Match Info

J2 League - Round 7

Date: 20 September 2026, Sunday

Location: City Football Station (Tochigi)

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Japan	DAZN Japan


	Tochigi City		Vegalta Sendai

	1	X	2
	3.60	3.40	1.96
	3.20	3.40	1.95
	3.30	3.50	1.98
	3.58	3.66	2.08
	3.49	3.62	2	Watch
	3.50	3.60	1.99
	3.61	3.41	2.01	Watch
	3.45	3.50	1.99
Avarage Now (Initially)	3.47 ↑ (3.18)	3.51 ↓ (3.66)	2 ↓ (2.07)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.75

The best margin for this event is 3.3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Tochigi City
26.8%

Draw
26.5%

Vegalta Sendai
46.6%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

29.4%

25.5%

45.1%

Our Initial ML Estimation

28.8%

26%

46%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Tochigi City has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-2.6%)

Vegalta Sendai has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.5%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Tochigi City than the current prediction. (+2%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Vegalta Sendai than the current prediction. (-0.6%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
33.3%	16.7%	50%

Tochigi City - Vegalta Sendai Predictions

Users Predictions: 6 users predict this event. Tochigi City will win (votes: 2 - 33.3%). Sendai will win (votes: 3 - 50%). It will Tie (votes: 1 - 16.7%).

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

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:2

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
97. Kim Jin-Hyeon (G) 31. Simmons A. 2. Jonjic M. 3. Teruyama H. 15. Sato Y. 20. Pedro Augusto 7. Mori T. 24. Nishiya K. 11. Vasquez B. 23. Yoshida A. 32. Koike Y.	33. Hayashi A. (G) 22. Takada R. 44. Inoue S. 19. Mateus Moraes 6. Matsui R. 37. Sugiyama Y. 8. Takeda H. 7. Nakajima M. 42. Ishii H. 18. Umeki T. 27. Iwabuchi H.
Substitutes
1. Harada Y. (G) 6. Kato Jo 18. Kato M. 28. Konishi K. 88. Masukake Y. 10. Okaniwa Y. 5. Okui R. 9. Suzuki M. 8. Yamashita K.	47. Araki S. 80. Asakura R. 1. Hotta D. (G) 2. Igarashi S. 10. Kamada H. 9. Miyazaki K. 20. Nakada Y. 3. Okuyama M. 5. Sugata M.
Coaches
Imaya N.	Moriyama Y.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 2)
10', Koike Y. 🟨,
16', 0 - 1, Nakajima M. ⚽,
35', 0 - 2, Iwabuchi H. ⚽, Matsui R. (A),
2nd Half (1 - 1)
46', Sugiyama Y. ↓, Igarashi S. ↑,
55', 0 - 3, Takada R. ⚽, Iwabuchi H. (A),
62', Yoshida A. ↓, Yamashita K. ↑,
65', Umeki T. ↓, Kamada H. ↑,
65', Iwabuchi H. ↓, Asakura R. ↑,
71', Vasquez B. ↓, Suzuki M. ↑,
71', Sato Y. ↓, Masukake Y. ↑,
75', Takeda H. 🟨,
77', Matsui R. ↓, Miyazaki K. ↑,
77', Takada R. ↓, Okuyama M. ↑,
82', Mori T. ↓, Okaniwa Y. ↑,
82', Pedro Augusto ↓, Kato Jo ↑,
90+6', 1 - 3, Suzuki M. ⚽,

Preview

Two table neighbours face each other in what promises to be a tight contest (ranked 8th and 6th in the Promotion ~ J2 League (Promotion: )).

Tochigi City has displayed good consistency in recent games (last 5 matches: 3 wins).

Sendai has shown an inconsistent pattern in recent weeks (last 5 matches: 2 wins).

Sendai may face physical fatigue compared to their opponent, having played more matches in recent days.

Recently, Tochigi City has faced a series of away games on the road.

Sendai is expected to hold a slight competitive edge in this match.

In the last 3 head-to-head meetings, Tochigi City has recorded 1 win, 0 draws, and 2 losses, with a goal aggregate of 3:10 (averaging 1:3.3 goals per game).

Specifically in home fixtures for Tochigi City against this opponent, the record stands at 0 wins, 0 draws, and 1 loss, with 1:4 goals.

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Vegalta Sendai	9	6	2	1	17:8	9	20
13	Tochigi City	9	3	1	5	15:15	0	10

Last Results with these Odds

Vegalta Sendai - the odds 2.07 are the expected chance of winning is 45.12%, but this team recently wins 25% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Tochigi City FC
Japan J2 League
12.09.26	Kataller Toyama - Tochigi City	0:0 ✺
06.09.26	Consadole Sapporo - Tochigi City	1:4 ✺
Japan J League Cup
02.09.26	Vanraure Hachinohe - Tochigi City	0:2 ✺
Japan J2 League
29.08.26	Tochigi City - Júbilo Iwata	1:3 ✺
Japan Emperors Cup
26.08.26	Vegalta Sendai - Tochigi City	1:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 16.8 TWWLW
- Vegalta Sendai
Japan J2 League
13.09.26	Vegalta Sendai - Consadole Sapporo	1:1 ✺
Japan J League Cup
09.09.26	Fukushima United - Vegalta Sendai	4:3 ✺
Japan J2 League
05.09.26	Shonan Bellmare - Vegalta Sendai	1:3 ✺
29.08.26	Vegalta Sendai - Tegevajaro Miyazaki	4:2 ✺
Japan Emperors Cup
26.08.26	Vegalta Sendai - Tochigi City	1:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 5.8 TLWWL

Latest Head to Head

Japan Emperors Cup
26.08.26	Vegalta Sendai - Tochigi City	1:2
Japan J2 J3 League
18.04.26	Vegalta Sendai - Tochigi City	5:0
07.02.26	Tochigi City - Vegalta Sendai	1:4

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