GW395 J1 League (Patreon)

Intro

We have a full schedule of games this GW in the J1 league!

The fixtures including which will be streamed are below.

Some teams played in the Emperors Cup on Wednesday meaning limited info is available especially for Sundays games.

Please note, the lineup graphics are on Playsharper only this GW - apologies!

Predicted Lineups

These can also be found on Playsharper website here . Also note that all the betting odds and lineup pics are taken direct from them!

Important to note the %s used here and where they are not above 75% it is because I feel there is some risk involved. My main aim with these is to show where risk/potential DNPs are lurking.

I base these %s on info I read from various sources including comments from the manager and reading a lot of local Japanese news coverage/message boards.

These are my own opinion of the situation at each team. I try to be as neutral as possible but we all have biases :) So always do your own research when making picks!

Shonan vs Hiroshima

Shonan

Notes - General

• Bottom of the table in very poor form
• New signings now available to play

Notes - This game

• Hard to predict lineup with confidence
• Min Tae is in training, could start
• Tanaka is more likely to start, big player for Shonan.
• Ohashi likely starts
• Sugioka could move into LM
• Havent kept a clean sheet this season

Hiroshima

Notes - This Game

• Araki should be fine to play - concussion so always a slight risk
• Kato I think starts. Again a team in bad form and setup changing especially in midfield and attack

Nagoya vs Niigata

Nagoya

Notes - General

• Mateus has left
• Morishima has signed

Notes - This game

• With Mateus leaving, lots of unknowns on who replaces him this game (assuming Morishima not ready)
• Nagai back from suspension and likely starts
• Uchida more likely than Yonemoto in midfield
• Izumi could play as support attack too with Nogami in at RWB

Niigata

Notes - This game

• Arai suspended. Fujiwara and Horigome the likely wingbacks
• Suzuki and Taniguchi are rotating alot upfront
• D.Gomez a big doubt for this game.

Kashima vs Sapporo

Kashima

Notes - This Game

• Anzai suspended. New signing Hidehiro Sugai could make his debut.
• Chinen in training but unlikely to be fit

Sapporo

Notes - This game

• Ogashiwa is back and ready to start
• Suga and Fernandes on the wings (Kaneko has left)
• Aoki in full training, could feature from bench imo
• Team is leaking goals, could see def changes eg Baba/Fukumori coming in

Yokohama FC vs Vissel Kobe

YFC

Notes - This game

• Hasgawa is injured
• Striker problems with Ryan not performing. Lack of options
• Yosino suspended

Notes - This game

• Yuruki could return to first X11
• Muto is fine
• Team is pretty stable at the moment
• Im targetting this game on SO5

Urawa vs YFM

Urawa

Notes - This game

• Akimoto is injured and out
• Lots of new signing but unclear if fit to play eg Nakajima
• The most recent team likely to continue but i expect changes to come soon eg new players to come in/formation to be tweaked

YFM

Notes - This game

• Hatanaka 70% fav for me to start at RCB
• Kida to return to mid
• Nishimura full training. Him vs MJ is 50/50

Kawasaki vs Gamba

Kawasaki

• Jung fav to continue in nets
• Kurumaya situation unclear, big risk for this game
• Wakizaka has said fine to play. Still slight risk imo but should play.
• Injured players like Kobayashi and Damiao fully fit. I think/hope manager sticks with Yamada 

Gamba

• Gamba are the form team, with 5 wins and 1 draw in last 6 games.
• Kurokawa suspended
• Honda injured
• Manager changing CBs alot. Fukuoka fav, my gut is Miura returns but risk here
• Lavi, Yamamoto and Alano in great form in particular.

Kyoto vs Kashiwa

Kyoto

• Gu transferred in. Unclear his fitness. Ota could continue this game but long term Gu should take over
• Daichi Hara also signed and again could start depending on fitness
• Wakizaka may have had an injury relapse in training, unclear but big doubt.
• Fwds changing around a little. Patric predominantly a super sub.

Kashiwa

• Inukai has transferred in but unclear if fit to start
• Shibashii suspended
• In bad form and winless in the league with this manager

Cerezo vs Tokyo

Cerezo

• Han Been big fav to start. Sense is KJH not ready but limited info from coach yet.
• Shindo vs Jonjic hard to call
• Kato has left and Ceara suspended. Kitano likely starts
• Watanabe is a new signing up front and could feature too.

Tokyo

• Koizumi likely in mid
• Shirai and Tokumoto options at RB
• Trevisan and Morishige my favs to start at CBs. Some risk eg Kimoto can come in.
• Adailton likely from bench. Kashif close to full fitness.

Sanga vs Fukuoka

Sanga

• Horigome back from suspension
• Team relatively stable and coping well with Honda injury, Tezuaka in particular.

Fukuoka

• Lukian and Nara return from suspension
• Konno fully fit and played midweek
• Maejima suspended = Oda likely plays