HighSparrow Football Tips

The home side Bnei Sakhnin are running in their last 10 games at W??'W??'D??'D??'W??'D??'D??'W??'D??'D, so it's hard to imagine them going down to a side that hasn't beaten them in the last seven encounters between the pair.

They've had some good scores, notably a 5-3 win, but apart from that aberration they've tended to have drawn games in more recent seasons. That could so easily be the way of this one. I think if the home side scores early, their defensive qualities might get them home by one goal.

Ashdod have not done well against Bnei Sakhnin in the last three seasons. The seven encounters since 2024 have not produced a victory. The home side have been as solid as a rock when Ashdod have come to visit.

Both teams have good home side advantages, but Beer Sheva have possibly been playing better football recently. Notably, they have won 2 of the last 4 at Turner Stadium, including the December 2025 league meeting.

Both teams would probably be happy to leave this match with a draw, to be honest. The home advantage for Tel Aviv might be evened out by the current form Beer Sheva bring.

I like the odds here given that a small home advantage might be at play. The away record of Beer Sheva in their last six games over the last three seasons against Tel Aviv has been W??'D??'L: 2??'1??'3, and crucially they've lost their last three away matches.

Both teams are good at scoring goals and even against each other at times. This could be close, or it could open up into a scorefest. With a willing encounter and play in an open manner, this looks more likely.

A bit of an insurance play here as the bookies seem to think Sheva have a slight edge, but it's minimal. So, like them, I'm hedging my bets a bit with this one, which should be a good encounter.

The home side will be desperate to turn around a poor recent record at home and so could put one in early and then go into their shells, leaving a comeback for Weston to draw level. Overall, their H2H record in league play is perfectly balanced (5W??'6D??'5L each).

Their last match was very defensive, and that may well be the mindset again here. Last time it was a nil-all draw, and they are both coming off some patchy form.

Hemel at home are volatile: strong win rate, but losses tend to be heavy when they get it wrong. Weston struggle away from home offensively (0.9 goals per game) and keep very few clean sheets.

Both these sides might pull their horns in here. HH thumped the visitors 3-0 at their penultimate encounter but then looked a bit lacklustre in their 0-0 match last time out. Nerves and a defensive mindset from both?

Hemel Hempstead have to patch some leaky defence, where they have lost their last three at home. The visitors are no better off with their poor record on the road, so I'm leaning towards a turnaround in fortunes for HH.

Both teams have very strong home and away records respectively, and both are defending very well, having only lost once in their last 10 games. So this looks likely to be very close.

A very willing encounter this one and likely to end in a draw or a one-goal victory to one or the other side. That's how close things look, at least on paper. Nagasaki have only lost once in their last 10 games and have won 6 of 10 away from home.

W D W D W L W D W W. That's the record of visitors V-Varen Nagasaki in their last 10 games. They have an excellent away record of 60% wins and very few losses, so they could give the favourites and home side a real fright here.

Nagasaki's strong away record and defensive abilities, once they get ahead, are to be greatly respected here. I can see them rattling the home side and favourites this time of asking. They're in winning form, and it could be very defensive in the first half, leading to a HT draw perhaps, with Nagasaki fighting to win in the second half.

Shimizu S-Pulse's stats in their last 10 matches suggest a low-scoring match here against the visiting side, most likely under 2.5 goals. They are solid all-rounders in defence and attack, especially at home.

Tokyo Verdy’s home games skew toward low-scoring affairs, and Antlers rarely concede away from home, with seven clean sheets in their last 10 away matches.

Verdy have had seven of their last 10 matches end under 2.5. They can be vulnerable at home and might be especially so against a side as dominant in attack as Antlers.

I think the bookmakers have got this righty with Antlers like to be dominant even though away from home. Verdy are ho-hum at home whereas the Antlers are well, prickly away from home and come firing from all angles. They have won six of their last 10 matches when opn the road.

Antlers are on a bit of a roll at present, and Verdy's record at home has been patchy at best, with a record of W D L W W L L L W L in their last 10 encounters at home.