📏 Form Guide
Sanfrecce Hiroshima LWWWDW
Sanfrecce Hiroshima will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 J1 League victory against Kawasaki Frontale.
In that game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 54% possession and 23 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the scorers were Hayao Kawabe (45') and Sōta Nakamura (56'). Kawasaki Frontale got 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Tatsuya Ito (12') scored for Kawasaki Frontale.
Michael Skibbe's Sanfrecce Hiroshima have managed to score 10 times in their preceding six outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games is 6.
Heading into this fixture, Sanfrecce Hiroshima are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
Shonan Bellmare LLDLWW 🌤
Shonan Bellmare will go into the meeting following on from a 1-0 J1 League win in the defeat of Shimizu S-Pulse in their previous outing.
In that match, Shonan Bellmare managed 36% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Shonan Bellmare was Kosuke Onose (44'). Shimizu S-Pulse got 16 attempts on goal with 3 on target.
Over the course of 5 of the previous six games involving Shonan Bellmare, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game in that period comes to a meagre 2.17, with the average goals for Shonan equalling 1.17.
Analysis of their past results shows that Shonan Bellmare:
- have not beaten Sanfrecce Hiroshima in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 9 matches in the league. Who knows how long it might last, too.
👥 Head to head
If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 05/08/2023, there has been little between the sides with Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning 3 of those games, Shonan Bellmare 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.
A total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 10 from Sanfrecce and 7 belonging to Shonan. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.
ℹ️ Team News: Shonan Bellmare
Shonan Bellmare boss Satoshi Yamaguchi has to currently contend with reduced team options. Yutaro Oda (Broken tibia), Tatsunari Nagai (Calf injury) and Naoto Kamifukumoto (Achilles tendon rupture) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. The suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Kosuke Onose and Hiroya Matsumoto.
⚡ Prediction
Our thinking is that Sanfrecce Hiroshima are likely to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
In contrast, Shonan Bellmare will be up against it to get shooting opportunities although we do think it’s probable that they will be converting at least once here.
Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the conclusion of the game.