Yokohama FC vs Urawa — Tips & Analysis

Under 3: These two have a history of tight, low scoring games, and that is the main reason we want the quieter night. Their last 10 meetings have averaged just over 2 goals, and most of them stayed quiet. Yokohama are hard to beat at Mitsuzawa and they do it by keeping the back door shut. Across their last nine home games they have won 7, tied 1 and lost 1, and they let in a goal a game there. They also knocked J1 side Avispa Fukuoka out of the Emperor Cup with a 1-0 win away on 7 October. That is the kind of night this looks like. Urawa are the bigger club but they are creating very little. They have made few chances over their last three games and they were beaten 0-3 at FC Tokyo last time out. Urawa have won 8 of their last 17 and let in almost 2 goals a game, so they are not solid at the back either. A 1-1 is the likeliest finish, and a game like that lands this for us. The caution is Urawa's goals. Their games bring more than 3 goals on average, and 12 of their last 17 had 3 or more. Yokohama's fine record has also come against J2 and lower division teams, so the class gap here is wider than it looks. We still want the low scoring game.