📊 Form Guide

Yokohama F. Marinos

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Yokohama F. Marinos will be looking for a repeat result of the 2-0 J1 League triumph vs Gamba Osaka.

In that game, Yokohama F. Marinos managed 53% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Yokohama F. Marinos, the goals were scored by Anderson Lopes (53') and Asahi Uenaka (98'). Gamba Osaka got 21 shots on goal with 8 on target.

Over their prior 6 games, Harry Kewell's Yokohama F. Marinos have hit the target 9 times which gives them an average number of goals per match of 1.5.

Coming into this contest, Yokohama F. Marinos haven't lost in the league to Shonan Bellmare in their last 6 games.

Shonan Bellmare

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After a loss in their previous game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in J1 League competition, Shonan Bellmare and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Shonan Bellmare had 43% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 28 shots on goal with 11 on target. Yuki Ohashi (52', 96') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

The stats don’t lie, and Shonan Bellmare have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals in total. At the back, Shonan Bellmare can certainly do much better.

A look at their previous results shows us that Shonan Bellmare:

• are winless against Yokohama F. Marinos when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs stretching back to 03/04/2021 shows that these encounters have been miserable for Shonan Bellmare. They have not managed to register any wins at all while Yokohama F. Marinos have maintained the edge over them, running out winners in 67% of those matches.

An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 14 from Marinos and 4 coming from Shonan. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The previous league fixture between the two was J1 League match day 19 on 02/07/2023 when it finished Yokohama F. Marinos 4-1 Shonan Bellmare.

On that occasion, Yokohama F. Marinos had 54% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 13 of them on target. Goals were scored by Ken Matsubara (5'), Anderson Lopes (10', 51') and Asahi Uenaka (77').

Shonan Bellmare got 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Shuto Machino (75') was the scorer.

The referee was Futoshi Nakamura.

🗞️ Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos

Ryuta Koike (Broken kneecap) and Kenta Inoue (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) are not available for Yokohama F. Marinos gaffer Harry Kewell.

In our view, Marinos will possibly use a 4-1-2-3 formation with William Popp, Ken Matsubara, Takumi Kamijima, Taiki Watanabe, Ren Kato, Keigo Sakakibara, Tae-Hee Nam, Asahi Uenaka, Kota Mizunuma, Kento Shiogai and Yuta Koike.

📋 Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Shonan Bellmare boss Satoshi Yamaguchi has multiple availability issues to deal with. Sere Matsumura (Meniscus injury), Koki Tachi (Hamstring injury), Ryo Nemoto (Cruciate ligament tear) and Naoki Yamada (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game. Bum-keun Song is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

It’s our belief that Shonan Bellmare seem most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 system, choosing Hiroki Mawatari, Yuto Suzuki, Kazuki Oiwa, Min-Tae Kim, Taiga Hata, Masaki Ikeda, Akimi Barada, Kohei Okuno, Taiyo Hiraoka, Lukian and Akito Suzuki.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Shonan Bellmare are certainly able to score against this Yokohama F. Marinos outfit, however that possibly won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Yokohama F. Marinos at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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

Andre Moura, 04:09 13/04/2024