Urawa - Okayama: betting tip for the Japanese Championship match
Urawa and Okayama will play in the fifth round of the Japanese J-League 1. The hosts started the season very poorly and ended up in the penultimate place in the standings. The visitors came out of the second league and played well in the first rounds, scoring seven points in four matches. Will Urawa be able to win his first victory of the year on March 8th? The answer is in our betting tip for this match

Command Analysis

Urawa Red Diamonds

Current form
Urawa finished only in 13th place in the standings last season. They couldn't fight for anything serious, but they also managed to avoid the struggle for survival. The team started the current season much worse and ended up in the penultimate place after four matches. The club managed to score only two points in the first rounds, drawing with Kobe (0-0) and Kyoto (1-1). Then Maciej Skorza's team lost to Senan (1:2) and Kashiwa (0:2). The team needs to start getting in shape to get out of the danger zone.
Disqualifications and injuries
Kai Shibato will not play due to injury.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has never won in the last five matches.
- The hosts have conceded two goals in the last two matches.
Approximate composition: Nishikawa - Sekine, Danilo, Heybraten, Ogiwara - Watanabe, Yasui - Kaneko, Matsumoto, Mateus Savio - Tiago

Fagiano Okayama FC

Current form
Okayama played in the J-2 League last season, where they managed to finish in fifth place, which allowed them to qualify for the playoffs. There, the team managed to beat Yamagata (3-0) and Vegalta Sendai (2-0), earning promotion to the major leagues. The team has made a good start to the season here and has never lost on its own field so far. Takashi Kiyama's team managed to beat Kyoto (2:0) and Gamba Osaka (2:0), and also drew with Shimizu (1:1). The newcomer suffered the only defeat on the road, losing to another native of the second league, Yokohama (0:1). The guests occupy the seventh place in the standings and are three points behind the leaders.
Disqualifications and injuries
The guests have no problems with the line-up on the eve of the fifth round.
Interesting betting trends
- The team lost only one of the four matches of the season.
- The visitors conceded only two goals in four matches.
Approximate composition: Bregersen - Suzuki, Tagami, Tatsuta - Matsumoto, Kamiya, Fujita, Yanagi- Iwabuchi, Yosaka - Ichimi
Trends
The exact score is 1:0
The guests suffered the last defeat with such a score
7.00Bet At least one team won't score
This bet has played in three of the last four away matches.
1.83The bid is the number 1 in the final bill
This pattern has worked in two of the last three matches of the hosts.
1.62Tip and bets
The hosts are failing to start the season and have not managed to win a single victory so far. Nevertheless, this series cannot last forever, nevertheless, Urawa does not deserve to be at the bottom of the table in terms of potential. We think that in the match with the newcomer of the league, the team will still be able to achieve victory. We suggest betting on the success of Red Diamonds with a good coefficient.
Our betting tip is Urawa's victory in 2.15
Bet on the total
The teams are just rolling into the season, so we shouldn't expect abnormally high performance. The hosts have scored only two goals in four matches, and the guests have so far failed to score on the road. Most likely, one or two goals scored will decide the fate of this match.
Our betting tip is a total of less than 2.5 goals in 1.65
Betting on corners
We believe that the teams in this match will rely on defense, so we are unlikely to see a lot of corners here. It is worth betting on a total of less in this indicator.
Our betting tip is a total of less than 9.5 corners in 1.77