Kubota Spears vs Tokyo Sungoliath Predictions - Kubota Spears set to secure a home victory against Sungoliath

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Kubota Spears have won 12 of their last 13 home games.
Tokyo Sungoliath has lost 5 of their last 7 away matches.
Kubota Spears expected to cover a -6.5 handicap against Sungoliath.

The Kubota Spears win regularly at home (Getty Images)

Kubota Spears vs Tokyo Sungoliath Predictions

Kubota Spears vs Tokyo Sungoliath Predictions
Head to Head
Kubota Spears Form
Tokyo Sungoliath Form
Team News

The Kubota Spears have made a solid start to their Japan Rugby League One season and regularly win their home matches. Tokyo Sungoliath have struggled to beat the Kubota Spears in recent encounters.

Kubota Spears have won 5 of their last 6 fixtures.
Kubota Spears have won 12 of their last 13 home matches.
Kubota Spears have won 4 of their last 5 home games against Sungoliath.
Tokyo Sungoliath have lost 5 of their last 7 away games.
Tokyo Sungoliath have lost 3 of their last 4 away games to Kubota.

Head to Head

Tokyo Sungoliath have a slight edge with eight victories to six against the Kubota Spears, with one draw in 15 meetings.

Kubota Spears Form

The Kubota Spears produced an excellent first half against the Black Rams last weekend, scoring four tries and three conversions to lead 26-13 at the break.

Kubota continued to pile on the points in the second half, scoring three converted tries and a penalty to cruise to an easy 50-28 home win against the Black Rams.

Before that result, the Kubota Spears defeated the Mitsubishi Dynaboars 33-15, Tokyo Sungoliath 30-10, Honda 39-20, drew 29-29 with the Wild Knights, and then beat Tokyo Sungoliath 20-15 at home.

Kubota Spears have started the new season well. They have also won four of their last five home games against Tokyo Sungoliath, giving them the edge to claim a home victory.

Tokyo Sungoliath Form

Tokyo Sungoliath scored two tries, a conversion, and a penalty in the first half against Toyota Verblitz to lead by four points at half-time.

Sungoliath produced a solid second-half performance, scoring four converted tries to beat Toyota Verblitz 43-25 at home.

Tokyo Sungoliath lost 30-10 to the Kubota Spears, beat Toyota Verblitz 45-28, and then lost 60-17 to the Wild Knights, 20-15 to the Kubota Spears before defeating the Black Rams 29-15 in their last five away fixtures.

Tokyo Sungoliath have not had much success away from home recently, losing five of their last seven outings, and they have lost three of their previous four matches against the Kubota Spears.

Team News

Kubota Spears

Captain Maxi Faurua was pleased with his team's victory against the Black Rams: "As for the match, it was a really tough one. We knew from the start of the week that BR Tokyo was a physical team that would definitely put pressure on us, but we didn't change what we did, and we were able to carry out our process with precision and get the result. I'm really glad that we were able to win in the end."

Tokyo Sungoliath

Head coach Ono Akiyuki commented on his team's performance last weekend: "As our team's opening host game, we had been preparing for a week with the goal of winning in front of our own fans. During that time, Toyota Verblitz's pressure at the breakdown and the speed of their transitions took the momentum away from us in the first half, but in the end, led by our game captain and leaders, I think we were able to believe in our own rugby for the entire 80 minutes. We want to carry this momentum into next week."