Shonan Bellmare vs Cerezo Osaka Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Shonan Bellmare

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Shonan Bellmare will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-4 J1 League loss in their previous game against Consadole Sapporo.

In that game, Shonan Bellmare had 49% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Shonan Bellmare, the goals were scored by Shuto Machino (59') and Hiroyuki Abe (60'). For their opponents, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo got 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Yoshiaki Komai (6'), Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (70'), Yuya Asano (75') and Supachok Sarachat (87') scored for Consadole Sapporo.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Shonan Bellmare have shown defensive steel. In fact, Shonan Bellmare have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 12 goals along the way. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this game, of course.

Looking at their past form shows that Shonan Bellmare:

• have not emerged victorious against Cerezo Osaka in their last 2 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka will come into the meeting after a 0-1 J1 League win with the eclipse of Kyoto Sanga in their last match.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 39% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Kyoto Sanga got 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. Tomoya Wakahara (26' Own goal) scored for Kyoto Sanga.

Over the course of 5 of the prior 6 clashes featuring Cerezo Osaka, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell comes to a paltry 1.5, with the average goals for Sakura being 0.67.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Cerezo Osaka:

• remain unbeaten by Shonan Bellmare in games played away from home for the previous 7 matches in the league. A very good run of results for them.
• are undefeated in their last 4 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 21/03/2021 tells us that Shonan Bellmare have won 1 of these and Cerezo Osaka 3, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

An aggregate of 16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for Shonan and 9 being from Sakura. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The previous league contest between the two was J1 League match day 31 on 01/10/2022 when the final score was Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Shonan Bellmare.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka had 53% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target. Goals were scored by Jean Patric (92') and Mutsuki Kato (96' Own goal).

Shonan Bellmare had 6 shots at goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Hiroki Kasahara.

📋 Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Masaki Ikeda (Acromioclavicular Separation), Kosuke Onose (Calf Strain), Tarik Elyounoussi (Biceps femoris muscle injury), Daiki Tomii (Groin Strain) and Shuto Yamamoto (Groin Strain) will be missing for Shonan Bellmare gaffer Satoshi Yamaguchi.

🗞️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

In an otherwise available squad, there’s just the one fitness problem for the Cerezo Osaka manager Akio Kogiku to be concerned about. Hiroshi Kiyotake (Hamstring Injury) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Cerezo Osaka and Shonan Bellmare could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a 1-1 score at the end of the match.

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

Lucas Pereira, 00:46 16/05/2023