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V-Varen Nagasaki v Kyoto Sanga : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki, Isahaya

Ranko Popović will be hoping for a crucial away win in the J-League on Sunday morning, as he takes his Kyoto Sanga side to the transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki to visit V-Varen Nagasaki and Takuya Takagi. You'll find statistics supporting our top of under 3.5 goals below, but don't forget to explore 16 other betting markets we cover too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with J-League performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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V-Varen Nagasaki's next match is v Fagiano at 10:55 on Saturday 15th August
Kyoto Sanga's next match is v Kawasaki at 11:00 on Saturday 15th August

The last Japanese J-League meeting between V-V Nagasaki and Kyoto Sanga was on Sunday 9th August 2026

Japanese J-League

August 9th 2026

V-V Nagasaki 2	1 Kyoto Sanga

T. Santos Santana 11'	54' R. da Silva Bataglia
T. Santos Santana 29'

	VVN KYO
Shots On	4 3
Shots Off	9 3
Corners	7 4
Possession	42% 58%
Fouls	10 13
Yellow/red cards	1/0 3/0

V-V Nagasaki	Kyoto Sanga

M. Goto M. Sekiguchi (R. Shindo 88') C. Bendini Giusti (I. Arai 63') H. Onaga T. Ominami H. Yamaguchi R. Yamada (D. Evaristo 86') Y. Iwasaki (E. Santana Deocleciano 86') T. Santos Santana (R. Yamasaki 73') K. Doi M. Hasegawa	G. Ota J. Mendes Santos (S. Yoon 46') S. Fukuoka R. da Silva Bataglia S. Fukuda (T. Kato 69') L. Kato (K. Nagata 46') H. de Souza Trevisan W. Silva de Andrade K. Sato (A. de Souza Alcântara 46') T. Hirato (S. Nagasawa 87') H. Arai

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by V-V Nagasaki and Kyoto Sanga combined during 90 mins. Recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to our prediction, and we think there's a 75% chance of it being right on the money. The top price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think V-V Nagasaki are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
V-V Nagasaki 30%	5/2 15%	-
Draw 27%	11/5	-
Kyoto Sanga 43%	11/10 2%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1 8%	-
Kyoto Sanga 1-0 12%	6/1	-
V-V Nagasaki 1-0 9%	17/2 13%	-
Kyoto Sanga 2-1 9%	17/2 5%	-
Draw 0-0 8%	7/1 6%	-
Kyoto Sanga 2-0 8%	17/2 8%	-
V-V Nagasaki 2-1 7%	12/1 9%	-
V-V Nagasaki 2-0 5%	16/1 15%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	-
Kyoto Sanga 3-1 4%	18/1	-
Kyoto Sanga 3-0 4%	18/1 9%	-
V-V Nagasaki 3-1 3%	28/1 13%	-
Kyoto Sanga 3-2 2%	33/1 15%	-
V-V Nagasaki 3-0 2%	40/1 17%	-
V-V Nagasaki 3-2 2%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 45%	6/5	-
Under 2.5 Goals 55%	13/20	-
Home 1st Goal 45%	13/10 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 50%	4/5 4%	-
No 1st Goal 5%	7/1 6%	-
BTTS - Yes 50%	19/20	-
BTTS - No 50%	4/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 13%	13/2 8%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2 4%	-
BTTS - Away Win 18%	4/1 9%	-
Home/draw 57%	4/6 3%	-
Away/draw 70%	2/7 3%	-
Home/away 73%	4/11	-
Over 1.5 Goals 71%	4/11 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 29%	2/1 8%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 24%	3/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 76%	2/9	-
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	8/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/14	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	18/1 11%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/50 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/14	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	8/1	-
Home DNB 49%	6/4 10%	-
Away DNB 62%	1/2 6%	-
V-V Nagasaki win to nil 17%	9/2 11%	-
Kyoto Sanga win to nil 25%	5/2 6%	-
V-V Nagasaki / V-V Nagasaki 15%	5/1 5%	-
V-V Nagasaki / Kyoto Sanga 3%	25/1	-
V-V Nagasaki / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / V-V Nagasaki 12%	13/2	-
Draw / Kyoto Sanga 15%	4/1 8%	-
Draw / Draw 18%	15/4	-
Kyoto Sanga / V-V Nagasaki 2%	33/1	-
Kyoto Sanga / Kyoto Sanga 23%	5/2 6%	-
Kyoto Sanga / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	-

Win / draw / win J-League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	V-V Nagasaki Kyoto Sanga
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Kashiwa	1	1	0	0	1	3	Feb 27	Aug 21	Sep 12	-
2	Kashima	0	0	0	0	0	0	May 15	Oct 17	Oct 21	-
3	Cerezo	1	1	0	0	1	3	Sep 19	Apr 29	Nov 28	Mar 20
4	Vissel Kobe	1	1	0	0	1	3	Apr 17	Sep 6	-	Jun 6
5	V-V Nagasaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	Apr 3	l 2-1A
6	Shimizu	1	1	0	0	1	3	Dec 5	Jun 6	Oct 31	Feb 20
7	Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	0	0	Oct 21	May 9	May 15	Oct 17
8	Machida	0	0	0	0	0	0	May 29	Nov 21	Oct 10	-
9	Gamba Osaka	0	0	0	0	0	0	Sep 2	-	-	Oct 24
10	Tokyo Verdy	1	0	1	0	0	1	Nov 1	May 22	Feb 27	Dec 5
11	Kawasaki	1	0	1	0	0	1	Nov 25	Apr 10	-	Aug 15
12	Urawa Reds	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Dec 19	Oct 25	Nov 21	May 22
13	Yokohama FM	1	0	0	1	-1	0	May 3	Dec 13	Feb 13	Sep 2
14	Kyoto Sanga	1	0	0	1	-1	0	w 2-1F	Apr 3	-	-
15	Fagiano	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Mar 20	Aug 15	Dec 19	Sep 19
16	Mito	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Mar 6	Nov 29	Aug 22	Apr 17
17	Avispa	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Feb 13	Nov 7	Aug 29	May 9
18	Nagoya	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Sep 12	Mar 10	May 29	Nov 7
19	JEF United	1	0	0	1	-3	0	Apr 24	Oct 11	Dec 13	Apr 10
20	Tokyo	1	0	0	1	-4	0	Aug 29	Feb 20	Mar 6	Sep 6

	Play Offs
	Final Series
	Play Offs
	Final Series
	Relegation
	Play Offs

Win / draw / win form

V-V Nagasaki have not lost in 13 consecutive home league games

Kyoto Sanga have not lost in 8 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Mito
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 1	Imabari
V-V Nagasaki	4 - 0	Ventforet
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 1	Kataller Toyama
V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Fujieda MYFC
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 0	Renofa
V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Sapporo
V-V Nagasaki	0 - 0	Vegalta
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 0	Oita Trinita
V-V Nagasaki	3 - 3	Omiya Ardija
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 0	JEF United
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 1	Montedio
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 1	Ehime
V-V Nagasaki	3 - 4	Iwaki
V-V Nagasaki	0 - 2	Sagan Tosu
V-V Nagasaki	5 - 1	Blaublitz
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 0	Tokushima
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 0	Jubilo Iwata
V-V Nagasaki	3 - 2	Roasso
V-V Nagasaki	1 - 4	Vegalta

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	V-V Nagasaki	1 - 1	Tokushima
H	V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Mito
A	V-V Nagasaki	4 - 0	Ehime
A	V-V Nagasaki	0 - 1	Jubilo Iwata
H	V-V Nagasaki	1 - 1	Imabari
H	V-V Nagasaki	4 - 0	Ventforet
A	V-V Nagasaki	2 - 0	JEF United
A	V-V Nagasaki	0 - 0	Blaublitz
H	V-V Nagasaki	1 - 1	Kataller Toyama
A	V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Omiya Ardija
H	V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Fujieda MYFC
H	V-V Nagasaki	1 - 0	Renofa
A	V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Sagan Tosu
H	V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Sapporo
H	V-V Nagasaki	0 - 0	Vegalta
A	V-V Nagasaki	1 - 1	Iwaki
H	V-V Nagasaki	1 - 0	Oita Trinita
A	V-V Nagasaki	2 - 1	Montedio
A	V-V Nagasaki	3 - 1	Roasso
H	V-V Nagasaki	3 - 3	Omiya Ardija

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Yokohama	0 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Shonan	1 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Cerezo	1 - 2	Kyoto Sanga
Hiroshima	1 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Tokyo	1 - 4	Kyoto Sanga
Nagoya	1 - 2	Kyoto Sanga
Avispa	2 - 2	Kyoto Sanga
Kashiwa	3 - 3	Kyoto Sanga
Tokyo Verdy	1 - 0	Kyoto Sanga
Yokohama FM	0 - 3	Kyoto Sanga
Machida	1 - 2	Kyoto Sanga
Gamba Osaka	2 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Albirex	1 - 2	Kyoto Sanga
Urawa Reds	2 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Kashima	3 - 4	Kyoto Sanga
Shimizu	1 - 2	Kyoto Sanga
Kawasaki	0 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Fagiano	2 - 0	Kyoto Sanga
Machida	1 - 0	Kyoto Sanga

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 0	Vissel Kobe
A	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 0	Yokohama
H	Kyoto Sanga	0 - 3	Yokohama FM
H	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Kashima
A	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Shonan
H	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Kawasaki
A	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Cerezo
H	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Machida
H	Kyoto Sanga	0 - 1	Shimizu
A	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Hiroshima
H	Kyoto Sanga	5 - 0	Fagiano
A	Kyoto Sanga	4 - 1	Tokyo
H	Kyoto Sanga	1 - 0	Tokyo Verdy
A	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Nagoya
A	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 2	Avispa
H	Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1	Albirex
H	Kyoto Sanga	3 - 1	Gamba Osaka
A	Kyoto Sanga	3 - 3	Kashiwa
H	Kyoto Sanga	3 - 0	Tokyo
A	Kyoto Sanga	0 - 1	Tokyo Verdy

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

V-V Nagasaki have beaten Kyoto Sanga in 3 consecutive home league meetings

V-V Nagasaki have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Kyoto Sanga

V-V Nagasaki

Kyoto Sanga

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 3

0 / 3

Clean sheets

3 / 3

0 / 3

VVN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT V-V Nagasaki
V-V Nagasaki		2 - 0
V-V Nagasaki		1 - 0
V-V Nagasaki		1 - 0

Kyoto Sanga

V-V Nagasaki

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 3

Clean sheets

1 / 3

VVN

KYO

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kyoto Sanga
	0 - 2	V-V Nagasaki
Kyoto Sanga	2 - 1
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

V-Varen Nagasaki's defensive record is to be admired, T. Takagi's men having conceded 1 or less in 19 consecutive J-League matches. An average PG rating of 1.4 for Kyoto Sanga makes sense in this context.

	V-V Nagasaki 8th	Kyoto Sanga 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that V-V Nagasaki will score no more than 1 goal	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Kyoto Sanga will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+3 V-V Nagasaki’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+24 Kyoto Sanga have scored 24% more goals when away than predicted
	1.7 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2026/2027 season

better

VVN

KYO

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

VVN

KYO

view stats

Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

V-V Nagasaki v Kyoto Sanga J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

V-V Nagasaki J-League squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	2	1	1
M Goto	Thiago	Y Iwasaki	H Onaga

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Goto GLK	1			-
K Doi DEF	1			-
T Ominami DEF	1			-
Eduardo DEF	1			-
M Sekiguchi MID	1			-
H Yamaguchi MID	1			-
R Yamada MID	1			-
H Onaga MID	1			1 -
M Hasegawa FWD	1			-
Y Iwasaki FWD	1		1	-
Thiago FWD	1	2		-
Subs
G Hatano GLK				-
I Arai DEF	1			-
R Shindo DEF	1			-
D Pituca MID	1			-
T. Matsumoto MID				-
N Campbell MID				-
E Deocleciano MID	1			-
T Sawada MID				-
R Yamasaki FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	3	1	1
Thiago	Thiago	Y Iwasaki	Eduardo

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Thiago FWD	2	3
Eduardo DEF				1
M Sekiguchi MID				1
Y Iwasaki FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
39	1	6
T Ominami	H Yamaguchi	H Onaga

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
T Ominami DEF	39		1
H Yamaguchi MID	35	1	1
M Hasegawa FWD	35	1	2
H Onaga MID	33	1	6
K Doi DEF	31		2
M Goto GLK	29		1
R Yamada MID	28		4
M Sekiguchi MID	22		3
Eduardo DEF	19		2
Thiago FWD	11		5
Subs
I Arai DEF	11
Y Iwasaki FWD	10		2
Subs
D Pituca MID	10
R Yamasaki FWD	7		3
E Deocleciano MID	5
R Shindo DEF	2		1

Kyoto Sanga J-League squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	1	1	1
G Ota	R Elias	R Kato	Weverton

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Ota GLK	1			-
S Fukuda DEF	1			-
Weverton DEF	1			1 -
H Trevisan DEF	1			-
K Sato DEF	1			-
J Pedro MID	1			1 -
S Fukuoka MID	1			-
R Kato MID	1		1	-
T Hirato MID	1			-
H Arai MID	1			-
R Elias FWD	1	1		1 -
Subs
K Kakoi GLK				-
K. Nagata DEF	1			-
Y Suzuki DEF	1			-
M Okugawa MID				-
T Hiraoka MID				-
S. Yoon MID	1			-
A. de Souza Alcântara FWD	1			-
T Kato FWD	1			-
S Nagasawa FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	1	1	1
R Elias	R Kato	R Kato	R Kato

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Elias FWD	1	1
R Kato MID		1	1	1
H Arai MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
60	2	6
Weverton	Weverton	Weverton

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
Weverton DEF	60	2	6
J Pedro MID	57
K Sato DEF	52	1	5
S Fukuda DEF	45	1	3
H Trevisan DEF	42		1
S Fukuoka MID	33		1
G Ota GLK	30
R Kato MID	28	1	2
Subs
S. Yoon MID	26		1
R Elias FWD	23		1
T Hirato MID	19		3
H Arai MID	15	1	2
Subs
K. Nagata DEF	13		1
A. de Souza Alcântara FWD	7		3
Y Suzuki DEF	5	1	1
S Nagasawa FWD	3		2
T Kato FWD	2	1	1