The J-League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Cerezo Osaka are placed 6th and 3rd respectively.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sanfrecce Hiroshima's two home games in the J-League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at EDION Stadium.
The home team returns to EDION Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Sagan Tosu (placed 15th) on their last time out; the J-League game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima lost 1-2 at home to Oita Trinita.
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 Sanfrecce have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost three.
Sanfrecce are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Gamba Osaka awaits in four days.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the J-League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 9 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches.
Cerezo Osaka might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Nagoya Grampus proved too strong as Cerezo slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Shimizu S-Pulse.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Cerezo Osaka in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Cerezo, four draws and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cerezo are hosting Vissel Kobe in the J-League only four days away.
2 goals so far away for Cerezo Osaka, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sanfrecce Hiroshima victories, two draws and four Cerezo Osaka wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kashiwa 8 goals | D. da Silva Vieira 7 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6.5 | 8.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 18 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 26 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 33% |
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima has the most clean sheets (3)
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Last season | Cerezo Osaka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 62% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 29% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 38% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 24% | 29% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 44% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 32% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 397 | 227 | Total Shots | T S | 194 | 409 | ||
| 138 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 153 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Urawa Reds | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Oita Trinita | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Yokohama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Vissel Kobe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| 18 | Kashima Antlers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 68 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 30 | 70 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 64 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 63 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 23 | 60 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 55 |
| 7 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 47 |
| 8 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 2 | 47 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 46 |
| 11 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 26 | -7 | 41 |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 69 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | -24 | 39 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 32 | -5 | 37 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -16 | 37 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 36 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -23 | 36 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 31 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 51 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 31 |