JEF United Chiba vs Yokohama F. Marinos Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form across all competitions

Yokohama's wider sample of 20 matches, spanning the league, cup football and friendlies, shows nine wins, four draws and seven defeats, with 35 scored against 26 conceded. It's not a flawless run, but it's a healthy one.

JEF United Chiba: 20 completed matches; Yokohama F. Marinos: 20 completed matches.

JEF United Chiba

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

60% 12 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

33

Difference

-10

Yokohama F. Marinos

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

26

Difference

+9

JEF's equivalent sample tells a different story: four wins from 20, 12 defeats, and more goals conceded than scored. That pattern fits with where they sit in the table right now.

Comparative Team Statistics: JEF United Chiba vs Yokohama F. Marinos

Recent meetings

The two recorded meetings this season have both gone Yokohama's way. They won 2-0 at their own ground back in March, then followed it up with a 3-2 win away at JEF in April.

So on the evidence we have, Yokohama have taken care of business both home and away against this particular opponent this year.

It's only two games, but Yokohama have had the better of this fixture in both meetings so far.

Where they sit in the table

Yokohama currently sit 6th with 14 points from eight games, built on four wins, two draws and two defeats. JEF United Chiba are down in 20th with just four points from the same number of matches, having won only once.

That's a sizeable early-season gap between a side holding its own in mid-table and one that's struggling to get out of trouble.

An eight-game sample is still early, but the gap between these two is already substantial.

Players to watch

Yokohama's biggest threat is K. Tanimura, who has scored six goals in just eight appearances this season, well clear of anyone else in this picture. K. Matsumura has added three assists in the same span, showing where a lot of the creative work comes from.

JEF United Chiba:

Best scorers:

K. Tanaka - 3

Penalty cards:

Erison x 4

T. Tsukui x 2

Yokohama F. Marinos:

Best scorers:

K. Tanimura - 6

Best assist providers:

K. Matsumura - 3

For JEF, K. Tanaka is their main source of goals with three in five matches. Discipline could be worth watching too, with Erison picking up four yellow cards in six games and T. Tsukui two in eight.

How this one could play out

Put it together and Yokohama arrive with the better recent record, a higher league position and a clean head-to-head record against this opponent this season. JEF have shown they can grind out draws at times, but they've also leaked goals often, which is the kind of thing a forward like Tanimura can take advantage of.

None of that guarantees anything on the day, especially with a home crowd behind Chiba, but the overall picture leans towards the visitors having more going for them.