Match Info

J2/J3 League - Round 14

Date: 2 May 2026, Saturday

Location: Yurtec Stadium Sendai (Sendai)

Where to Watch on TV:


China	K-Ball
Japan	AbemaTV, DAZN Japan


	Vegalta Sendai		Blaublitz Akita

	1	X	2
				Watch
	2.02	3.05	3.45	Watch
	2.05	3.19	3.5
	2.04	3.33	3.53	Watch
	1.95	3.1	3.5
	1.97	3.1	3.72	Watch
	2.07	3.15	3.6
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.02 ↓ (2.07)	3.15 (3.15)	3.55 ↓ (3.6)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.00

The best margin for this event is 7.4%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Vegalta Sendai
45.3%

Draw
29%

Blaublitz Akita
25.7%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

44.8%

29.4%

25.8%

Our Initial ML Estimation

45.8%

28.8%

25.2%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Vegalta Sendai has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.5%)

Blaublitz Akita has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.1%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Vegalta Sendai than the current prediction. (+0.5%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Blaublitz Akita than the current prediction. (-0.5%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
80%	20%	0%

Vegalta Sendai - Blaublitz Akita Predictions

Users Predictions: 5 users predict this event. Sendai will win (votes: 4 - 80%). It will Tie (votes: 1 - 20%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:0

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
41. Takahashi I. (G) 22. Takada R. 5. Sugata M. 19. Mateus Moraes 8. Takeda H. 2. Igarashi S. 4. Yutani A. 14. Sagara R. 37. Sugiyama Y. 20. Nakada Y. 27. Iwabuchi H.	1. Yamada G. (G) 22. Takahashi H. 3. Iizumi R. 2. Okazaki R. 5. Nagai K. 14. Oishi R. 66. Doi K. 6. Morooka H. 10. Sato D. 8. Umeda K. 18. Handa K.
Substitutes
7. Araki S. 1. Hotta D. (G) 44. Inoue S. 42. Ishii H. 10. Kamada H. 15. Minami S. 18. Umeki T. 40. Yasuno T. 26. Yokoyama S.	32. Hasegawa T. 7. Mizutani T. 77. Nakano Y. 52. Nishimura M. 17. Nonomura T. 11. Sagawa K. 23. Yatagai S. (G) 16. Yoshioka M.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 2)
3', 0 - 1, Sato D. ⚽,
17', Yutani A. 🟨,
28', 0 - 2, Umeda K. ⚽, Sato D. (A),
2nd Half (1 - 1)
46', Yutani A. ↓, Kamada H. ↑,
46', Sugiyama Y. ↓, Ishii H. ↑,
46', Sato D. ↓, Nakano Y. ↑,
55', Handa K. ↓, Nishimura M. ↑,
55', Umeda K. ↓, Sagawa K. ↑,
57', 0 - 3, Sagawa K. ⚽, Nakano Y. (A),
58', Nakada Y. ↓, Araki S. ↑,
63', Mateus Moraes 🟨,
68', Oishi R. ↓, Yoshioka M. ↑,
69', Okazaki R. 🟨,
70', Nagai K. ↓, Hasegawa T. ↑,
77', Sagara R. ↓, Yasuno T. ↑,
78', Iwabuchi H. ↓, Umeki T. ↑,
82', 1 - 3, Takeda H. ⚽,
84', Sugata M. 🟨,
90+2', Nakano Y. 🟨,

Preview

The most interesting match of the day — two teams from the very top of the table will face off (ranked 1 in the zone Promotion ~ J2/J3 League (Play Offs: ) and 3 in the zone Promotion ~ J2/J3 League (Placement matches: )).

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Sendai won 2.

Sendai is in fantastic form, winning most of its recent matches (last 5 games: 5 wins).

In recent matches, Blaublitz Akita has shown inconsistent performance (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

Sendai will hold a modest advantage in this match.

In the last 9 head-to-head matches, Sendai won 4 matches, drew 4 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 8:4. (average 0.9:0.4).

Including home matches between the teams, Sendai won 2 matches, drew 1 match, lost 1 match, and goals 6:4. (average 1.5:1).

Last Results with these Odds

Vegalta Sendai - the odds 2.07 are the expected chance of winning is 44.8%, but this team recently wins 29% of matches with these odds.

Blaublitz Akita - the odds 3.6 are the expected chance of winning is 25.76%, but this team recently wins 40% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Vegalta Sendai
Japan J2 J3 League
29.04.26	Thespakusatsu Gunma - Vegalta Sendai	1:3 ✺
25.04.26	Vegalta Sendai - Montedio Yamagata	1:0 ✺
18.04.26	Vegalta Sendai - Tochigi City	5:0 ✺
12.04.26	Sagamihara - Vegalta Sendai	0:3 ✺
04.04.26	Vegalta Sendai - Thespakusatsu Gunma	3:2 penalties ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8.1 WWWWW
- Blaublitz Akita
Japan J2 J3 League
29.04.26	Blaublitz Akita - Montedio Yamagata	2:0 ✺
26.04.26	Vanraure Hachinohe - Blaublitz Akita	1:0 ✺
19.04.26	Blaublitz Akita - Yokohama FC	1:3 ✺
12.04.26	Blaublitz Akita - Shonan Bellmare	0:1 ✺
04.04.26	Yokohama FC - Blaublitz Akita	1:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8.9 WLLLW

Latest Head to Head

Japan J2 J3 League
29.03.26	Blaublitz Akita - Vegalta Sendai	0:1 penalties
Japan J2 League
23.11.25	Blaublitz Akita - Vegalta Sendai	0:0
05.04.25	Vegalta Sendai - Blaublitz Akita	1:0
06.10.24	Vegalta Sendai - Blaublitz Akita	0:1
16.03.24	Blaublitz Akita - Vegalta Sendai	0:0
22.10.23	Blaublitz Akita - Vegalta Sendai	0:1
03.05.23	Vegalta Sendai - Blaublitz Akita	2:2

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