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Kobe —Hiroshima: Japan Super Cup match forecast
Kobe and Hiroshima will compete in the Japanese Super Cup match. The nominal hosts became the winners of the J-League 1 for the second time in a row, and also won the Emperor's Cup, and the guests took second place in the championship. On February 8, the rivals will play for the first trophy of the new season. Who will win on February 8th? The answer is in our forecast.
Command Analysis
Vissel Kobe
JapanCurrent form
Last season, Kobe did not immediately take the leading position, but all the time it was near the top three and eventually turned out to be the most stable club in the J-League, which helped the team defend the championship title. At the finish of the championship, the hosts were four points ahead of the main pursuer, which was today's opponent, Hiroshima. Takayuki Yoshida's team managed to take the Japan Cup, beating Gamba Osaka in the final with a score of 1:0. The club also performs well in the Champions League, where it shares first place in the group with South Korean Gwangju. Only on December 3, the J-League champion suffered his first defeat in the continental tournament, losing to the Pohang Steelers with a score of 1:3.
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts have no problems with the squad on the eve of the Super Bowl match.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has lost only one of the last ten matches.
- The club has scored in each of the last ten matches
Approximate line-up: Maekawa - Honda, Tuler, Yamakawa, Sakai- Ogihara - Miyashiro, Ideguti - Hirose, Osako, Muto
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
JapanCurrent form
Last season, Hiroshima was one of the main contenders for the first place in the J-League, but due to unstable results at the end of the season, it still lost the competition to today's opponent, eventually winning only silver medals. At the same time, the visitors became the most productive team of the championship, scoring 72 goals in 38 matches, 11 more than Kobe. In the second Champions League, the team managed to take first place in Group E and will soon play Vietnam's Nam Din in the first round of the playoffs. In January, the team from Hiroshima played three friendly matches. They managed to beat Bulgarian CSKA 1948 (4:3) and Polish Cracovia (2:1), and the match with Czech Jablonec ended in a 1-1 draw.
Disqualifications and injuries
The guests have no problems with the squad on the eve of the Super Bowl match.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has lost only one of the last seven matches.
- In the last eight matches, the visitors have never defended to zero.
Approximate line-up: Osaka - Shiotani, Araki, Sasaki - Nagano, Matsumoto, Kawabe, Hagashi - Kato, Arslan - Douglas
Trends
Bet Both will score
This bet has been played in the last seven away matches.
1.73The bid is the number 3 in the final bill
This pattern has worked in three of the last four matches of the hosts.
4.30The bet is an accurate score of 3:1
The last face-to-face meeting ended with this score
22.00Tip and bets
Last season, the hosts proved their superiority over other J-League teams by taking the championship title for the second time in a row. The team did not have any rivals in the national cup either. In 2024, Hiroshima failed to beat Kobe in head-to-head matches, and now the reigning champion is sure to win.
Our forecast is a Kobe pass in 1.98
Bet on the total
The players had a good rest during the offseason and are ready to please the fans with their game again. We believe that in the first official match of 2025, the players will be able to put on a real show for the audience. Four goals were scored in the last face-to-face match, and the battle for the Super Bowl is sure to be no less interesting.
Our forecast is a total of more than 2.5 goals in 1.97
Betting on corners
We don't think any of the opponents are going to sit out on the defensive today, so there shouldn't be a shortage of corner kicks in this match. We suggest betting on a total of more on this indicator.
Our forecast is a total of more than 9.5 corners in 1.90
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