Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sanfrecce Hiroshima & Yokohama face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Yokohama could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a J-League game only four sleeps ago.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far this season.
Sanfrecce shared the glory with Yokohama F. Marinos in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Mitsuta was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.11 (out of ten) in that game. Mitsuta hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit five key passes.
Preceding that match was the home J-League game against Albirex Niigata that was lost 1-2.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sanfrecce Hiroshima home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager Skibbe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gamba Osaka in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Yokohama form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Playing away, Yokohama have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the J-League this season.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Kashima Antlers with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Shonan Bellmare.Yokohama have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a J-League game against Tokyo. A grim programme for the guests!
It's early days yet, but Yokohama has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: seven wins for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, two draws and one win for Yokohama. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Ogawa 3 goals |   S. Higashi 1 goals | T. Shiotani 1 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Yokohama missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Yokohama | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 22 | 37 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.3 | 18.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10 | ||
| 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sagan Tosu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
