Match Info

B2.League - Play Offs - Quarter-finals

Date: 3 May 2026, Sunday

Location: Horaiya Koriyama General Gymnasium (Fukushima)


	Fukushima Firebonds		Kumamoto Volters

	1	2
	1.28	3.25
	1.28	3.05	Watch
	1.27	3.36
	1.32	3.1	Watch
	1.29	3.25
	1.3	3.25
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.29 ↓ (1.33)	3.21 ↑ (2.86)

The most likely Over/Under: 171.75

The most likely Handicap: 1 (-8)

The best margin for this event is 7.7%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Fukushima Firebonds
71.3%

Kumamoto Volters
28.7%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

68.3%

31.7%

Our Initial ML Estimation

63.9%

36.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Fukushima Firebonds has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3%)

Kumamoto Volters has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Fukushima Firebonds than the current prediction. (-7.4%)

Note: The ML model's lower estimate suggests that there may be underlying issues with Fukushima Firebonds that the model has picked up on.

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Kumamoto Volters than the current prediction. (+7.4%)

Note: The ML model's higher estimate suggests that Kumamoto Volters could outperform expectations, possibly based on recent matchups or player stats.

Fukushima Firebonds - Kumamoto Volters Predictions

Expected Score (Market Odds): 90:82

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
13. Kasai K. (C)	1. Alkins R.
55. Manigault K.	88. Echenique G.
24. Nunge J.	11. Ishikawa K.
1. Tsukasa N.	5. Isono H. (C)
20. Wiley K.	31. Yamada A.
Substitutes
5. Bamba D.	32. Kanetomo R.
15. Gardner P.	10. Kunza T.
42. Masuko T.	13. Nagashima R.
3. Okubo Y.	17. Sawabe K.
9. Shinkawa K.	2. Tanaka C.
7. Watanabe S.
44. Yoneyama J.
Coaches
. Marchand R.	. Tooyama K.

Preview

First leg.

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Fukushima won 2.

Fukushima has had mixed results lately (last 5 games: 3 wins).

Kumamoto is going through a rough patch (in the last 5 games, wins – 1).

In this match, Fukushima is the team to beat.

We predict that Fukushima will win today's game, with odds of 1.3.

In the last 11 head-to-head matches, Fukushima won 3 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 8 matches, and goals 841:935. (average 76.5:85).

Including home matches between the teams, Fukushima won 2 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 3 matches, and goals 396:404. (average 79.2:80.8).

Last Results with these Odds

Kumamoto Volters - the odds 2.86 are the expected chance of winning is 31.74%, but this team recently wins 0% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Fukushima Firebonds
Japan B League One
02.05.26	Fukushima Firebonds - Kumamoto Volters	94:76 ✺
26.04.26	Yokohama Excellence - Fukushima Firebonds	112:100 ✺
25.04.26	Yokohama Excellence - Fukushima Firebonds	106:99 ✺
19.04.26	Fukushima Firebonds - Aomori Watts	94:67 ✺
18.04.26	Fukushima Firebonds - Aomori Watts	101:92 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 3.3 WLLWW
- Kumamoto Volters
Japan B League One
02.05.26	Fukushima Firebonds - Kumamoto Volters	94:76 ✺
26.04.26	Kumamoto Volters - Kagoshima Rebnise	94:102 ✺
25.04.26	Kumamoto Volters - Kagoshima Rebnise	102:80 ✺
19.04.26	Kobe Storks - Kumamoto Volters	95:91 ✺
18.04.26	Kobe Storks - Kumamoto Volters	95:91 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 2.4 LLWLL

Latest Head to Head

Japan B League One
02.05.26	Fukushima Firebonds - Kumamoto Volters	94:76
15.03.26	Kumamoto Volters - Fukushima Firebonds	98:77
14.03.26	Kumamoto Volters - Fukushima Firebonds	88:80
13.12.25	Fukushima Firebonds - Kumamoto Volters	69:92
12.12.25	Fukushima Firebonds - Kumamoto Volters	92:73
23.02.25	Kumamoto Volters - Fukushima Firebonds	92:60
22.02.25	Kumamoto Volters - Fukushima Firebonds	63:67

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