Kawasaki Frontale will aim to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 8 points behind Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) 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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kawasaki Frontale and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Kawasaki Frontale at their home stadium (Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Kawasaki after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Kawasaki Frontale's previous match was a Emperor Cup game also played at home, finishing 3-1 versus Tochigi City. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Kashiwa Reysol.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kawasaki have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Kawasaki Frontale are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Playing away, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the J-League this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Sanfrecce Hiroshima are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
The club members enjoyed Sanfrecce's previous match versus FC Tokushima, a Emperor Cup win (5-0) played at home.
Before that, Sanfrecce Hiroshima secured a home win against Kyoto Sanga with the score 3-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Sanfrecce in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visiting Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Sanfrecce in these games.
Head 2 Head
Kawasaki Frontale have won at least one point in the last 7 matches (5-2-0) versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva Vieira 6 goals |   T. Miyashiro 4 goals | K. Noborizato 2 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 18 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 73% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 69% |
| 47% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 27% | 43% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 20% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 13.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 18 | 17.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 31% | 23% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 22% | 21% |
| 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.9 | 8.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) 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 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
