The host team, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, should be the favourites in this match, but Tokyo have displayed both competence and guts. Learn more about the fixture!
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tokyo have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in J-League
This should be an exciting game with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get ready!
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 12 J-League games here at EDION Stadium for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kyoto Sanga that ended 1-1. Midfielder Morishima was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Morishima scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sanfrecce Hiroshima have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 5 and lost 8.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sanfrecce as they have a new game in only four days, a Nabisco Cup match thankfully also at home. Yokohama F. Marinos are visiting.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at EDION Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are not conceding a lot of goals here at EDION Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Tokyo form and stats
Tokyo have only collected 10 points from their away games in the J-League, after 3-1-7 (11 played). Tokyo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The followers enjoyed Tokyo's previous match versus Júbilo Iwata (placed 18th), a 2-0 win played at home. Kimoto was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.61. The defender Kimoto scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Urawa Reds wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Tokyo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Take note: 12 of the latest 16 league games involving this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
The attacking power of Tokyo when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Tokyo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Tokyo - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1. Sanfrecce-Tokyo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sanfrecce Hiroshima two wins, Tokyo five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Morishima 6 goals |  A. dos Santos da Silva 6 goals | M. Mitsuta 5 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Tokyo missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Tokyo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 29 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 25 |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 26 |
| 91% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 77% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 64% |
| 45% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 50% |
| 18% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 50% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 45% |
| 23% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 41% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.5 | 13.1 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.3 | 9.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 32% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 20% | 28% |
| 9 | 7.5 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11.8 | 11.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tokyo have scored away.
- Tokyo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tokyo have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in J-League
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -1 | 32 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 24 |
| 15 | Vissel Kobe | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
