44 ↓ (2.54)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

The best margin for this event is 6.2%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Kochi United
32.7%

Draw
29.6%

Ehime
37.6%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

35.4%

28.3%

36.3%

Our Initial ML Estimation

35.7%

28.5%

36%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Kochi United has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-2.7%)

Ehime has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.3%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Kochi United than the current prediction. (+3%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Ehime than the current prediction. (-1.6%)

Kochi United - Ehime Predictions

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
99. Murata Y. (G) 88. Hama T. 4. Kobayashi D. 22. Fujimori R. 10. Sasaki T. 5. Fukagawa D. 8. Takano Y. 16. Kozuki S. 33. Cho H. 73. Tanaka T. 9. Shintani M.	36. Tsuji S. (G) 5. Kuroishi T. 50. Sugiyama K. 16. Hosoya K. 49. Abe R. 24. Miyamoto K. 13. Yamashita Y. 14. Saito R. 22. Takemoto Y. 38. Hino S. 17. Taguchi Y.
Substitutes
18. Aoto K. 3. Fukumiya K. 17. Inose K. (G) 7. Kanehara A. 23. Matsumoto D. 76. Mikado Y.	51. David A. 27. Funahashi K. 99. Kabayama R. 26. Kanazawa K. 39. Muto H. 31. Shirasaka F. (G) 88. Yamaguchi T. 3. Yamahara K. 48. Yukutomo T.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 1)
13', 0 - 1, Taguchi Y. ⚽, Hino S. (A),
31', Saito R. 🟨,
2nd Half (0 - 0)
46', Saito R. ↓, Yukutomo T. ↑,
46', Cho H. ↓, Fukumiya K. ↑,
54', Fukagawa D. 🟨,
59', Fukagawa D. ↓, Mikado Y. ↑,
59', Takano Y. ↓, Kanehara A. ↑,
63', Takemoto Y. ↓, Muto H. ↑,
63', Taguchi Y. ↓, Funahashi K. ↑,
63', Sugiyama K. 🟨,
65', Kobayashi D. 🟨,
76', Yamashita Y. ↓, Kabayama R. ↑,
76', Hosoya K. ↓, Yamahara K. ↑,
85', Kabayama R. 🟨,
86', Shintani M. ↓, Aoto K. ↑,
87', 🟨,
87', Yamahara K. 🟨,

Preview

The two neighboring teams will play an exciting match (ranked 3 in the zone Promotion ~ J2/J3 League (Placement matches: ) and 5 in the zone Promotion ~ J2/J3 League (Placement matches: ))

Each of the teams is struggling with stability in their game.

In this match, both teams are almost equally likely to win.

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

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Kochi United
Japan J2 J3 League
10.05.26	Kamatamare Sanuki - Kochi United	0:3 ✺
06.05.26	Imabari - Kochi United	1:0 ✺
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 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 14 WLWLW
- Ehime FC
Japan J2 J3 League
10.05.26	Ehime - Kataller Toyama	0:2 ✺
06.05.26	Zweigen Kanazawa - Ehime	0:2 ✺
02.05.26	Tokushima Vortis - Ehime	0:6 ✺
29.04.26	Ehime - Imabari	0:2 ✺
26.04.26	Ehime - Kamatamare Sanuki	3:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 16.3 LWWLW

Latest Head to Head

Japan J2 J3 League
22.03.26	Ehime - Kochi United	1:0

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