Betting preview: Kashiwa Reysol vs Shonan Bellmare should be interesting

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Kashiwa Reysol form and stats

With 1 J-League win, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Kashiwa Reysol are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Grot was the last player to score a league goal for Kashiwa Reysol and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Kashiwa Reysol haven't scored in 198 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager Ihara led his Kashiwa Reysol to a defeat away at Tokyo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium. Defender Koga got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Koga won 7 of 10 duels.

In the match before that, Kashiwa hosted Albirex Niigata and drew the game 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kashiwa Reysol have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 7.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 13 league matches, 10 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kashiwa, as the Emperor Cup home game vs Tokushima Vortis is only four days away.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kashiwa Reysol defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Kashiwa Reysol has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

Shonan Bellmare form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shonan Bellmare so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Bellmare who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Albirex Niigata was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Shonan Bellmare are travelling again after losing away to Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous match (1-4). It's not a good sign for Shonan Bellmare that their goalie Song managed nine saves in the Yokohama F. Marinos game, but still were unable to hinder a loss. Midfielder Onose was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Onose hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).

A 1-4 defeat away at Urawa Reds before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Shonan Bellmare in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Bellmare, 8 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fagiano Okayama in just four days.

Shonan Bellmare have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Shonan Bellmare - Kashiwa Reysol 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Kashiwa victories, two draws and two Shonan Bellmare wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Machino 9 goals

M. Hosoya 5 goals

Y. Ohashi 4 goals

Kashiwa Reysol missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players