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Kobe - Fukuoka: betting tip for the Japanese Championship match
Vissel Kobe and Avispa Fukuoka will play in the fourth round of the Japanese J-League. The hosts are the current tournament champion, but at the start of this season they scored only three points in three matches. The situation is even sadder for the guests - zero points after three rounds. Will the guests manage to score the first point in the new season on March 1? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Vissel Kobe
JapanCurrent form
Kobe has been among the leaders of the Japanese championship for a long time and finally won the first championship title in 2023. In 2024, the team managed to repeat its success by retaining the trophy. At the end of the season, the hosts turned out to be the most stable club in the championship and were four points ahead of Hiroshima. In the Champions League group stage, the hosts took only fifth place. This is enough to qualify for the playoffs, but other Japanese clubs, Yokohama Marinos and Kawasaki, performed much more successfully and took the top two places in the group. All matches in the J-League for Takayuki Yoshidi's wards have ended in a draw so far - the champion shared points with Urawa (0:0), Nagoya (2:2) and Kyoto (1:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
The entry of Yuki Honda into the field is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
- The hosts have not won in the last four matches.
- The last three matches of the championship ended in a draw for Kobe
Approximate line-up: Maekawa - Honda, Tuler, Yamakawa, Hirose- Ogihara - Kuwasaki, Ide - Muto, Osako, Sasaki
Avispa Fukuoka
JapanCurrent form
Fukuoka usually does not achieve such success as today's opponent. The team finished last season in 12th place, becoming a solid middleweight. This year has started depressingly for the guests. In the first three matches, the club suffered defeats from Kashiwa (0:1), Gamba Osaka (1:2) and Kawasaki (1:2), and taking into account last season, the series of defeats reached four matches. Fukuoka is the only J-League team that has not scored a single point in three matches, so now the guests occupy the last place in the standings.
Disqualifications and injuries
Due to injuries, Jirato Ikeda, Jogo Hisashi, Tatsuki Nara will miss the match.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has lost its last four league matches.
- The guests have suffered the last three defeats with a difference of one goal.
Approximate composition: Obata - Ando, Tashiro, Kamijima - Shichi, Akino, Yuzawa - Nago, Miki - Kanamori, Ben Khalifa
Trends
The bet is an accurate score of 2:1
The guests have suffered the last two defeats with this score
9.50Bet Both will score
This bet has played in the last three matches of the hosts
2.35The bid is the number 2 in the final bill
This pattern has worked in the last two away matches.
2.65Tip and bets
The hosts haven't won for quite some time, so the reigning champion needs to end this series as soon as possible. Now is just the right time for this - there will be a duel with the team occupying the last place in the table. It is clear that the guests also want to break their losing streak, but Kobe is much superior to Fukuoka in terms of strength and level of play, so we should expect a confident victory from the hosts.
Our betting tip is for Kobe to win in 1.73
Bet on the total
The teams played rather poorly in the first three matches, which should motivate their opponents to perform better in the fourth round. The clubs will only aim to win this match, so it's worth waiting for an attacking game. Most likely, we will see a lot of goals scored from Fukuoka and Kobe.
Our betting tip is a total of more than two goals in 1.95
Betting on corners
Judging by our description, it's clear that we don't expect a closed and sluggish game, so we'll bet that the opponents will earn a lot of corners in this match.
Our betting tip is a total of more than 9.5 corners in 1.90
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