V-varen Nagasaki vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Prediction & Betting Tips

Form and recent results

Hiroshima's last twenty matches, spread across the J1 League, cup ties and a few friendlies, read eleven wins, three draws and six losses, with 37 goals scored against 24 conceded. That's a decent, front-foot record even allowing for the mixed opposition.

V-varen Nagasaki: 20 completed matches; Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 20 completed matches.

V-varen Nagasaki

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

30

Difference

-6

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

24

Difference

+13

Nagasaki's equivalent run shows eight wins, two draws and ten losses from twenty games, with 24 scored and 30 conceded. Their defence has been breached fairly regularly across a similar spread of league, cup and friendly fixtures.

Neither sample is pure league form, but the overall shape lines up with where each side sits in the table.

Comparative Team Statistics: V-varen Nagasaki vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Head-to-head

Hiroshima have won both of this year's meetings between these two, beating Nagasaki 2-0 at home in April and winning 3-1 away back in February.

There are two older meetings on record from 2018, split one apiece, but that's a long time back and doesn't say much about either side's current form.

The recent head-to-head at least matches up with Hiroshima's stronger current form.

League standings

Hiroshima sit third with 17 points from eight games, built on five wins, two draws and a single defeat, and they've conceded just six goals in that time.

Nagasaki are down in 15th with eight points from the same number of matches, having won only twice, and they've already shipped 15 goals.

That's a sizeable gap in both points and goal difference this early in the campaign.

Players to watch

A. Suzuki has been Hiroshima's main man in front of goal, with six goals in eight appearances, and he's also chipped in with assists. S. Haller has added three goals of his own, and M. Kato leads the way for assists.

V-varen Nagasaki:

Best scorers:

Thiago Santana - 3

Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

Best scorers:

A. Suzuki - 6

S. Haller - 3

Best assist providers:

M. Kato - 3

A. Suzuki - 2

S. Higashi - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Suzuki x 2

For Nagasaki, Thiago Santana is their top scorer with three goals in eight games, though he'll need support if Nagasaki are going to trouble a settled Hiroshima defence.

Suzuki's involvement in both goals and assists makes him central to how Hiroshima create chances.