Yokohama F Marinos vs Renofa Prediction and Betting Tips | September 25, 2024

Yokohama F Marinos welcome Renofa Yamaguchi to Nissan Stadium for a Japanese Emperors Cup quarterfinal tie on Wednesday. The hosts are coming off a 6-2 thrashing at Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J1 League over the weekend.

They were 3-2 down at the break, with their goals scored by Kenta Inoue and Anderson Lopes, while Tolgay Arslan scored a brace for Sanfrecce after Matsuki Kato had broken the deadlock. Naoto Arai, Shunki Higashi and Pieros Sotiriou scored second-half goals to complete the rout for Sanfrecce.

Renofa, meanwhile, fell to a 4-1 defeat at Chiba in the J2 League. Hiiro Komori was the hero of the show with a hat-trick, while Akiyuki Yokohama scored in the 51st minute. Noriyoshi Sakai scored an 86th-minute consolation for the visitors.

Renofa now turn their focus back to the cup, having booked their spot at this stage with a 2-0 win at Sagan Tosu in the last round. Yokohama, meanwhile, eliminated V-Varen Nagasaki with a 3-2 away victory to get here.

The winner of this tie faces Gamba Osaka in the semifinal.

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Yokohama F Marinos vs Renofa Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
• Yokohama have lost their last four games across competitions.
• Renofa have lost their last four games.
• Four of Renofa's last five games have had goals at both ends and also produced at least three goals.
• Marinos' last 14 competitive games have produced over 2.5 goals, with 12 witnessing goals at both ends.
• Six of Marinos' last eight games across competitions have had more goals scored in the second half than the first.

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Yokohama F Marinos vs Renofa Prediction

Yokohama have struggled this season and are a long way off the level that saw them finish runners-up in the J1 League last season. However, they enter this cup tie against second diviision opponents as the favourites and will aim for a much-needed victory.

Renofa, for their part, come into the game in poor form, having won just two of their last five competitive games, losing five. One of those victories came in the last round of the cup against J1 League opposition, so Ryo Shigaki's side are likely to be unfazed by their hosts' pedigree.

Expect the hosts to claim a comfortable victory with goals at both ends.

Prediction: Yokohama 3-1 Renofa

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Yokohama F Marinos vs Renofa Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Yokohama to win

Tip 2 - Both teams to score

Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 4 - Highest scoring half: Second half