Shonan Bellmare vs Cerezo Osaka Prediction & Betting Tips (22 September)

Shonan Bellmare have been cooking with gas on their own patch of late, winning eight and drawing one of their previous nine top-flight fixtures, not to mention outscoring their opponents by 14 goals to two along the way. Cerezo Osaka, on the other hand, have found the going tough on the road of late, losing four of their last five trips, including one at this venue.

Having been involved in 19 top-flight fixtures out of 19 recently in which under 3.5 goals have been scored, it would be fair to say that Shonan Bellmare have proven pretty consistent in this area. Although Cerezo Osaka cannot compete with these numbers, it remains the case that 13 of their last 17 away matches in the J1 League have also delivered no more than three successful strikes.

Both teams have found the net in just four of the most recent 17 Shonan Bellmare home fixtures at the top table of the J1 League, whilst they have drawn a blank themselves in five of their last six J1 League games overall. As for Cerezo Osaka, they have either kept a clean sheet or failed to score in five of their previous six away encounters at this elite level of the domestic game.