The J2 League game at Toyama Stadium on Saturday sees hosts Kataller Toyama ready themselves for the visit of JEF United Chiba.
View all Kataller Toyama v JEF United Chiba tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
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Kataller Toyama
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Kataller Toyama won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 3-1 J2 League losing effort in their last game against Iwaki.
The only player to score from Kataller Toyama was Tsubasa Yoshihira (88'). Yuto Yamashita (43'), Yusuke Onishi (51') and Kaina Tanimura (86') scored for Iwaki.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Kataller Toyama have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Kataller Toyama have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 11 goals during that time.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Kataller Toyama:
- are winless against JEF United Chiba in their previous 5 league games.
- are without a home win in the past 8 league matches. Something needs to change.
JEF United Chiba
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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Júbilo Iwata in J2 League competition, JEF United Chiba will be aiming to make amends here.
Jordy Croux (24') scored for Júbilo Iwata.
It is worth noting that JEF United Chiba have struggled for goals in their past six encounters, recording the disappointing return of only 4. In those fixtures, JEF Utd have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 5. That aside, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend shall be sustained here in this match.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that JEF United Chiba:
- have not been beaten by Kataller Toyama when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
- are without an away win for the past 2 league games.
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Head to head
Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 12/05/2013 shows that Kataller Toyama have won 1 of these games & JEF United Chiba 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.
A combined total of 21 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 for Kataller and 12 for JEF Utd. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.
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Team News: Kataller Toyama
Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Kataller Toyama boss Ryo Adachi to be concerned about from an otherwise complete squad. Arata Yoshida (Hamstring injury) is out of contention.
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Prediction
Kataller Toyama will surely be able to get a goal against this JEF United Chiba lineup, but a single goal is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re therefore expecting a narrow 1-2 advantage for JEF United Chiba at the end of this one. We’ll have to see what happens.
Lucas Pereira,
01:03 26/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Kataller Toyama
Formed: 2007
Stadium: Toyama Stadium (18,588)
Captain: Riki Matsuda
Chairman: Susumu Kuwa
Manager: Ryo Adachi
Competitions: J2 League position 19
🔑 Star Player: Riki Matsuda
Usually deployed in the Left Wing position, Riki Matsuda was born in Osaka, Japan. Having played his first senior match for Cerezo Osaka in the 2021 season, the gifted Forward has scored a sum of 2 league goals in the J2 League 2025 season so far coming from a total of 20 appearances.