📊 Form Guide

Shonan Bellmare

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Shonan Bellmare will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 4-0 J1 League loss in their previous game against Gamba Osaka.

In that game, Shonan Bellmare had 66% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Gamba Osaka had 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Deniz Hümmet (2'), Takeru Kishimoto (13', 29') and Shinnosuke Nakatani (35') scored for Gamba Osaka.

An interesting feature of recent Shonan Bellmare games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their prior 6 clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on BTTS would've been a loser. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

Coming into this meeting, Shonan Bellmare are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima will come into the game following on from a 2-1 J1 League win over Avispa Fukuoka in their previous game.

In that game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 51% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the goals were scored by Mutsuki Kato (67') and Ryo Germain (98'). Avispa Fukuoka had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Tomoya Miki (86') scored for Avispa Fukuoka.

The numbers tell their own story, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals overall. At the back, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have seen their frailties exposed.

A look at their previous results shows us that Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• haven't won against Shonan Bellmare when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 4 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 02/04/2022 shows that Shonan Bellmare have won 2 of these & Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A combined total of 10 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from Shonan and 6 being from Sanfrecce. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The last league contest featuring the two was J1 League match day 34 on 19/10/2024 when the final score was Shonan Bellmare 2-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

On that occasion, Shonan Bellmare managed 44% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorers were Sho Fukuda (48') and Satoshi Tanaka (92').

For their opponents, Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 19 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Shuto Nakano (28') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Yudai Yamamoto.

ℹ️ Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Sena Ishibashi (Ankle ligament tear), Kanaru Matsumoto (Cruciate ligament injury), Taiyo Hiraoka (Hamstring injury), Soki Tamura (Thigh problems), Zé Ricardo (Inflammation in the knee) and Tatsunari Nagai (Calf injury) are unavailable for Shonan Bellmare boss Satoshi Yamaguchi.

📰 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima boss Michael Skibbe has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Goro Kawanami (Hand injury) and Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) are not ready for selection.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Shonan Bellmare will need things to go their way to register a score against this Sanfrecce Hiroshima outfit who we think might score at least once to put them ahead.

That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at full-time.

Looking forward to this.

Lucas Pereira, 09:05 07/05/2025