📏 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-2 J1 League success vs Machida Zelvia.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 60% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the scorers were Yuki Ohashi (31', 82' Own goal) and Makoto Mitsuta (55'). At the other end, Machida Zelvia had 6 shots on goal with 0 on target.

Their more recent scorelines show that quality has been evident in the Sanfrecce Hiroshima defence. Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been miserly, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last 6 clashes standing at 3. That kind of trend might not be sustained here, of course.

Going into this encounter, Sanfrecce Hiroshima are undefeated in their last 11 home league matches. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Shonan Bellmare

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Tokyo Verdy in J1 League action, Shonan Bellmare and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Shonan Bellmare had 40% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Shonan Bellmare was Lukian (15'). At the other end, Tokyo Verdy got 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Hiroto Taniguchi (75') and Hiroto Yamami (86') scored for Tokyo Verdy.

Looking at their form, and Shonan Bellmare have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 12 goals in total. In defence, Shonan Bellmare could really do with shoring things up.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Shonan Bellmare:

• are winless against Sanfrecce Hiroshima when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels stretching back to 10/04/2021, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning 2 of those games, Shonan Bellmare 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 6 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 3 for Sanfrecce and 3 belonging to Shonan. That’s an average goals per game of 1.

The previous league fixture between these sides was J1 League match day 22 on 05/08/2023 when it finished Shonan Bellmare 1-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

That day, Shonan Bellmare managed 45% possession and 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Yuki Ohashi (47').

For their opponents, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Futoshi Nakamura.

📋 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Douglas Vieira (Knee injury), Hiroya Matsumoto (Knee medial ligament tear) and Taichi Yamasaki (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima gaffer Michael Skibbe.

ℹ️ Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Shonan Bellmare boss Satoshi Yamaguchi has not got a full squad to pick from. Ryo Nemoto (Cruciate ligament tear), Naoki Yamada (Hamstring injury), Sere Matsumura (Meniscus injury) and Kosuke Onose (Hamstring injury) miss out here.

💭 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima should really create enough chances to score more than one when they line up against Shonan Bellmare, who will be up against it getting goals.

Accordingly, we see a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the conclusion of the game.

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

Victor Martins, 04:05 07/04/2024