Vegalta Sendai v Tegevajaro Miyazaki — prediction, stats and goal analysis

J2 League · Saturday, 29 August 2026 · 11:00. Our rating makes this 42% 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 Vegalta Sendai at 43%, the draw at 29% and Tegevajaro Miyazaki at 28%, from expected goals of 1.2 and 0.91.

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. Vegalta Sendai have 0 in 2 this season (0 of 1 at home), Tegevajaro Miyazaki 0 in 2 (0 of 1 away). 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 41% and 41%.

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 37% and 53%.

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 45%.

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 35%, from expected goals of 1.2 for Vegalta Sendai and 0.91 for Tegevajaro Miyazaki. Folding in 30% of that view gives 42%.

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