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J2 League · Japan

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Sunday, 4 October 2026

Vegalta Sendai

2–1full timeHT 1–1 · 2H 1–0

Iwata

What Janus-12 said

71%

Vegalta Sendai or Iwata

72% success over 68 matches in this league

✓ It happened

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Sealed on 04/10, 07:00announced on 20/09/2026, 13 days before kick-off

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62% success over 68 matches in this league
70%✗

J2 League

as of 06/10, 06:35

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
1	Vegalta Sendai	9	6	2	1	+9	20
2	Albirex Niigata	9	6	1	2	0	19
3	Kataller Toyama	9	5	2	2	+9	17
4	Omiya Ardija	9	4	5	0	+9	17
5	Yokohama FC	9	5	2	2	+7	17
6	Shonan Bellmare	9	4	4	1	+2	16
7	Fujieda MYFC	9	3	4	2	+3	13
8	Blaublitz Akita	9	3	4	2	+2	13
9	Tokushima	9	4	1	4	-1	13
10	Montedio Yamagata	9	4	0	5	+3	12
11	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	9	3	3	3	0	12
12	Oita Trinita	9	2	5	2	+2	11
13	Tochigi City	9	3	1	5	0	10
14	Iwata	9	3	1	5	-2	10
15	Vanraure Hachinohe	9	3	1	5	-9	10
16	Iwaki	9	3	0	6	-5	9
17	Sagan Tosu	9	2	2	5	-4	8
18	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	9	2	2	5	-6	8
19	Imabari	9	2	1	6	-9	7
20	Kofu	9	2	1	6	-10	7

What we announced

1/2

Under each prediction, the most plausible explanation of what became of it.

Vegalta Sendai or Iwata71%held
At most 1 goal before half-time70%lost
- It was all decided before the break: 1-1 at half-time, 2′ Vegalta Sendai, 10′ Iwata.

What happened

Before kick-off

TableVegalta Sendai 1st, Iwata 14th (J2 League)

During the match

During the match2′ opening goal, Vegalta Sendai (1-0)
During the match10′ equaliser, Iwata (1-1)
During the matchHalf-time: 1-1
During the match90′ Vegalta Sendai retake the lead (2-1)
Line-up90′ the goal came off the bench: R. Sagara (Vegalta Sendai)

What it changes

In this league, “Vegalta Sendai or Iwata” goes from 72.1% to 72.5% success rate, over 69 settled matches, this one included.

This prediction came from a model trained on 784,492 matches. This one is now part of it: the model is retrained from scratch twice a day, result included.

Our wins and our failures are counted in the same place, in public. See the full record.

How the match unfolded

Vegalta Sendai on the left, Iwata on the right.

First half

2'Goal · T. Umeki
Goal · D. Sato (assist : Danilo Cardoso)10'
Yellow card · S. Inoue21'
Substitution · D. Kaneko ⇄ Yuri Lara28'
29'Yellow card · T. Umeki
Yellow card · D. Sato34'
Yellow card · J. Victor38'

Half-time1 – 1

Second half

Substitution · J. Victor ⇄ R. Ota46'
Substitution · T. Kawai ⇄ Matheus Peixoto46'
Yellow card · K. Yamazaki46'
53'Substitution · S. Igarashi ⇄ Y. Sugiyama
71'Substitution · M. Okuyama ⇄ H. Kamada
71'Substitution · T. Umeki ⇄ K. Miyazaki
71'Substitution · H. Iwabuchi ⇄ R. Asakura
Substitution · D. Sato ⇄ S. Nishikubo74'
Substitution · T. Inui ⇄ M. Ohara78'
Yellow card · Matheus Peixoto81'
Yellow card · Yuri Lara87'
88'Substitution · M. Nakajima ⇄ R. Sagara
Substitution · S. Inoue ⇄ K. Fujiwara88'
90+4'Goal · R. Sagara (assist : Y. Sugiyama)
90+5'Yellow card · R. Sagara

What we announced

1/2

Under each prediction, the most plausible explanation of what became of it.

Vegalta Sendai or Iwata71%held
At most 1 goal before half-time70%lost
- It was all decided before the break: 1-1 at half-time, 2′ Vegalta Sendai, 10′ Iwata.

What happened

Before kick-off

TableVegalta Sendai 1st, Iwata 14th (J2 League)

During the match

During the match2′ opening goal, Vegalta Sendai (1-0)
During the match10′ equaliser, Iwata (1-1)
During the matchHalf-time: 1-1
During the match90′ Vegalta Sendai retake the lead (2-1)
Line-up90′ the goal came off the bench: R. Sagara (Vegalta Sendai)

What it changes

In this league, “Vegalta Sendai or Iwata” goes from 72.1% to 72.5% success rate, over 69 settled matches, this one included.

This prediction came from a model trained on 784,492 matches. This one is now part of it: the model is retrained from scratch twice a day, result included.

Our wins and our failures are counted in the same place, in public. See the full record.

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