Senan - Hiroshima: betting tip and bets for the Japanese Championship match (May 7, 2025) from UPU

Current form

Senan ranks 15th in the J-League 1 standings, and the club finished last season in the same position. It is clear that the fans of the hosts want some kind of development from the club in terms of results, so the team will try to climb higher in the table. The club is currently only two points behind the top 10. The hosts ended April quite successfully, scoring points in duels with Matida Zelvia (1:0) and Fukuoka (0:0), but May began discouragingly for Senan - on the third day, the team lost to Gamba Osaka (0:4). 

Disqualifications and injuries

The hosts are missing Ishibashi, Matsumoto, Nagai, Tamura and Ze Ricardo due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• The team has scored only one goal in the last five matches.
• The hosts have won only one of the last four home matches.

Approximate line-up: Kamifukumoto - Ono, Suzuki, Oiwa - Okuno - Hata, Onose, Ikeda, Suzuki - Fukuda, Suzuki

Current form

Hiroshima was extremely close to the championship last season, but eventually finished four points behind Kobe and took only second place. However, the team is not even close to that result right now. The visitors occupy only the ninth position, having scored 20 points in 13 matches. Recently, the club had a streak of four defeats in a row, which was interrupted in the last round. Michael Skibbe's team managed to beat Fukuoka 2-1 on their own field. Now the guests will try to build on their success. 

Disqualifications and injuries

Arslan, Germain and Kavanagh will miss the match due to injuries.

Interesting betting trends

• None of the last eight matches of the guests ended in a draw.
• The team has conceded one goal in each of the last three matches.

Approximate line-up: Osaka - Sasaki, Araki, Shiotani - Higashi, Tanaka, Kawabe, Nakamura - Kato, Maeda - Germain