Pro Yakyu – NPB Preview And Prediction: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Betting Tips & Picks August 17, 2025

Odds-Based Prediction: to come out on top

• Evaluating the odds for points scored indicates there is a 63.37% expectation of this game having more than 4.5 total points scored:
  Match Over 4.5 Points → 1.58

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. EI) (4.5)
  Over	63.37 %
  Under	40.65 %
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• Assessing the odds for points scored suggests a likelihood of a 49.5% prediction of this game having over 5.5 total points:
  Match Over 5.5 Points → 2.02

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. EI) (5.5)
  Over	49.5 %
  Under	53.76 %
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• Implied via the sportsbook odds, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are favored to beat the -1.5 handicap including extra innings in this fixture, with a 82.3% chance of doing so. An accurate tip? Most likely, due to Bookies are experts:
  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles -1.5 Handicap → 4.40
  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters -1.5 Handicap → 1.22

  Prediction	Chance Of Handicap (incl. EI) (-1.5)
  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	22.73 %
  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	82.3 %
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• Analyzing the odds for total points suggests there is a 100% prediction of this game having higher than 9.5 total points:
  Match Over 9.5 Points → 1.00

  Prediction	Chance Of O/U (incl. EI) (9.5)
  Over	100 %
  Under	100 %
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• Calculated from the bookies odds, Draw are the favorite to be ahead after the first inning in this match with a 68.03% probability of leading. An accurate tip? We think so, as Bookies do their analysis:
  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles First Inning → 6.00
  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters First Inning → 4.30
  Draw First Inning → 1.47

  Prediction	Chance Of 1st Inning Result
  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	16.67 %
  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	23.26 %
  Draw	68.03 %
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Prediction Based On Head-to-Head: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters to secure victory

Head-to-Head: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (7 – 2) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters to win. The reason? Over the last 10 head-to-head matches between these two sides, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are winning 7 – 2. Our H2H data goes back to the match between them in 2006. This implies that Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters should win in this scheduled match. The last match was on the Sat, 16 Aug 25, where Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters got a 9 – 5 victory.

Will Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles reverse the trend and win? The most recent match Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters occurred on Fri, 15 Aug 25, indicating that they can still turn things around.

Prediction Based On Recent Form: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to prevail

Considering current performance before this match, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles lost against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters with a result of 5-9. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won against Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles with a score of 9-5. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have triumphed in 7 of their last 10 games versus all opponents, while Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters triumphed in 5 of their recent 10 matches versus all opponents, indicating maybe Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are in the better form heading into this match.

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Top Bookie Odds For The Game

Winner (incl. extra innings)

1W

2.43

2W

1.617

Over Under (incl. extra innings)

> 4.5

1.578

< 4.5

2.46

> 5.5

2.02

< 5.5

1.86

> 9.5

1

< 9.5

1

Handicap (incl. extra innings) && -1.5

1W -1.5

4.4

2W -1.5

1.215

First Inning Result

1W

6

2W

4.3

X

1.47

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Tips

Winner (incl. extra innings) → Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters looks to be a reasonable punt → 1.62