It's still early in the J-League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Kashima Antlers - Sanfrecce Hiroshima preview!
It's no vacation for neither Kashima nor Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Only two J-League home games for Kashima Antlers so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
A nice win for Kashima last time playing, versus Shonan Bellmare. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with R. Araki (2) and K. Machida scoring for the victors. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Sagan Tosu.
The manager A. Zago will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Avispa Fukuoka in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Kashima Antlers's 2 home games: 4 goals, 4 conceded.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first J-League away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima won their last game, 2-1 versus Consadole Sapporo played at home. Before that, Sanfrecce Hiroshima travelled to Yokohama F. Marinos and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sanfrecce Hiroshima are hosting Shimizu S-Pulse in the J-League only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Sanfrecce Hiroshima has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Kashima Antlers wins - draws - Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Araki 3 goals |   J. dos Santos Junior 2 goals | K. Machida 1 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| Kashima Antlers | Last season | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 55 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 82% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 71% | ||
| 53% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 24% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 21% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 47% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 32% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Sagan Tosu | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Oita Trinita | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 57 | 83 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 65 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 63 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 60 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 59 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 57 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 52 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 48 |
| 9 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 69 | 59 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 47 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 34 | -13 | 46 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 26 | -9 | 43 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -11 | 39 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | -6 | 36 |
| 14 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -9 | 36 |
| 15 | Yokohama | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -22 | 33 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 70 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 35 | -22 | 28 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 61 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -25 | 28 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -19 | 27 |