Possible nail-biting contest in Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kashima Antlers game

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 03.November
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: EDION Stadium (36906 seats)

J-League: Two teams in reasonable form get together for this match. Kashima Antlers could have a slight upper hand with their 6th spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • Kashima Antlers have the most matches over the total-line (21) in J-League

This could be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

These teams have little in common geographically as Kashima Antlers have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Sanfrecce are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Kashima Antlers are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats

5-6-6 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far this season.

Sanfrecce faced defeat in their previous match, away at Vegalta Sendai (0-2). The attacker Tsukasa Morishima won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sanfrecce with the rating of 7.82/10. Morishima hit three key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 68 total).

Before that, Sanfrecce had a home game versus Nagoya Grampus which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn six and lost one.

The manager H. Jofuku will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shonan Bellmare in only four days.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

9-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kashima Antlers in their J-League matches away. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Kashima's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Vissel Kobe game.

Kashima Antlers are travelling again after losing away to Kawasaki Frontale in their previous match (1-3).

Preceding that game was the away J-League victory against Tokyo with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Kashima Antlers in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Kashima Antlers, two draws and two defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Kashima Antlers are hosting Urawa Reds in the J-League only four days away.

Kashima find the net regularly in their away games. 25 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Kashima Antlers as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Kashima Antlers - Sanfrecce 1-1 was the product when these sides formerly played each other, earlier this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, three draws and three wins for Kashima Antlers. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Kashima AntlersA. Ueda
A. Ueda
13 goals
Kashima AntlersR. Araki
R. Araki
9 goals
Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ. dos Santos Junior
J. dos Santos Junior
7 goals

Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players

Kashima Antlers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kashima Antlers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 6 17 33
11 5 1 Won W 3 9 17
12 6 3 Drew D 1 2 5
10 6 1 Lost L 2 6 11
38 17 6 Scored S 8 25 55
33 17 7 Conceded C 7 15 35
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
64% 53% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 79%
36% 29% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 59% 64%
15% 18% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 21%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
48% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 55%
27% 24% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 41% 33%
33% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 18% 15%
 
4.9 5.4 2.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.9 5.6
4.2 4.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.4 4
0.6 0.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.9 11.8 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.2 12.2
4.1 4.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.7 5.1
28% 23% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 31% 33%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kashima Antlers have the most matches over the total-line (21) in J-League

  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 33 26 6 1 70 21 17 15 2 0 34 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 49 84
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 22 6 5 70 31 16 12 3 1 37 10 17 10 3 4 33 21 39 72
3 Vissel Kobe 33 17 10 6 53 32 16 9 4 3 26 10 17 8 6 3 27 22 21 61
4 Nagoya Grampus 33 17 7 9 37 26 17 10 3 4 20 13 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 58
5 Urawa Reds 33 17 7 9 42 34 17 11 4 2 26 15 16 6 3 7 16 19 8 58
6 Kashima Antlers 33 17 5 11 55 35 16 8 3 5 30 20 17 9 2 6 25 15 20 56
7 Sagan Tosu 33 14 10 9 39 31 16 9 5 2 26 12 17 5 5 7 13 19 8 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 33 13 8 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 17 4 7 6 16 19 4 47
9 Tokyo 33 13 7 13 43 42 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 6 5 6 17 18 1 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 11 12 10 38 33 17 5 6 6 17 17 16 6 6 4 21 16 5 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 33 12 7 14 41 45 17 7 3 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 43
12 Cerezo Osaka 33 11 9 13 42 43 17 7 5 5 23 23 16 4 4 8 19 20 -1 42
13 Gamba Osaka 33 10 7 16 27 40 17 5 3 9 16 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -13 37
14 Kashiwa Reysol 33 11 4 18 33 48 16 5 2 9 18 26 17 6 2 9 15 22 -15 37
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 7 11 15 31 47 16 3 5 8 12 25 17 4 6 7 19 22 -16 32
16 Shonan Bellmare 33 6 13 14 33 39 17 3 9 5 13 14 16 3 4 9 20 25 -6 31
17 Tokushima Vortis 33 8 6 19 29 49 17 4 5 8 16 19 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 30
18 Oita Trinita 33 7 7 19 24 49 17 6 5 6 15 18 16 1 2 13 9 31 -25 28
19 Vegalta Sendai 33 5 11 17 26 52 16 3 5 8 11 19 17 2 6 9 15 33 -26 26
20 Yokohama 33 6 7 20 31 71 16 4 5 7 21 28 17 2 2 13 10 43 -40 25

Table
  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 33 26 6 1 70 21 17 15 2 0 34 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 49 84
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 22 6 5 70 31 16 12 3 1 37 10 17 10 3 4 33 21 39 72
3 Vissel Kobe 33 17 10 6 53 32 16 9 4 3 26 10 17 8 6 3 27 22 21 61
4 Nagoya Grampus 33 17 7 9 37 26 17 10 3 4 20 13 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 58
5 Urawa Reds 33 17 7 9 42 34 17 11 4 2 26 15 16 6 3 7 16 19 8 58
6 Kashima Antlers 33 17 5 11 55 35 16 8 3 5 30 20 17 9 2 6 25 15 20 56
7 Sagan Tosu 33 14 10 9 39 31 16 9 5 2 26 12 17 5 5 7 13 19 8 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 33 13 8 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 17 4 7 6 16 19 4 47
9 Tokyo 33 13 7 13 43 42 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 6 5 6 17 18 1 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 11 12 10 38 33 17 5 6 6 17 17 16 6 6 4 21 16 5 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 33 12 7 14 41 45 17 7 3 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 43
12 Cerezo Osaka 33 11 9 13 42 43 17 7 5 5 23 23 16 4 4 8 19 20 -1 42
13 Gamba Osaka 33 10 7 16 27 40 17 5 3 9 16 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -13 37
14 Kashiwa Reysol 33 11 4 18 33 48 16 5 2 9 18 26 17 6 2 9 15 22 -15 37
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 7 11 15 31 47 16 3 5 8 12 25 17 4 6 7 19 22 -16 32
16 Shonan Bellmare 33 6 13 14 33 39 17 3 9 5 13 14 16 3 4 9 20 25 -6 31
17 Tokushima Vortis 33 8 6 19 29 49 17 4 5 8 16 19 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 30
18 Oita Trinita 33 7 7 19 24 49 17 6 5 6 15 18 16 1 2 13 9 31 -25 28
19 Vegalta Sendai 33 5 11 17 26 52 16 3 5 8 11 19 17 2 6 9 15 33 -26 26
20 Yokohama 33 6 7 20 31 71 16 4 5 7 21 28 17 2 2 13 10 43 -40 25

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