Match details. J.League Cup, Round of 16. Kick-off is Wed 28 Oct, 11:00 Lagos time. It is played at Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, a neutral ground.
What's at stake. It is one game, with penalties if it is level.
Form. Yokohama F Marinos have won five, drawn five and lost none of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D D D W D. Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won eight, drawn none and lost two of their last ten, 2.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L W W W.
The numbers. Yokohama F Marinos score 1.4 and concede 0.7 a game over their last ten, with four clean sheets and two games without a goal. Yokohama F Marinos average 9.1 shots (3.1 on target), 4.0 corners and 1.2 cards a game. Sanfrecce Hiroshima score 2.5 and concede 0.8 a game over their last ten, with seven clean sheets. Sanfrecce Hiroshima average 16.1 shots (5.8 on target), 4.0 corners and 1.1 cards a game.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 56% against the records' 36%.
The read. No firm call: Sanfrecce Hiroshima are the better side, but not at this price. A tight game. Their goals for and against make Sanfrecce Hiroshima the likelier winners; Sanfrecce Hiroshima are the stronger side on form and the table. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 43%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Sanfrecce Hiroshima Over 0.5 goals (Yokohama F Marinos's own games don't back it (3 of 7)); 1X2 - 2UP: Sanfrecce Hiroshima (the signs point different ways). Predicted score: Yokohama F Marinos 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).