Vegalta Sendai vs Osaka FC
At midnight FC Osaka will make a historic visit to Yurtec Stadium. There they will challenge Vegalta Sendai in the second round of the Japanese Cup. The visitors hope to make a surprise in the first game to face the host.
First, FC Osaka visited Suzuka Unlimited headquarters on Saturday (29/6); they can only bring the 2-2 draw in the match so that they are currently stuck in 11th place in the Football League standings. On the positive side, the draw was enough to end a series of defeats that had appeared in the previous 3 matches.
No party benefited from this schedule because Vegalta Sendai also played until Sunday (6/30). In the match they managed to win 2-1 over Consadole Sapporo after Kunimitsu Sekiguchi scored on 64 minutes. Thanks to this victory, they also opened up the opportunity to reach the top 3 of the Japanese League from number 6.
With that victory too, Vegalta Sendai almost landed a perfect record during June; it was the 5th victory that was won in 6 appearances last month. With this good record, they should be able to win easily against FC Osaka as a warm-up party before appearing at home to Urawa Red Diamonds at the end of next week.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.40