Match Info

B.League

Date: 3 May 2026, Sunday

Location: Open House Arena (Ota)


	Gunma Crane Thunders		Sendai 89ers

	1	2
	1.48	2.55	Watch
	1.4	2.55	Watch
	1.42	2.85
	1.43	2.75	Watch
	1.44	2.7
	1.39	2.77
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.43 ↓ (1.5)	2.7 ↑ (2.42)

The most likely Over/Under: 158.50

The most likely Handicap: 1 (-6)

The best margin for this event is 5.5%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Gunma Crane Thunders
65.4%

Sendai 89ers
34.6%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

61.7%

38.3%

Our Initial ML Estimation

60.2%

39.8%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Gunma Crane Thunders has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.7%)

Sendai 89ers has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3.7%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Gunma Crane Thunders than the current prediction. (-5.2%)

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

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Sendai 89ers than the current prediction. (+5.2%)

Note: The ML model's higher estimate suggests that Sendai 89ers could outperform expectations, possibly based on recent matchups or player stats.

Gunma Crane Thunders - Sendai 89ers Predictions

Expected Score (Market Odds): 82:76

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
16. Asano K.	8. Culver J.
8. Blackshear K.	9. El Darwich S.
15. Edu A.	7. Funyu S.
6. Nakamura T.	75. Inoue S.
9. Tsuji N. (C)	15. Watanabe S. (C)
Substitutes
1. Flippin K.	11. Araya H.
0. Fujii Y.	45. Boothe N.
29. Hosokawa K.	23. Hanzawa R.
14. Makoto S.	96. Masato A.
55. Taniguchi D.	24. Niinuma K.
	3. Okajima K.
	14. Sugiura Y.
Coaches
. Milling K.	. Tashney D.

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Gunma won 5.

Gunma is undoubtedly in great shape (last 5 games: 4 wins).

Sendai has been playing with ups and downs recently (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

Gunma could have a small edge in this match.

We predict that Gunma will win today's game, with odds of 1.46.

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Gunma won 12 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 8 matches, and goals 1658:1643. (average 82.9:82.2).

Including home matches between the teams, Gunma won 8 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 4 matches, and goals 1011:991. (average 84.3:82.6).

Last Results with these Odds

Sendai 89ers - the odds 2.42 are the expected chance of winning is 38.27%, but this team recently wins 50% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Gunma Crane Thunders
Japan B League Premier
02.05.26	Gunma Crane Thunders - Sendai 89ers	83:82 ✺
26.04.26	Levanga Hokkaido - Gunma Crane Thunders	83:81 ✺
25.04.26	Levanga Hokkaido - Gunma Crane Thunders	65:105 ✺
22.04.26	Gunma Crane Thunders - Kyoto Hannaryz	84:66 ✺
19.04.26	Gunma Crane Thunders - Utsunomiya Brex	74:66 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 6.2 WLWWW
- Sendai 89ers
Japan B League Premier
02.05.26	Gunma Crane Thunders - Sendai 89ers	83:82 ✺
26.04.26	Sendai 89ers - Yokohama B-Corsairs	75:86 ✺
25.04.26	Sendai 89ers - Yokohama B-Corsairs	100:94 ✺
22.04.26	Sendai 89ers - Koshigaya Alphas	102:78 ✺
19.04.26	Toyama Grouses - Sendai 89ers	92:89 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 2.6 LLWWL

Latest Head to Head

Japan B League Premier
02.05.26	Gunma Crane Thunders - Sendai 89ers	83:82
02.03.25	Gunma Crane Thunders - Sendai 89ers	95:73
01.03.25	Gunma Crane Thunders - Sendai 89ers	81:74
01.12.24	Sendai 89ers - Gunma Crane Thunders	67:78
30.11.24	Sendai 89ers - Gunma Crane Thunders	65:89
05.05.24	Gunma Crane Thunders - Sendai 89ers	79:98
04.05.24	Gunma Crane Thunders - Sendai 89ers	97:85

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