📏 Form Guide
Ehime FC LDDLWD
Ehime FC head into this game following a 0-0 J2 League tied result against Ventforet Kofu.
Shinya Aono's Ehime FC have hit the target a sum total of 5 times in their past six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that they have conceded in those fixtures stands at 9.
Montedio Yamagata LLLLWL
Following on from being beaten in their last game against V-Varen Nagasaki in J2 League action, Montedio Yamagata will be hoping to turn things around here.
The only name on the scoresheet from Montedio Yamagata was Yoshiki Fujimoto (45'). Shunya Yoneda (39') and Jesus (62') scored for V-Varen Nagasaki.
In a total of 5 of the previous 6 games involving Montedio Yamagata, at least three goals have been struck. The average number of goals per match during that time is 3.83, with the average number of goals for Montedio Yamagata being 1.33. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.
Going into this encounter, Montedio Yamagata are undefeated by Ehime FC in away games against them for the last 5 league games. A very good record, indeed.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 18/10/2020 tells us that Ehime FC have won 1 of these and Montedio Yamagata 5, with the tally of drawn results being 0.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.
The last league encounter featuring these clubs was J2 League match day 10 on 19/04/2025 when it finished Montedio Yamagata 2-3 Ehime FC.
The match was refereed by Hiroyuki Kimura.
🗞️ Team News: Ehime FC
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Ehime FC gaffer Shinya Aono to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy group. Hayato Fukushima (Hamstring injury) misses out.
📋 Team News: Montedio Yamagata
From a largely available group, there’s just the one fitness issue for the Montedio Yamagata manager Susumu Watanabe to be concerned with. Yuta Kumamoto (Knee medial ligament tear) misses out for this game.
⚡ Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Ehime FC will do well to be putting a goal past this Montedio Yamagata lineup who we think will do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
We therefore fancy a 0-1 victory for Montedio Yamagata at full-time.
A close call.
Lucas Pereira, 09:01 06/07/2025