Match Info

B.League

Date: 8 March 2026, Sunday

Location: Saga Arena (Saga)


	Saga Ballooners		Utsunomiya Brex

	1	2
	2.72	1.41
	2.75	1.36	Watch
	3.22	1.34
	2.9	1.39	Watch
	2.88	1.4
	2.85	1.37
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.89 ↑ (2.72)	1.38 ↓ (1.41)

The most likely Over/Under: 166.00

The most likely Handicap: 2 (-6)

The best margin for this event is 5.7%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Saga Ballooners
32.3%

Utsunomiya Brex
67.7%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

34.1%

65.9%

Our Initial ML Estimation

40.9%

59.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Saga Ballooners has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.8%)

Utsunomiya Brex has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.8%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Saga Ballooners than the current prediction. (+8.6%)

Note: The ML model's higher estimate suggests a strong performance forecast for Saga Ballooners, possibly due to key factors that the model accounted for.

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Utsunomiya Brex than the current prediction. (-8.6%)

Note: The ML model's lower estimate suggests a potential downturn for Utsunomiya Brex, possibly due to injuries or other negative factors.

Saga Ballooners - Utsunomiya Brex Predictions

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Saga (votes: 1 - 100%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 80:86

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
13. Abe R.	33. Edwards G.
23. Dudzinski D.	42. Fotu I.
22. Groves T.	6. Hiejima M.
25. Sumida T.	25. Newbill D.
18. Uchio S.	12. Takashima S.
Substitutes
6. Fukunaga K.	11. Aoki B.
2. Garcia R.	9. Endo Y.
7. Hashimoto K.	18. Ikaruga S.
34. Inoue R. (C)	34. Jerrett G.
20. Kishida A.	7. Ogawa A.
17. Oishi S.	10. Takeuchi K.
8. Todoroki R.	13. Watanabe H. (C)
21. Tomiyama T.
5. Yamashita Y.
Coaches
. Miyanaga Y.	. Coronel Z.

Preview

Saga has had mixed results lately (last 5 games: 2 wins).

Utsunomiya Brex is in great form at the moment (in the last 5 games, wins – 4).

Recently, Saga has had a series of away games.

Recently, Utsunomiya Brex has had a series of home games.

Utsunomiya Brex is expected to have a slight advantage in this match.

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Saga won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 5 matches, and goals 350:428. (average 70:85.6).

Including home matches between the teams, Saga won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 3 matches, and goals 218:269. (average 72.7:89.7).

Last Results with these Odds

Saga Ballooners - the odds 2.72 are the expected chance of winning is 34.14%, but this team recently wins 25% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Saga Ballooners
Japan B League Premier
07.03.26	Saga Ballooners - Utsunomiya Brex	87:90 ✺
15.02.26	Toyota Alvark - Saga Ballooners	96:83 ✺
14.02.26	Toyota Alvark - Saga Ballooners	78:71 ✺
08.02.26	Toyama Grouses - Saga Ballooners	69:91 ✺
07.02.26	Toyama Grouses - Saga Ballooners	67:92 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 2.7 LLLWW
- Utsunomiya Brex
Japan B League Premier
07.03.26	Saga Ballooners - Utsunomiya Brex	87:90 ✺
15.02.26	Utsunomiya Brex - Kawasaki Brave Thunders	104:88 ✺
14.02.26	Utsunomiya Brex - Kawasaki Brave Thunders	93:86 ✺
EASL Basketball
11.02.26	Utsunomiya Brex - Fubon Braves	105:88 ✺
Japan B League Premier
07.02.26	Utsunomiya Brex - Nagasaki Velca	75:105 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 5.8 WWWWL

Latest Head to Head

Japan B League Premier
07.03.26	Saga Ballooners - Utsunomiya Brex	87:90
05.01.25	Saga Ballooners - Utsunomiya Brex	51:81
04.01.25	Saga Ballooners - Utsunomiya Brex	80:98
28.01.24	Utsunomiya Brex - Saga Ballooners	76:62
27.01.24	Utsunomiya Brex - Saga Ballooners	83:70

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