Yokohama Marinos - Kobe: betting tip for the Japanese Championship match

Current form

Yokohama Marinos is having perhaps the most disastrous season in its history. The team has never been relegated from the top division, and in 2023 the club won the Super Cup. At the same time, the hosts are currently in last place, having scored only eight points in 15 matches. The team has every chance to be relegated to the J-League 2 for the first time, because the safe zone is already ten points away. At the same time, it is worth noting that the Yokohama team reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League, where they lost to Al-Nasr (1-4) without a chance, led by Cristiano Ronaldo. 

Disqualifications and injuries

The hosts are missing Kimura, Noguchi, Popp and Quinones. Suwama's entry into the field is questionable. 

Interesting betting trends

• The team has lost seven matches in a row
• The club has never scored in the last three matches.

Approximate line-up: Ilkura - Nagato, Walsh, Deng, Kato - Tono, Yamane, Kida, Jan - Anderson Lopez, Amano

Current form

Kobe has won two championship titles in a row, winning the championship in 2023 and 2024. Now this series may come to an end, because the club occupies only the eighth place in the standings and is already 13 points behind the leader. The team started the current season extremely poorly and was at the bottom of the league for some time, but now the situation has been stabilized. After a series of four wins, Kobe's representatives lost twice again, but in the last round, Takayuki Yoshida's wards barely outplayed Gamba Osaka (3:2). 

Disqualifications and injuries

The guests have no problems with the squad on the eve of the away match. 

Interesting betting trends

• None of the last 14 matches of the guests ended in a draw.
• The team has won three of the last five away matches.

Approximate line-up: Maekawa - Honda, Tuler, Yamakawa, Sakai- Ogihara - Miyashiro, Ideguchi- Sasaki, Osako, Eric