Tokyo Verdy vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Prediction and Betting Tips | August 7th 2024 

Tokyo Verdy will host Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the Ajinomoto Stadium on Wednesday in another round of the 2024 J1 League campaign. The home side have had mixed results in the league of late and find themselves ninth in the league table with 34 points from 24 games.

They beat Avispa Fukuoka 1-0 in their last league outing, with Hiroto Yamani scoring the sole goal of the game in the first half. The home side faced Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion in a mid-season friendly last time out, losing 4-2 and will be looking to bounce back here.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima, meanwhile, have had a largely positive campaign and remain in contention for continental football. They beat Sagan Tosu 4-1 last time out, with four different players getting on the scoresheet including Yuki Ohashi, who managed to score days before completing a transfer to Blackburn Rovers.

The visitors sit fourth in the league table with 40 points from 24 games. They are four points behind second-place Gamba Osaka and will be looking to reduce that gap on Wednesday.

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Tokyo Verdy vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 33 meetings between Tokyo Verdy and Hiroshima. The home side have won 13 of those games while the visitors have won five more. There have been two draws between the two teams.
• The visitors are undefeated in their last seven games in this fixture.
• The hosts are without a clean sheet in their last six games across all competitions.
• Sanfrecce are the highest-scoring side in the Japanese top flight this season with a goal tally of 43.

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Tokyo Verdy vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Prediction

Tokyo Verdy's latest result ended a run of back-to-back defeats and they will be looking to kick on from that this week. They have lost just one of their last 11 home league games and will be hopeful of a positive result come Wednesday.

Hiroshima are on a run of three consecutive victories in competitive action and have lost just one of their last seven games across all competitions. They have performed well on the road in recent weeks and should have enough to come out on top here.

Prediction: Tokyo Verdy 1-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Tokyo Verdy vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Sanfrecce to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Five of the last six matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in five of the visitors' last seven matchups)