About Match
The table reads 3rd (Vegalta Sendai, 11 pts) against 9th (Júbilo Iwata, 10 pts), 1 points apart. Júbilo Iwata rank 5th in the league on five-round form, well above their 9th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Vegalta Sendai 1.67 scored and 1 conceded per game, Júbilo Iwata 1.33 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.27. A win here leaves Vegalta Sendai on 14 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Vegalta Sendai, 2 draws and 2 for Júbilo Iwata, at 3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. In 80% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Yurtec Stadium Sendai in Sendai stages the fixture, a ground that holds 19,694.