Even when they were in the fifth position in the league, I said that this team is one of the strongest in the league and that they will fight for the title with Yokohama M. and Kawasaki. Hiroshima is probably the best team in the league at the moment and it shows in their great games lately. In the last round, they won 3-0 against Cerezo Osaka, which is one of the better teams in the league, thus continuing their fantastic streak of six wins in a row. What is interesting is that in those 6 victories, they beat the Yokohama M. team twice, which until a few rounds ago was the leader in the table. Hiroshima is currently the best team in terms of xG in the entire league, they also have the best xG as hosts, so they are rightfully favourites in the duel with Shimizu. The home team plays with great self-confidence, they never give up and constantly attack, which is a big credit to coach Michael Skibbe, who instilled the "German mentality" in this Japanese team. His team is strong in all segments of the game, especially when they have the ball in their possession and it will be difficult for the visitors to do anything against them today. After a weak start to the season, Shimizu consolidated and scored a couple of good results that helped the team to move out of the relegation zone. Shimizu has not lost the previous five games, but their opponents were not from the upper part of the table and they will have a "real" test against Hiroshima today. For Shimizu's good game, the most deserving is certainly the Brazilian Thiago Santana, who shares the first place in the list of scorers with 10 goals, as well as Takahashi Inui, the Japanese veteran who scored the only goal in the victory against Kyoto in the last round. All in all, we are expecting a very interesting duel between two teams that are in good shape, but right now I think that Hiroshima is much closer to victory because it is more consistent in its good games, therefore bet falls on the home team to win this game.

My prediction;

Outcome: Hiroshima to win

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即使他们在联赛中排名第五，我也说过这支球队是联赛中最强的球队之一，他们将与横滨m和川崎一起争夺冠军。广岛可能是目前联盟中最好的球队，这在他们最近伟大的比赛中得到了证明。在上一轮比赛中，他们以3比0战胜了联赛中实力最强的大阪塞雷佐，延续了6连胜的辉煌。有趣的是，在这6场胜利中，他们两次击败了横滨m队，而横滨m队在几轮之前一直是积分榜上的领先者。广岛是目前整个联盟中xG最好的球队，他们也有最好的xG作为东道主，所以他们在与清水的对决中是理所当然的热门。主队打得非常自信，他们从不放弃，不断地进攻，这是教练迈克尔·斯基布的一大功劳，他给这支日本队灌输了“德国心态”。他的球队在比赛的各个环节都很强大，特别是当他们控球的时候，今天客队很难对他们做任何事。在本赛季开局不佳后，清水正在巩固球队的实力，并取得了一些不错的成绩，帮助球队走出了降级区。清水在之前的5场比赛中没有输球，但他们的对手不是来自排名靠前的球队，今天他们将对广岛进行“真正”的考验。对于清水正孝的出色表现，最值得称赞的当然是打进10球并列射手榜第一的巴西球星蒂亚戈·桑塔纳，以及在上一轮战胜京都的比赛中打进唯一进球的日本老将井上高桥。总而言之，我们期待着两支状态良好的球队之间的一场有趣的对决，但现在我认为广岛离胜利更近了，因为它在出色的比赛中表现得更稳定，因此我们认为主队会赢得这场比赛。