Urawa vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — Tips & Analysis

Sanfrecce Hiroshima -0.25: Hiroshima are the better team here and they arrive in the best form in the league. They have won five games in a row and sit 3rd, and that is why we are with them. Urawa have gone five games without a win, with three losses and two ties in that run. They score just over a goal a game but have gone cold in front of goal. Their strength is at home, where they let in only a goal a game last season. Hiroshima have won 8 of their last 16 and score more than a goal a game. They are a different team on the road though, with 3 wins, 1 tie and 4 losses away, and they score less there. These two are close over time. In the last 20 meetings Urawa have won 9 and Hiroshima 6. Urawa's games rarely get busy, with only 5 of their last 17 having 3 or more goals. The honest read is a tight 1-1, so this pick needs Hiroshima to go and win the game. That is realistic. They are the form side, and Urawa are not scoring enough to hold them off. The risk is plain. Hiroshima are much weaker away than at home, and a low scoring tie would sink this. We are still with the in form team.