Sorare Tactics

GW 488 J1 League Preview - FINAL

Added 2024-06-27 06:32:08 +0000 UTC

Intro

As you may know, the Sorare GW schedule has temporarily changed to align with the Euro 2024 tournament that is ongoing.

The schedule is below:

The upcoming game week is GW4 on the above and its deadline is today. at 3pm CET.

It only involves the 3 J1 games on Saturday

YFM play again next Wednesday and are party of GW5. They should rotate back.

J1 Table

Not much change at the top. The top 4 played each other and both game ended 0-0! Dull stuff but to be expected at this stage of the season.

Sapporo lost again. Thats 6 losses in a row and they are looking increasingly doomed. Kyoto conceeded late to a draw 2-2 against Kashiwa. Shonan also picked up a point with things very tight at the bottom.

YFM rotated and lost to a well drilled Fukuoka side who have won 4 of their last 5 games and again doing excellently for their relatively low budget.

Fixtures

The below are the fixtures coming up this GW:

Main Points

Okamura (Sapporo) is suspended
Kojima missing for Niigata. Was absent from training on Tuesday, assumed injured and out this GW
Tae - Hee Nam went off yesterday with a slightly calf issue for YFM. Im expecting they rotate players back eg Kida/Watanabe. Lots of games for YFM recently.
Theres a quick turnover in games (again!). Just 3 days so a) limited news and b) fatigues creeping in.
YFM play again on Wednesday.
Sapporo have lost their last 6 games in a row and havent scored in their last 3 games.

Predicted Lineups

Important to note the %s used here. If no %, it means I see them as a starter and no known risks. For sorare, its about there scorer potential so check out KEY PLAYERS even subs have a way :)

When 75% or below - 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. Saying that, there will always be unknowns including last minute injury/illness of a player etc.

Always do your own research when making picks. For SO5, it can make sense to take some calculated risks depending on the potential score and the rest of your team/prize pool.

Sapporo vs Niigata

Sapporo

Bottom of table. 6 losses in a row. Having very poor season
Injuries piling up. Aoki, Asano, Miyazawa, Suga, Gun Hee, Supachok all injured
Best defender in squad (Okamura) is suspended. Kobayashii returns from suspension.
Limited options available inside squad. No training news available yet.
Without a clean sheet in 9 games. In general a team to avoid, have conceeded the most goals this season.

Niigata

Kojima missing from last game. Missed training on Tuesday. No info on reason, big risk.
Suzuki went off with hamstring issue and assumed out
Firgerald benched last game. Assume just rested. Niigata CBs change alot ie Deng next to get a rest perhaps?
Lots of options up front. Okumaura and Ono looking for starts

Kawasaki vs Hiroshima

Having poor season, 15th in the table and just 1 win in last 5
Ienaga and Jesiel missing from squad last game. Assume rested but limited info and I cant see with either in most recent training pics.
Gomis has been in training, unclear reason not in squad. Playing conditions becoming more difficult with heat so could be stamina issue.
Lineup has been unstable all season. Could see formation changes again.

Hiroshima

Drew 1-1 with Niigata on Wednesday. 5th in table
Changing midfielders/system alot since Kawamura left.
Mitsuta did much better on LW. Hoping this continues! Players like Marcos Junior and Vieira could come in.

YFM vs Verdy

YFM

Lost again Fukuoka on Wednesday. Having poor season given expectations.
Elber returned to start last game. Has a chance to start again but v hard to know, depends on how his body reacted after yesterdays game.
Nagaoto injured. Nothing official but assumed out. Hatanaka close to returning, again hard to know if will be ready for Saturday.
Highly likely Matsubara was rested last game. No indication of any injury.
Due to the ACL, YFM are catching up on games. They have played 5 games in the last 14 days and play again on Wednesday.
Players like Kida and Watanabe should return. Yan also should be a start imo.

Tokyo Verdy

Lost 3-0 in poor performance vs Iwata
Are in midtable and having a decent season for their limited resources.
Taniguchi expected to return. Limited info available about Morita who is injured so assumed out.

SO5 Analysis

Again its a small GW with only J and K leagues being the licensed leagues. Also have some other leagues like CSL

As we have seen, there is some rotation taking place and with the less than ideal changes to the schedule, lots of news coming after the deadline (eg Kojima missing training after last GWs deadline). It is what it is and we can only go with the info at hand.

YFM have the best odds. I think these are too favourable considering their form and fixture congestion but they still are a decent stack at home.

Theres also no getting past Sapporos awful form. A Niigata cleansheet looks a decent bet too.