Urawa Reds take on the visitors Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the round 11 match of Japanese J1 League. The match will be played on Wednesday, May 31st at Saitama Stadium (Saitama).
Urawa are currently in sixth place in the Japanese league this season. But the bookmakers seem to overlook the fact that the team concedes the fewest goals in the league! The Red Devils are playing a defensive game this season. Polish coach Skorza came in and started playing with only one striker. The team has enough foreign players, and Urawa consistently plays from a defensive position in their matches. It is rare for Urawa to score more goals than their opponents. Hence, the lack of high-scoring matches even at home. Urawa underwent significant squad rotation after the cup, so it is unlikely that anyone will take the lead for the hosts today.
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Hiroshima finished in third place last season. However, in terms of the number of goals scored, the team was not close to the top three in the league. And you can already understand where this is going... Although Sanfrecce Hiroshima is currently in fourth place, they have suffered too many consecutive defeats. The cup match against Yokohama was another opportunity for them, but the team lost again. However, the last match was quite indicative. Hiroshima managed to beat Senan. Everything would have been fine, but the team played with a numerical advantage for over seventy-five minutes, and in the end, they scored the only goal from an unclear penalty. So the conclusion is that the team's attacking performance is very disappointing.
Both teams have exceeded the total goals scored only in two out of the last seven matches. The low-scoring nature of the game is constantly present for both teams. Both teams have conceded very few goals this season, and after the cup, Japanese teams are not pushing forward significantly. Urawa is playing at home, but the nature of the match will not be determined by the hosts... It's challenging to contend for something with such an attacking style of play. In recent matches, Hiroshima has struggled to score goals. Despite having a supposedly top-class attack, their finishing is weak and ineffective. Hiroshima, in general, concedes very few goals away from home throughout the season. So we are unlikely to witness any exciting events in this match today with such low scoring from both teams.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
