Vegalta SendaiL26 Aug · Home Tochigi City · 1:2W29 Aug · Home Tegevajaro Miyazaki · 4:2W5 Sep · Away Shonan Bellmare · 3:1L9 Sep · Away Fukushima United · 3:4D13 Sep · Home Consadole Sapporo · 1:1W20 Sep · Away Tochigi City · 3:1
In the J2 League game on 15 August 2026, Vegalta Sendai beat Oita Trinita 0:0. Match numbers: shots on target 4:2, corners 9:2.
Match report
Vegalta Sendai and Oita Trinita played out a 0:0 draw in the J-League 2 regular season on 15 August 2026. The result leaves the hosts in third place while Oita remain in fifteenth. Both sides had won half their opening fixtures, so this stalemate felt like a fair reflection of what unfolded.
There were no goals and no dismissals to break the pattern. The game opened with both teams feeling each other out, and by then the tempo had settled into something measured. Sendai pressed forward with more intent, but Oita's back line held firm without needing to resort to last-ditch tackles.
The second half brought a flurry of changes. K. Kobayashi came on for Sendai in the fifty-seventh minute, followed by a wave at sixty-four and sixty-five when both sides turned to fresh legs. D. Aizawa picked up a yellow card at seventy-six, a cautions that seemed to come from frustration rather than recklessness. Oita pushed for something more at the end, but the pitch cut up badly and that slowed their rhythm.
Statistically the match told a familiar story. Both teams held fifty percent possession, though Sendai registered ninety attacks to Oita's one hundred and eight. The hosts fired fourteen shots off target alongside four on target, while Oita managed three off target and two on target. It was a tight contest where neither side could cut them open at will.
The standings now show Sendai ten points from five games and Oita five points from the same number of outings. The hosts' recent run had included heavy defeats, so this point felt like a building block. Oita's form has been uneven, and a draw away from home keeps them in touch with the mid-table pack.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %50–50
Shots on target4–2
Shots off target14–3
Attacks90–108
HT⇄57' K. Kobayashi — Substitution⇄64' T. Yamaguchi — Substitution⇄64' D. Furukawa — Substitution⇄65' S. Araki — Substitution⇄65' H. Iwabuchi — Substitution⇄75' K. Arima — Substitution🟨76' D. Aizawa — Yellow card⇄86' M. Okuyama — Substitution⇄86' M. Nakajima — Substitution⇄86' I. Oda — Substitution⇄86' Y. Nishimura — Substitution
0'45'90'
Match events
57'0:0Vegalta Sendai⇄SubstitutionK. Kobayashi off: H. Takeda
64'0:0Oita Trinita⇄SubstitutionT. Yamaguchi off: K. Sakakibara
64'0:0Oita Trinita⇄SubstitutionD. Furukawa off: D. Aizawa
65'0:0Vegalta Sendai⇄SubstitutionS. Araki off: R. Asakura
65'0:0Vegalta Sendai⇄SubstitutionH. Iwabuchi off: K. Miyazaki
75'0:0Oita Trinita⇄SubstitutionK. Arima off: M. Kimoto
L26 Aug · Home Tochigi City · 1:2W29 Aug · Home Tegevajaro Miyazaki · 4:2W5 Sep · Away Shonan Bellmare · 3:1L9 Sep · Away Fukushima United · 3:4D13 Sep · Home Consadole Sapporo · 1:1W20 Sep · Away Tochigi City · 3:1
