A key match in J-League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Kawasaki Frontale in 1st position and Sanfrecce Hiroshima placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (29) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sanfrecce Hiroshima have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
This stadium, Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, has been a fortress for Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-0. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Kawasaki Frontale has won five games in a row. The Vissel Kobe match was the last time out without a victory.
Kawasaki Frontale's previous game was a J-League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Avispa Fukuoka (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Tokyo with a 4-2 scoreline.
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 Kawasaki home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Kawasaki Frontale are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Kawasaki have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their J-League matches away.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 230 minutes ago. K. Shibasaki was the goal scorer.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sanfrecce as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the J-League match against Nagoya Grampus (0-1). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Shonan Bellmare.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sanfrecce Hiroshima played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sanfrecce are hosting Vegalta Sendai in the Nabisco Cup only three days away.
Sanfrecce have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. As opposed to that, Sanfrecce have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Kawasaki, zero draws and two wins for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 7 goals |  A. Ienaga 5 goals |  K. Mitoma 4 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 82% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 60% |
| 45% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 45% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 36% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 45% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 55% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.4 | 12 |
| 6.5 | 7.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 30% |
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most points (21) at home in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (29) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the the best goal difference (+22) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have won all their matches at home so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 2 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -20 | 1 |