On Saturday morning, Vegalta Sendai host Consadole Sapporo at the Yurtec Stadium Sendai, as the visitors look to continue their recent decent run of form in the J-League.
Vegalta Sendai are currently in the relegation zone in the Japanese top-flight, having picked up just 16 points from their 20 league outings so far this season.
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However, they are only a point from safety and have a game in hand on the teams directly above them in the table.
A recent four-game winless run has not helped Makoto Teguramori’s team’s chances of moving out of the J-League’s drop zone.
On the plus side, three of those winless league matches have finished all square, so Vegalta Sendai have suffered just one defeat in their last six outings.
If they can turn those draws into wins, then they will be moving up the table in no time.
Their recent league encounters have been tight, low-scoring affairs with four of their last five league outings producing under 2.5 goals.
Consadole Sapporo have not been the most consistent of teams in this season’s J-League. However, the visitors head into this encounter on the back of a promising run of form, having won three of their last four J-League matches.
With games in hand on the teams above them, the visitors still have time to finish in a relatively lofty position in the J-League table.
Mihailo Petrovic’s team have been decent in defence of late, as they have kept clean sheets in four of their last six games in the Japanese top-flight.
The visitors recent away record could not be more inconsistent, as they have won two, lost two and drawn one of their last five away games in the J-League.
Forebet predicts that Consadole Sapporo will record a victory in a relatively high-scoring game to continue their improving league form.