Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Kawasaki Frontale have delivered a "par" performance up to now, to use a golfing expression. Both teams occupy mid-table places in the J-League.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Kawasaki Frontale have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This should be an appealing fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have collected 21 points from their J-League home games so far after 6-3-3.
Sanfrecce's last game was hosting Urawa Reds (placed 4th) and winning 2-1. What a relief, as that was the first league victory after playing, but not winning, six consecutive fixtures. Manager Skibbe felt very clever after Khalifa scored the winning goal against Urawa Reds, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 78th minute. The attacker Kato was named "man of the match" for Sanfrecce Hiroshima with a rating of 8.03/10. Kato scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Shonan Bellmare.This is expected to be a close game, with Sanfrecce Hiroshima perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sanfrecce Hiroshima as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Sanfrecce Hiroshima has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Sanfrecce has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have conceded only 10 goals.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Kawasaki Frontale playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Kawasaki failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Vissel Kobe (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfielder Wakizaka was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Wakizaka hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 8 of 8 times and had 50 successful passes (of 54 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 3-4 defeat against Gamba Osaka.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Kawasaki Frontale in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Kawasaki Frontale, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Kawasaki Frontale have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Kawasaki have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Kawasaki Frontale have avoided defeat in the last 8 games (6-2-0) versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima.The last H2H game ended Kawasaki Frontale - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva Vieira 6 goals |   T. Miyashiro 6 goals |  Y. Wakizaka 5 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 30 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 28 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 65% | 58% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 43% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 43% |
| 9% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 52% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 52% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 26% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 6.6 | 6.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 17.3 | 17.3 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 12.5 | 13 |
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 19% | 20% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 33% | 32% |
| 9.1 | 8.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Sagan Tosu | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 24 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 25 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 18 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -26 | 18 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -17 | 17 |
