Kashima - Nagoya: betting tip for the Japanese Championship match

Current form

Kashima regularly fights for the first places in the Japanese J-League 1, this season will definitely be no exception. The team is in third place in the standings and is only two points behind the league leader, Kyoto. At the same time, the current part of the season is not going well for the hosts. In the J-League, the club lost to Hiroshima (0:1), Kyoto (3:4) and Cerezo Osaka (0:1). The Antlers also crashed out of the cup, losing in a penalty shootout to the representative of the second league, Renofe Yamaguchi. In the last round, they still managed to break the series of defeats by beating Okayama on the road (1-0). 

Disqualifications and injuries

Yoshihiro Shimoda and Homare Tokuda will miss the match due to injuries. 

Interesting betting trends

• The team has lost four of the last five matches.
• The hosts played to zero in the last two face-to-face matches

Approximate line-up: Hayakawa- Tsukui, Ueda, Sekigawa, Anzai- Chinen, Shibasaki - Moruka, Araki, Tsavrich - Suzuki

Current form

Nagoya looks pretty weak at the start of the season and occupies only 17th place in the standings. We managed to score only 11 points in 11 matches, winning three. The club is just one point ahead of FC Tokyo from the relegation zone. Like today's opponent, the guests have already been eliminated from the Japan Cup, losing in a penalty shootout to the modest Toyama. But in the last round of the J-League, the team won an important victory over Hiroshima (2:1) from the middle of the standings. This victory helped the guests stay out of the departure zone. 

Disqualifications and injuries

Kasper Junker and Yuya Yamagishi will miss the upcoming match. 

Interesting betting trends

• None of the last six matches of the guests in the J-League ended in a draw.
• The team has lost three of its last four matches.

Approximate composition: Schmidt - Kawazura, Mikuni, Nogami - Tokumoto, Shiihashi, Inagaki, Izumi - Morishima, Mateus - Nagai