Ōmiya Ardija vs Albirex Niigata Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Ōmiya Ardija

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Ōmiya Ardija will play in this match following a 1-1 J2 League tied result vs Tokyo Verdy.

Junki Koike (61') was the scorer for Tokyo Verdy.

Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Ōmiya Ardija have been involved. In terms of the goal distribution in that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 6 and Omiya managed a tally of 3. Previous results aside, time will tell if that pattern shall be sustained in this next match.

A look at their previous results shows us that Ōmiya Ardija:

• have not been beaten in the league by Albirex Niigata in their last 3 matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.

Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata will go into this encounter after a 2-0 J2 League win to beat JEF United Chiba in their previous outing.

Over the course of their last half-dozen outings, Albirex Niigata have bagged a tally of 11 goals. Albirex have also managed to score in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have seen 4 goals go into their own net.

Analysis of their past results shows that Albirex Niigata:

• have not emerged victorious against Ōmiya Ardija when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are unbeaten in their previous 6 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 22/04/2018 shows us that Ōmiya Ardija have won 3 of these & Albirex Niigata 1, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

A total of 15 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from Omiya and 6 being from Albirex. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The last league game featuring these sides was J2 League match day 42 on 20/12/2020 when it finished Ōmiya Ardija 3-1 Albirex Niigata.

The referee was Minoru Tojo.

🗞️ Team News: Ōmiya Ardija

Ōmiya Ardija boss Ken Iwase will be grateful not to have any fitness worries to speak of before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from.

📋 Team News: Albirex Niigata

Albirex manager Albert Puig has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Akito Fukuta (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Ryosuke Kojima (Fatigue fracture) and Takumi Hasegawa (Cruciate Ligament Injury) will miss out on this game.

💭 Prediction

Ōmiya Ardija may not find it easy to find the net against this Albirex Niigata lineup who we think should end up scoring and staying ahead.

We’re therefore anticipating a hard-fought 0-1 winning score for Albirex Niigata at the end of the 90 minutes.

Should be interesting.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 10:14 02/05/2021