J-League: Two sides in reasonable form get together for this fixture. Kashima Antlers might have a tiny edge with their 1st position in the league table?
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (4-1-1) in J-League
Kashima Antlers have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at their home stadium (EDION Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The Sanfrecce crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Kashiwa Reysol here at EDION Stadium. Santos, a natural forward, was the best player for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Santos scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
Before that, Sanfrecce Hiroshima played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Shimizu S-Pulse.Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Sanfrecce have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+8) in J-League, are W4-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. A great winning streak in away games for Kashima Antlers as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Gamba Osaka have they travelled home without three points.
Kashima won their last game, 3-1 versus Júbilo Iwata played at home. Caíke has scored at least one goal for the visitors three games in a row. The competence! Attacker Ueda got a player rating of 8.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Ueda scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Cerezo Osaka with the score of 3-0.The Kashima Antlers manager Weiler has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. Kashima Antlers's manager Weiler has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Sanfrecce Hiroshima won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Kashima Antlers have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 7 goals |   T. Morishima 4 goals | Y. Suzuki 4 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 91% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 73% |
| 36% | 17% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 45% |
| 18% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 5 | 6.5 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 11.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 15 | 11.8 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
| 22% | 23% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 29% | 28% |
| 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.3 |
- Kashima Antlers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Kashima Antlers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kashima Antlers have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in J-League
- Kashima Antlers have the the best goal difference (+8) away in J-League
- Kashima Antlers have the the best goal difference (+8) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers have won all their away games so far.
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
