Albirex Niigata v Fujieda MYFC — prediction, stats and goal analysis

J2 League · Saturday, 22 August 2026 · 11:00. Our rating makes this 46% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The J2 League average is 45%.

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Our ratings for this match

The result model puts Albirex Niigata at 48%, the draw at 26% and Fujieda MYFC at 26%, from expected goals of 1.47 and 1.01.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. J2 League has produced over 2.5 goals in 45% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Albirex Niigata have 1 in 2 this season (1 of 1 at home), Fujieda MYFC 1 in 2. Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 47% and 45%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 2 and 2 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 14 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. That moves the two figures to 50% and 43%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 46%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 45%, from expected goals of 1.47 for Albirex Niigata and 1.01 for Fujieda MYFC. Folding in 30% of that view gives 46%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

More: Fujieda MYFC season stats · J2 League table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.