Roasso Kumamoto vs Oita Trinita Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Roasso Kumamoto

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Roasso Kumamoto will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 0-1 J. League Cup defeat in their last game at the hands of Sagan Tosu.

Ayumu Yokoyama (26') was the scorer for Sagan Tosu.

Takeshi Oki's Roasso Kumamoto have hit the target a sum total of 9 times in their last 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in that same time is 10.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Roasso Kumamoto:

• have not emerged victorious against Oita Trinita in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

Oita Trinita

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Iwaki in J2 League action, Oita Trinita and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Yoshihito Kondo (59') and Hayato Teruyama (74') scored for Iwaki.

Tomohiro Katanosaka's Oita Trinita have turned their attacks into goals a total of 5 times in the course of their most recent sextet of matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that period comes to 8.

Their previous form shows that Oita Trinita:

• remain undefeated by Roasso Kumamoto when having played them away from home in the previous 6 league games. A very good run of results for them.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 08/09/2018 shows us that Roasso Kumamoto have won 1 of these games and Oita Trinita 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A sum of 20 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for Roasso K and 12 coming from Oita. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The last league match between these clubs was J2 League match day 26 on 16/07/2023 which ended up with the score at Roasso Kumamoto 1-3 Oita Trinita.

The referee was Reo Tanaka.

📋 Team News: Roasso Kumamoto

Daichi Ishikawa (Hamstring injury) and Chihiro Konagaya (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) won’t be playing for Roasso Kumamoto gaffer Takeshi Oki.

ℹ️ Team News: Oita Trinita

Oita Trinita manager Tomohiro Katanosaka has to currently contend with reduced team options. Yusei Yashiki (Cruciate ligament injury), Shun Ayukawa (Hamstring injury), Yusho Takahashi (Cruciate ligament injury), Samuel (Achilles tendon rupture) and Kento Haneda (Meniscus injury) are not ready for selection.

💡 Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Oita Trinita will need to put in a solid display to register a score against this Roasso Kumamoto lineup who should gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 win for Roasso Kumamoto when the referee blows for full-time.

It should be a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:05 26/04/2024