In a not-so-good form, Hiroshima welcomes the leader of the table Yokohama on its field. They have been playing very erratically lately and the results from the last few games do not inspire confidence that at the end of the season they will find themselves in a position that will ensure their participation in the AFC Champions League. They are currently in the 5th place in the table with 4 points less and 1 game more than the team that is in that position and they badly need the points. In the last 5 games, they have only 2 wins, one of which was achieved against the fifth league team Tokushima in the cup. They played that game in a fairly strong lineup, which shows that the team needs to boost their confidence. Before that, they won against Kyoto, which was to be expected, because Kyoto is a team facing a fight for survival until the end of the season. However, after those two victories, there was a return to reality. They lost two games in a row, the first against Kawasaki, which is not even like the team from previous seasons and has a lot of difficulties in this one, and after that they also lost against Nagoya. Only 6 points won in the last 5 games, which they won against much worse rivals, clearly indicate certain difficulties in the team when it comes to games against stronger teams from the league. It can be said that they play well on their home field, where after 8 games they have a record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, but I repeat again, all those victories were achieved against teams that are, realistically speaking, much weaker than them. The match against the best team in the league will be an excellent indicator of their abilities this season.

As for Yokohama, they can be quite satisfied with their performance in the previous part of the season. They are first in the league table, won first place in the group in the Levain Cup and secured passage further in the Emperors Cup. They are playing very well and extremely aggressive and are currently on a 5-game winning streak. In those 5 games, they scored as much as 17 goals, including 10 in the last 2 games. They played a great game against Sagan Tosu in the last cup match, which they won 6-1 in their favor. That victory gains even more significance if you look at Yokohama's lineup for that match, which can be said to have been quite mixed. Yokohama scores a large number of goals, but it cannot be said that they have a strong defense, which is why it is quite realistic to expect goals in this match. Of the teams in the upper part of the table, Yokohama conceded the most goals, but thanks to an extraordinary attack, they manage to nullify all of them. The man who deserves the most for that and who will also be the biggest threat to Hiroshima's goal is the great Brazilian Anderson Lopes. He has been playing in great form lately and in the last 3 games he played in, he scored 6 goals, 2 goals in each of them. The important thing for Yokohama is that Lopes, as well as neither Elber nor Yan (who played 50 minutes against Sagan Tosu), are rested for this match, which will be of great importance for the final outcome of this match. Yokohama's closest followers, Kobe and Nagoya, play matches in which they can expect good results, so Yokohama has no right to make a mistake. In my opinion, the bookies greatly underestimated Yokohama in this match. In the vast majority of matches that they ended up losing, Hiroshima was the favorite, and the game and the results lately really do not indicate that they have too many reasons to be favorites in this match. I believe that we will have the opportunity to see a lot of goals in this match and I expect that the guests can win at least 1 point.

广岛以一种不太好的形式欢迎桌首横滨来到自己的场地。他们最近的表现非常不稳定，从最近几场比赛的结果来看，他们并没有信心在赛季结束时找到自己的位置来确保他们参加亚冠联赛。他们目前在积分榜上排名第五，比这个位置上的球队少4分，多1场，他们非常需要积分。在最近的5场比赛中，他们只有2场胜利，其中一场是在杯赛中对阵联赛第五的德岛队。他们在那场比赛中使用了相当强大的阵容，这表明球队需要增强他们的信心。在此之前，他们赢了京都，这是意料之中的，因为京都是一支面临生存斗争的球队，直到赛季结束。然而，在这两场胜利之后，我们又回到了现实。他们连输了两场比赛，第一场是对阵川崎，川崎甚至不像前几个赛季的球队，在这一场比赛中遇到了很多困难，之后他们又输给了名古屋。在最近的5场比赛中，他们只赢了6分，而且都是面对实力更差的对手，这清楚地表明，在面对联赛中实力更强的球队时，球队面临着一定的困难。可以说他们在主场打得很好，在8场比赛之后，他们的战绩是5胜1平2负，但我再次重申，所有这些胜利都是在对阵比他们弱得多的球队时取得的。与联赛中最好的球队的比赛将是他们本赛季能力的一个很好的指标。

至于横滨，他们可以对他们在赛季前半段的表现感到非常满意。他们在联赛中排名第一，在列文杯中获得小组第一名，并在皇帝杯中进一步晋级。他们打得非常好，非常有侵略性，目前正处于5连胜的状态。在这5场比赛中，他们进了17个球，其中最后两场比赛进了10个球。在上一场杯赛中，他们对萨根·托苏踢了一场精彩的比赛，他们以6比1的比分赢了比赛。如果你看一下横滨队在那场比赛中的阵容，你会发现这场胜利的意义更加重大，因为他们的阵容可谓参差不齐。横滨进了很多球，但不能说他们的防守很强，这也是为什么期待这场比赛进球是相当现实的。在积分榜上靠前的球队中，横滨丢的球最多，但由于他们出色的进攻，他们设法将所有的进球都作废了。最值得为此付出代价的人，同时也是广岛目标最大的威胁的人，是伟大的巴西人安德森·洛佩斯。他最近的状态很好，在他参加的最近3场比赛中，他进了6球，每场2球。对于横滨来说，重要的是洛佩斯以及埃尔伯和严都没有在本场比赛中休息，这将对本场比赛的最终结果至关重要。与横滨最接近的两大城市神户和名古屋在比赛中都能取得好成绩，因此横滨没有犯错的权利。在我看来，在这场比赛中，博彩公司大大低估了横滨。在他们输掉的绝大多数比赛中，广岛都是最受欢迎的球队，而最近的比赛和结果真的没有太多理由表明他们在这场比赛中有太多的理由成为最受欢迎的球队。我相信我们将有机会在这场比赛中看到很多进球，我希望客队至少能赢得1分。