Kashiwa Reysol have not won many points this season. Will they get some points when Sanfrecce Hiroshima come to visit SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium?
- Kashiwa Reysol have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in J-League
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Kashiwa Reysol and Sanfrecce Hiroshima should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kashiwa Reysol form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Kashiwa Reysol have only managed 1 win, 7 draws and 4 losses from their games here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium. With seven home J-League games in a row without a win, the Kashiwa fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
An away draw last time out for Kashiwa Reysol, facing Vissel Kobe in a game that ended 1-1. Sávio (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Sávio served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cerezo Osaka that ended 1-1.Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 18 league matches, 14 have contained two goals or less.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kashiwa Reysol, as the Emperor Cup home game vs Nagoya Grampus is only four days away.
Kashiwa have conceded 19 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. A depressing six defeats in a row for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Cerezo Osaka.
Sotiriou, Mitsuta and Júnior scored in Sanfrecce Hiroshima's previous match, the home game against Kawasaki Frontale that ended 3-2. Late drama in the previous game, when Mitsuta scored the winning goal seven minutes into stoppage time to defeat Kawasaki Frontale. The attacker Mitsuta got a match rating of 9.31 in that game. Mitsuta scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Urawa Reds.Sanfrecce have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played earlier this season: Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kashiwa Reysol 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Kashiwa victories, one draw and five Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Hosoya 9 goals |  D. da Silva Vieira 6 goals | M. Gonçalves Sávio 3 goals |
Kashiwa Reysol missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Kashiwa Reysol | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 35 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 62% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 67% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 46% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 50% | 58% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 54% |
| 17% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 25% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 25% |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 17.2 | 17.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| 26% | 26% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 19% | 20% |
| 11.3 | 11.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 10 | 9 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Kashiwa Reysol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kashiwa Reysol have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in J-League
- Kashiwa Reysol have the most matches under the total-line (17) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 48 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -7 | 32 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 27 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 19 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -26 | 18 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -18 | 17 |
