Sanfrecce Hiroshima get ready to welcome Yokohama F. Marinos for something different than the ordinary league football: The J-League Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither Sanfrecce nor Yokohama F. Marinos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Last season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima's J-League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played 13 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Sanfrecce crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Tokyo here at EDION Stadium. Heartbreak for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their last match as Tokyo's Adailton scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The striker Khalifa won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sanfrecce with a rating of 7.3/10. Khalifa dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-1 draw away in the J-League before that, with Kyoto Sanga the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Sanfrecce Hiroshima perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sanfrecce Hiroshima as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Sanfrecce Hiroshima has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Sanfrecce after this match as they are travelling to Kashima Antlers for a J-League game in only three days.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. 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 10 from 13 matches.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama was sent out of J-League Cup in the play-offs last season, when Consadole Sapporo turned out to be too strong.5-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Yokohama F. Marinos in their J-League matches away.
Yokohama F. Marinos go into this game after a win, the home game against Kashima Antlers that ended 2-0. Midfielder Iwata was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.0. Iwata scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).
A 2-2 draw at Sagan Tosu's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Yokohama in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Yokohama F. Marinos, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Yokohama F. Marinos manager Muscat as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kawasaki Frontale.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Yokohama F. Marinos are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Yokohama have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sanfrecce Hiroshima victories, two draws and six Yokohama F. Marinos wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 10 goals | T. Nishimura 8 goals |  T. Morishima 7 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 45 | 30 | Scored | S | 27 | 50 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15.4 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 48 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Jubilo Iwata | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
